Personal profile
Research Biography
My research works with feminist, queer and post-colonial/critical race theory to explore young people's negotiations and experiences of gender, sex and sexuality norms, subjectivities and identities. My recent book is titled Young People and Pornography: Young People Negotiate Pornification (2013, Palgrave Macmillan), and latest articles include Race and Sexuality: Colonial Ghosts and Contemporary Orientalisms (The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity, 2019).
In particular, my research is undertaken with community partners with a focus on strategies, interventions and resource production to tackle issues of gender, sex and race inequality. My current projects include 1) €˜What Works?' Sexuality, Intergenerational Negotiations and Multi-Cultural Multi-Faith Communities and 2) €˜In The Moment': A whole school approach to confront sexism where and when it occurs.
I am a member of the executive committee of the Australian Womens' and Gender Studies Association.
Research Interests
Gender and Sexuality: post structural feminist theory, queer theory, theories of €˜normalisation' and deviance/perversity, pornography, media and representation, non-normative sexualites.
Critical Race Theory: whiteness, decolonising methodologies, post-colonial theory, intersectionality.
Affecting change: private/public intimacies and the changing nature of sexual expression, sexualised popular and media cultures, youth cultures and youth sexualities, intergenerational negotiation and migrant communities
Qualitative Methodology: discourse analysis, methodology and rethinking categories of €˜difference'
Supervised Students Successes
- Mar 2022 Temitope Olasunkanmi-Alimi - Vice Chancellor Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Sociology
Supervisory Interests
- Sexuality
- Pornography
- Critical race theory
- Young people and sexuality
- Race and sexuality
- Media studies
- Sexualities studies
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Gender and sexuality
- Critical race studies
- Indigenous representation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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‘Too many assumptions’: cultural diversity and the politics of inclusion in sexuality education
Mulholland, M. A., Sanjakdar, F. & Opie, T., 2025, In: Sex Education. 25, 3, p. 309-323 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cultural Diversity and Sexuality Education
Mulholland, M., 1 Jan 2024, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education. Allen, L. & Rasmussen, M. L. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, p. 171-176 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Staff perceptions of support for early menarche in Australian primary schools: a qualitative study
Bellas, O. M., Mulholland, M. A., Sivertsen, N., Kemp, E., Prichard, I., Velardo, S. & Shipman, J., 2024, In: Sex Education. 24, 5, p. 648-662 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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African migrant women in the aged care sector: Conceptualising experiences of racism, micro-aggressions and Otherness
Olasunkanmi-Alimi, T., Natalier, K. & Mulholland, M., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Sociology. 59, 1, p. 87-103 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus) -
Cultural Diversity and Sexuality Education
Mulholland, M., 2023, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education. Allen, L. & Rasmussen, M. L. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer , 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Evaluation for Life Education programme: Lets talk about it
Mulholland, M. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
30/11/23 → 11/12/23
Project: Research
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Educating for Respectful Relationships: Empowering young people from CALD backgrounds
Mulholland, M. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
1/07/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research