Kate Cantrell

Kate Cantrell is a Senior Lecturer affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice and the School of Education. Her work bridges literary scholarship with creative practice, focusing on women's writing, travel literature, and contemporary narrative forms.

• Education: PhD by Creative Works (2014), Queensland University of Technology.

Her research explores gendered autobiographical practices, non-linear narrative structures, and critiques of institutional dynamics in academia. She has contributed to studies on PISA and analyzed the intersection of literature with tourism and cultural change.

Kate's publications often examine feminist literature, travel memoirs, and experimental writing, with recent work addressing systemic issues in higher education and the duality of teacher-satirist roles in Australian literature.

She has collaborated with scholars like Lesley Hawkes and Kelly Palmer on topics such as academic workload and gender dynamics in teaching environments.