Dr Ben Menadue - Research Portfolio - James Cook University

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About

Ben Menadue is an Adjunct research fellow at The Cairns Institute with particular interests in cultural history, pedagogy and transformative approaches to education and research design, and digital approaches to the narrowing of the perceived gap between arts and sciences in contemporary research. He was awarded his PhD at James Cook University cum laude in 2019 and took up a position as Academic Development Manager at the University of Suffolk in the UK in December 2019. He retains strong links to the JCU community, having spent 11 years working for the university across a range of project, research management and teaching positions and is happy to receive invitations to join advisory panels for postgraduate research as well as opportunities to collaborate in multidisciplinary research undertakings.

His primary source for his digital humanities research into social and cultural factors is science fiction, science fiction audiences and the role science fiction plays in indicating contemporary and historical interests and expectations in human culture. This is reflected in social psychology, science communication and promotion and he has written articles on science and science fiction related topics for The Conversation and other news sites.

Interests

Research

Science Fiction
Digital Humanities
Communication
Genre
Pedagogy
Psychology

Teaching

Research Skills
Academic Skills
Digital Literacy
Psychology
English

Experience

2019 to present - Academic Development Manager, University of Suffolk (UK)
2019 to present - Adjunct Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute (Cairns)
2015 to 2019 - PhD College of Arts, Society & Education, James Cook University (Cairns)
2015 to 2019 - Lecturer / Tutor, James Cook University (Cairns)
2012 to 2015 - Research Business Manager, James Cook University (Cairns)
2009 to 2011 - Project Development Officer, The Cairns Institute (Cairns)
2008 - Professional Graduate Certificate in Education, Plymouth (UK)
1998 to 2002 - Masters in Business Administration, Open University (UK)
1994 - MA (Cantab), Cambridge University (UK)
1987 to 1990 - BA(Hons), Cambridge University (UK)

Research Disciplines

Honours

Awards

2020 - Medal for Excellence in Higher Degree Research
2018 - People's Choice Award for best conference presentation 'Research Insights and Zones of Convergence' Conference
2018 - Finalist: 'Visualise Your Research' James Cook University
2018 - Outstanding contribution to student learning award (Team), James Cook University Pathways Programme
2015 to 2018 - Postgraduate Research Scholarship (APA)

Fellowships

2019 - Adjunct Research Fellow of The Cairns Institute
2017 to 2019 - Postgraduate Fellow of The Cairns Institute

Publications

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Journal Articles

Menadue C, Giselsson K and Guez D (2020) An empirical revision of the definition of science fiction: it is all in the techne... SAGE Open, 10 (4).
Menadue C (2018) Cities in flight: a descriptive examination of the tropical city imagined in twentieth century science fiction cover art. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 17 (2). pp. 62-82
Menadue C (2018) Hubbard bubble, dianetics trouble: an evaluation of the representations of dianetics and scientology in science fiction magazines from 1949 to 1999. SAGE Open, 8 (4).
Menadue C and Jacups S (2018) Who reads science fiction and fantasy, and how do they feel about science? Preliminary findings from an online survey. SAGE Open, 8 (2).
Menadue C and Cheer K (2017) Human culture and science fiction: a review of the literature, 1980-2016. SAGE Open, 7 (3). pp. 1-15
Menadue C (2017) Trysts tropiques: the torrid jungles of science fiction. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 16 (1). pp. 125-140

Other research outputs

Menadue C (2019) George Miller's Mad Max (1979–2015) and Ryan Griffen's Cleverman (2016–2017) – Australian science fiction. In: Sci-Fi: A Companion. Genre Fiction and Film Companions. Peter Lang, Oxford, UK, pp. 117-123
Menadue C (2018) Stephen Hawking: blending science with science fiction. The Conversation, 6 April 2018.
Menadue C (2018) Farewell Ursula Le Guin – the One who walked away from Omelas. The Conversation, 25 January 2018.
Menadue C (2017) Science fiction helps us deal with science fact: a lesson from Terminator’s killer robots. The Conversation, 23 August 2017.
Menadue C (2017) Proximal Reading: a network-scaled approach to digital literature analysis. [Presented at the CASE HDR Conference 2017]. In: CASE HDR Conference 2017: Intersecting Fields, 30-31 October 2017, Townsville, QLD, Australia
Menadue C (2016) Through a lens, brightly: how the worldview of science fiction reflects the spirit of the age. [Presented at Digital Humanities@JCU, 2016]. November 3, 2016, James Cook University

Supervision

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Completed

Understanding How Adults with Lived Experience of Schizophrenia Interpret Recovery Processes: A Qualitative Study with Thematic Synthesis. (2023, Masters , Secondary Advisor)

Data

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