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Associate Professor Kristin Demetrious is a faculty member in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University's Faculty of Arts and Education. She holds the position of Associate Professor of Communication and serves as editor-in-chief for the Q1 peer-reviewed journal Public Relations Inquiry (Sage Publications).
Dr. Demetrious earned her PhD from Deakin University in 2007, along with a Graduate Diploma of Applied Film & Television from Swinburne University of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts from Deakin University, and a Diploma of Education from La Trobe University. Her educational background reflects her interdisciplinary approach to communication studies.
Her research focuses on critical public relations, examining the complex relationship between media, communication, culture, and social change. She investigates post-war public relations, PR as neoliberalism, political communication, digital culture, public relations history, public interest communication, activist PR, civil activism, corporate PR, climate change communication, communicative ethics, and critical discourse and cultural studies. Her current projects include investigating US post-war public relations and Australia's foreign policy, as well as tracing challenges to conventional readings of PR from the 1970s onwards and the rise of climate change denial.
Professor Demetrious has published extensively in her field, with her 2022 book receiving a 'Highly Recommended' designation from the American Library Association CHOICE. Her 2013 monograph won the National Communication Association Book Award in 2014, demonstrating significant scholarly impact.
- Centenary of Federation Medal from Australian Government (2003)
- Deakin University Teacher of the Year (2008)
- WJC Banks Award (2008)
- VC's Award for Distinguished Teaching (2008)
- Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation (2009)
- National Communication Association Book Award (2014)
As an academic leader, Professor Demetrious has served as Faculty Chair of Human Ethics Advisory Group (2014-2016) and Higher Degree by Research Co-ordinator for the School of Communication and Creative Arts (2023-2024). She is actively involved in research groups including the Centre for Contemporary Histories (CCH) and the Centre for Regenerating Futures (CRF), supervising Masters by Research and PhD students while contributing to the broader academic community through editorial and leadership roles.
