CREATEC

Name:	Assoc Prof Trevor Cullen
Position:	Associate Professor and Course Cordinator - Journalism
School(s):	School of Communications and Arts
Res. Group:	Media, Culture and Society
Phone:	(08) 9370 6354
Email:	t.cullen@ecu.edu.au

Research Interests:	Media Coverage of HIV/AIDS Teaching and Learning Journalism Education Health Journalism Cyber protection laws

Current Projects:	Health Education Projects in the Pilbara Heartnet website and the Heart Foundation. Journalism Education Curriculum Development Catalyst Clemente Program HIV/AIDS Curriculum Development for Journalists Research on Aids reporting: www.trevorcullen.id.au

Previous Experience:	PhD (Journalism) University of Queensland, Australia. MA in International Journalism, City University, London. MA in Religious Studies, Louvain University, Belgium. Bachelor of Theology (Hons), Louvain University, Belgium. Diploma in Theology (Hons), Louvain University, Belgium. Diploma in Pastoral Communications, Gregorian University, Rome. Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, ECU, Perth, Australia

Publications:	Cullen, T. (2010). Reporting HIV in Papua New Guinea: trends and omissions from 2000 to 2010. Pacific Journalism Review. Vol 16 (2) Cullen, T. (2010). Promises, Promises, Promises. What Universities promise journalism students. Australian Journalism Review, Vol 32 (1). Cullen, T. (2010). Student journalists learn about Aboriginal communities and culture in Western Australia. Asia Pacific Media Educator. 1(20). Cullen, T. (2010). Book chapter entitled: Reporting HIV and its broader impact in Asia: The case of Papua New Guinea in Liberalising, Feminizing and Popularizing Health Communications in Asia, pp. 43-58. London:Ashgate. Cullen, T. (2009). Health communication theories: Implications for HIV reporting in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Media Educator. 1(19) 112-125. Cullen, T. (2009). Book chapter entitled: HIV Surveys and HIV Communication Theories, in Changing Media, Changing Societies: Media and the Millennium Development Goals. Singapore: Asia Media Information and Communication (AMIC). Cullen,T. (2009). Reporting HIV: One frame fits all. Peer- reviewed paper presented at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Bali International Convention Centre, Bali, Indonesia, 11 August. Cullen, T. (2008). HIV Surveys and Communication Theories. What journalists and Journalism educators need to know. Peer- reviewed paper presented at the 17th AMIC International conference, Manila, Philippines, 15th July. Cullen, T. (2008). Book chapter entitled: 'The Impact of HIV on Development' in Media and Development: Issues and challenges in the Pacific Islands. Suva: USP. Cullen, T. (2007). 25 years of Reporting HIV: What can Pacific journalists learn? A peer-reviewed paper presented at the JEANZ conference in Wellington, New Zealand, December 11th. Cullen, T. (2007). Reporting HIV in the Pacific: Is it time to widen the coverage? A peer-reviewed published paper delivered at an international conference on Media: Policies, Cultures and Futures in the Asia Pacific Region. Uploaded on 29 March. Click on http://www.MediaAsiaConference.humanities.curtin.edu.au Cullen, T. (2007). Review of the International Federation of Journalists new handbook on HIV/AIDS for journalists. Pacific Journalism Review. Vol 13 (1) 219-220. Cullen, T. (2006). HIV/AIDS: 25 years of press coverage. Australian Journalism Review. Vol 28 (2) 187-198. Cullen, T. (2006). HIV/AIDS in PNG: A reality check: Pacific Journalism Review Vol 12 (1) pp 155-168. Cullen, T. (2005). Press coverage of HIV/AIDS in PNG: Is it sufficient to report only the news? Australian Studies in Journalism (15) pp 133-150. Cullen, T. (2005). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS In the South Pacific: Is it sufficient to report only the news? Peer reviewed paper presented at the first Pan Pacific Regional HIV Conference. Auckland, New Zealand, 27th October. Cullen, T. (2004). HIV in the Pacific. Peer-reviewed paper presented at the Journalism Educators Conference held at the United Nations Centre, Suva, Fiji, 5-9 December. Cullen, T. (2003.) HIV/AIDS: 20 years of Press Coverage. Australian Studies in Journalism, Vol 12: 64 – 82. Cullen, T. (2003). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific: Short-term view of a long-time problem. Pacific Journalism Review, Vol 9: 138 –147. Cullen, T. (2003.) HIV/AIDS: Working with the Media. Peer- reviewed paper presented at the Global Health Conference, Hawaii, USA, 12-14 June. Cullen, T. (2002). Reporting HIV/AIDS. Pacific AIDS Alert, No 23, 19-20. Cullen, T. (2002). Promoting Health Strategies in the Media. Peer reviewed paper presented at the Global Health Conference, Hawaii, USA, 12-14 June. Cullen, T. (2001). Press Coverage of AIDS in the Pacific Region. Melbourne, 5 October. Peer-reviewed paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on AIDS in Asia-Pacific. Cullen, T. (2001) .Obstacles to Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific. HIV Australia, 1 (1) 17-20. Cullen, T. (2001) Reporting STI’s in the South Pacific. Sexual Health, 8 (1) 245 –247. Cullen, T. (2001). Reporting Health and Coverage of HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific. In The Pacific Journalist: A Practical Guide. Suva: University of the South Pacific. Cullen, T. (2000). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific. PhD Thesis. St Lucia: University of Queensland. Cullen, T. (1999). Reporting diseases in the South Pacific. Pacific Journalism Review, 8 (1): 66 - 70. Cullen, T. (1999). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific: Why is it still a routine health story? Pacific Islands Report, 17 (2) 28-30. Cullen, T. (1999). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS in PNG and the South Pacific: A Lost Opportunity. Peer-reviewed paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC) Brisbane, Australia, 23 June. Cullen, T. (1998). Where the media is failing on AIDS. Pacific Journalism Review, 6 (2) 110-114. Cullen, T. (1997). Need for better AIDS Coverage. Pacific Journalism Review, (1): 71-73. Books Cullen, T. (1996). Working with the Media. Wewak: Wewak Publications, PNG. Cullen, T. (1994). Malawi: A Turning Point. Cambridge: Pentland press. Cullen, T. (1991). AIDS: A Christian Response. Nairobi: St Paul’s Publications. Cullen, T. (1990). Are you Confused? Nairobi: St Paul’s Publications. Papers presented at National and International Media, Health and Education Conferences-1999-2009 Cullen, T. (2010). Global health: HIV in the Media. Paper delivered as a public lecture at the Global Health Short Course, University of Western Australia, Perth, 31st August. Cullen, T. (2010) Journalism student placements with Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. Paper delivered at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2010 Global Conference. University of Queensland, May 1st. Cullen, T. (2009) The catalyst Clemente project: Making Journalism education accessible to disadvantaged Australians. Peer-reviewed paper delivered at the annual Journalism Education Association of Australia conference, Perth, Dec 1. Cullen, T. (2009). Reporting HIV: It's more than just a health story. Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Bali International Convention Centre, Indonesia, 10th August. Cullen,T. (2009). Enabling international journalism students to understand and report effectively on serious health issues in their own countries. Paper presented at the Teaching and Learning Forum 2009, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 29th January. http://otl.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2009/contents-all.html Cullen,T. (2008). From Assignment to publication. Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association Conference (JEA), Wollongong University, NSW, 30th November. Cullen,T. (2008). HIV communication: Reporting the wider links. Paper presented at the XV11 International AIDS conference,Mexico city, Mexico, 7th August. Cullen,T. (2008). Can health communication theories assist HIV reporting? Paper presented at a Workshop on Mass Media and Medicine. Organised by the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore, 29 February. Cullen, T. (2008). Understanding and reporting HIV: What tertiary media educators need to know. Paper presented at the Teaching and Learning Forum. 31 January, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA. Cullen,T (2007). 25 Years of Reporting HIV. Peer-reviewed presentation accepted for inclusion in the 50th Anniversary meeting of IAMCR, UNESCO, Paris, 24th July. Cullen,T. (2007). The status of journalism education and the RQF process at ECU. Paper presented to the JEA delegates attending the WJEC conference at The Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, 29th June. Cullen,T. (2007). Reporting HIV in Africa. Paper presented at the AUSI Institute, Naiobi, Kenya on 3rd May. Cullen, T. (2006). Press coverage of HIV: 25 years on. Paper presented at the annual Journalism Educators Conference (JEA), Auckland, New Zealand, 4th December. Cullen, T. (2006). AIDS is boring to report. So let’s try to make it interesting. Peer-reviewed presented at the Media in Asia Conference. Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, 28th November. Cullen, T. (2006). Health Journalism. Paper presented at the Australasian Medical Writers Association 23rd annual conference held at Sydney University, Sydney, 2 September. Cullen, T. (2006). HIV/AIDS. Is it sufficient to report only the news? Paper presented at the IAMCR International conference in Cairo, 26 July. Cullen, T. (2006) Media Coverage of HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific Rregion. Paper presented at the Media in Asia Conference. Miri, Malaysia, 16th February. Cullen, T. (2005). HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea: Ninety-eight per cent of the population is not infected. So, what’s all the fuss? Paper presented at the annual Journalism Educators Conference (JEA), Gold Coast, Brisbane, 29 Nov - 2 December. Cullen, T. (2005). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS In the South Pacific: Is it sufficient to report only the news? Peer-reviewed paper presented at the first Pan Pacific Regional HIV Conference. Auckland, New Zealand, 27th October. Cullen, T. (2003). Media Coverage of HIV/ADS: 20 Years on. Paper presented at the Journalism Educators Conference held at the School of Communication, Design and Media. University of Western Sydney, 26-29 November. Cullen, T. (2002). HIV/AIDS and the Media. Paper presented at the annual Journalism Educators Conference (JEA), Hong Kong, China, 2-6 December. Cullen, T. (2002). Reporting HIV/AIDS in the Pacific Region. Paper presented at the South Pacific Community’s (SPC) Regional Media Conference. Suva, Fiji 9 October. Cullen, T. (2002). Reporting Reproductive Health Care. Paper presented at the South Pacific Community’s (SPC) regional media conference. Suva, Fiji 9 October. Cullen, T. (2002). Promoting Health Strategies in the Media. Peer reviewed paper presented at the Global Health Conference, Hawaii, USA, 12-14 June. Cullen, T. (2001). Reporting HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific: Delaying the Inevitable. Brisbane, 27 November. Paper presented at an International seminar for journalists on reporting HIV. Cullen, T. (2001). Press Coverage of AIDS in the Pacific Region. Melbourne, 5 October. Peer-reviewed paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on AIDS in Asia-Pacific. Cullen, T. (2000). Obstacles to reporting HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific.A view from the editors. Paper presented at the JEA conference, Brisbane, 10 December. Cullen, T. (1999). Medical Reporting in the Pacific. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), 8 October, Suva, Fiji. Cullen, T. (1999). Press coverage of HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific: Delaying the Inevitable. Paper presented at the Fifth International Congress on HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26 October. Cullen, T. (1999). Press Coverage of HIV/AIDS in PNG and the South Pacific: A Lost Opportunity. Peer-reviewed paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC) Brisbane, Australia, 23 June. Cullen, T. (1999). HIV/AIDS: Working with the Media. Paper presented at the First Regional Conference of HIV/AIDS in the Pacific, Nadi, Fiji, 23 February.

Awards & Recognition:	(2010) Guest speaker at the Media and Global Health Seminar. University of Western Australia, Perth, 31st August. (2010) Guest Speaker at the UNESCO-sponsored International Indigenous Voice Forum at the University of Queensland, (2010) Selected to be a media delegate for the XVIII International Conference on AIDS. (2010) Appointed as an Assessor for the Australian Research Council. (2009) Organised the Australian Journalism Education conference at the Intercontinental hotel in Perth, 30th November -2nd December. (2009) Promoted from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor. (2009) Elected as a board member to the National Response ability for Journalism Education Advisory Group. (2009) Sponsored by the Perth Convention Bureau (PCB) and the Western Australia State Government to bring an international AIDS conference to Perth. (2009) Winner of the inaugural ECU Professional Development Scholarship. (2008) CARRICK Institute Citation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Announced on 7th July. (2008) Appointed Research Associate for the Pacific Media Centre, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand. (2008) ECU Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. Awarded on 14th March. (2008) Selected to join the University's Research and Higher Degrees committee. (2008) Awarded the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching. (2007) Appointed as the Faculty of Education & Arts representative to the University Academic Board, 10th September. (2007) - Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Announced on 19th March and presented on 12th June at ECU's Joondalup campus. (2006) ARC Linkage Grant - Improved communication with heart patients in the context of the gift economy. Chef Investigators: Professor Lelia Green, Dr Trevor Cullen, Dr Debbie Rodan - Industry Partner - National Heart Foundation.

Professional Affiliations:	JEA Journalism Education Association IAS International AIDS Society AMIC Asian Media Information and Communication Centre AJA Australian Journalists Association AMWA Australasian Medical Writers Association NTEU National Tertiary Education Industry Union AI Amnesty International ACIJ Australian Centre for Independent Journalism ACPA Australian Catholic Press Association HERDSA Higher Education Research and Development WACCC West Australian Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Society of Australasia PPC The Perth Press Club

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