Willa McDonald

Associate Professor Willa McDonald, affiliated with the School of Communication, Society and Culture at Macquarie University, is an internationally recognized scholar in Literary Journalism, particularly focusing on Australian colonial journalism. She has authored four books and co-authored an audio-documentary.

• President of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies
• Founding editor of Palgrave Studies in Literary Journalism
• Advisory board member of Literary Journalism Studies journal

Her research spans:

• Life Writing (memoir and biography)
• Creative Non-Fiction and Narrative Journalism
• Australian Colonial Journalism History and Social Justice

Notable scientific awards include:

• Anne Dunn Scholar (2024) for excellence in journalism and communication research
• Best Article in Literary Journalism Studies Prize (2015)
• Shortlisted for the Calibre Essay Prize (2019)