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Kristine Moruzi is Associate Professor of Writing and Literature at Deakin University's School of Communication and Creative Arts, specializing in historical and contemporary children's literature. Her ARC DECRA-funded research (2014-16) established foundational work on charitable discourse in children's periodicals, culminating in the monograph Philanthropy in Children's Periodicals, 1840-1930 (EUP 2024).
Research domains:
- Charity discourses in Victorian children's print culture
- Girlhood construction through periodicals (1850-1915)
- Ethics of sexuality representation in YA fiction
- Gothic transformations in young adult literature
Publications demonstrate methodological innovation in periodical studies, with recent work examining pandemic anxiety in children's texts and consent pedagogy through literature. Edited collections include Young Adult Gothic Fiction (2021) and Sexuality in Children's Literature (2021).
Supervises 14 doctoral projects on fairy tale adaptations, disability representation, and postfeminist identities. Teaching includes critical AI curation (ALC703) and literary studies. Editorial board membership includes Studies in Christian Mission and Wesley and Methodist Studies.
