✅ Completed my first @WMMajors marathon in Sydney (5th full)!
✅ New grant funded with awesome industry stakeholders!
✅ Exciting new professional opportunities discussed!

Not a bad week at all! And what better view than the gorgeous Sydney Opera House for annual leave!

Massive thanks to the Faculty of ABLE for funding my project w/ Michele Jarldorn as a part of the New Horizons grants! Over the next few months, we will be conducting national panel surveys to better understand securitisation and queer identity in Australia. What better way to celebrate PRIDE month?

Today, I was a proud mentor! My two BCrim (Honours) students defended their thesis proposals and did a fantastic job! Very excited to help them develop these projects over the coming months!

It was an absolute pleasure to be a plenary speaker at the ABLE HDR conference yesterday, where I spoke about building your best PhD experience and the work I do with @acjsdocsummit.bsky.social ! The future is bright with these Adelaide graduate students!

Interested in learning more about how to thrive as a doctoral student? Stop by my plenary address at the @UniofAdelaide ABLE HDR Conference on Wednesday! #phdlife #gradschool #tips #success #support

Thank you to the University of Adelaide, the Fay Gale Centre for Gender Research, and the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia for co-sponsoring this year’s public lecture!

Incredibly busy day of meetings but will be well hydrated while showing my support for @acjsdocsummit.bsky.social!

Today, I received my 100th media quote while affiliated with the University of Adelaide (18 countries & 9 languages)! Thank you so much to our fabulous media team for helping me connect my work with broad audiences across the world! #ResearchEngagement #PublicCriminology #impact #translation

Very grateful to the ACJS Critical Criminal Justice Section for naming me its Scholar of the Year! It's a privilege to be in a position where I can lead these important conversations and try to make a difference! #acjs2025 #acjsdss25 #crim #critical #award #scholar

Trump cuts finally reached us here in Criminology! Thank you @OJPNIJ for 5 years of federal funding across 4 different awards!

The research that this agency funded has enabled innovation in the field and transformation for practice thru data-led solutions for countless scholars.

Was great being interviewed by @abcnewsbot.bsky.social this morning about youth radicalisation in Australia! As a part of the interview, they took some still shots and even sent them to me! Particularly love that he took the time to angle my books and awards so they’d be in the shot!

Thank you to Uni Adelaide for this Commendation and recognition. ~$300,000 in competitive funding, 6 articles accepted, 80 media quotes, & a co-edited volume released! It’s great being a part of a team where hard work and individual contributions are valued and celebrated!

New research alert! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Received my new book today! Feels so good to hold it in my hands!!!

Academia has its fair share of rejections... But the below message from a former student AND finding out a good colleague I nominated for an award was selected tonight are definitely reminders of how awesome our jobs are!! Both of these wonderful people are so deserving! #win