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Raelke Grimmer is Dean, Academy of the Arts and Discipline Lead, Humanities, in the Faculty of Arts and Society. She is the author of the award-winning young adult novel White Noise (UWA Publishing, 2024) and one of the founding editors of Borderlands, a literary journal of the Northern Territory. She was a 2023 fellow in the Australia Council's Digital Fellowship Program, where she recorded an album of the sounds of analogue technology titled Analostalgia, released in 2024 on Spotify. Her research interests include creative non-fiction, genre analysis, text analysis, multilingual Australian literatures and mono/multilingualism in Australia, as well as autonomous language learning. Her creative writing has been published in Australian literary journals Westerly, Griffith Review, Kill Your Darlings and Meniscus. She is President of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association (AULLA), and co-chair of the editorial collective of the association's journal, Journal of Language, Literature and Culture.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Exploring Australia's Monolingualism and Multiculturalism through Language Journalism, Flinders University
Feb 2015 → 21 Jan 2021
Award Date: 21 Jan 2021
Master, Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics)
Feb 2012 → Jun 2013
Award Date: 1 Nov 2013
Bachelor, Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing), Flinders University
Feb 2009 → Nov 2011
Award Date: 14 Apr 2012
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 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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2019 IAS Rainmaker Start-Up- English Academic Literacy Capacity NESB Indonesia
Grimmer, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Marchesi, M. J. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Rolls, N. (Chief Investigator C) & Dardjito, H. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B)
7/11/19 → 31/05/22
Project: Research
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2022 Rainmaker Start Up: Towards best practice in multimodal academic literacy support videos: A discourse analysis
Grimmer, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Pollard, A. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Gromik, N. (Chief Investigator C)
2/10/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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SNAM: 2023 Rainmaker Startup "The impact of contextualised support interventions on settlement outcomes of newly arrived migrants”
Rolls, N. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Pollard, A. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Grimmer, R. (Chief Investigator D), Senarath, A. (Other) & Macfarlane, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
1/03/23 → 1/03/24
Project: Research
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Borderlands 'The Voice' issue
Pinkerton, J. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Sefton-Rowston, A. (Associate Investigator), Grimmer, R. (Associate Investigator) & Muthamuluwuy, B. (Associate Investigator)
3/07/23 → 4/12/23
Project: Research
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Contradiction-Driven Development of Formative Assessment Literacy: A Case Study of Chinese University EFL Teachers in Blended Reading Courses
Grimmer, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Miao, Q. (Student Investigator)
12/02/25 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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International students and the role of online communication platforms in identity construction and maintenance in Darwin
Grimmer, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Liu, H. (Student Investigator)
9/02/23 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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Towards best practice in multimodal academic literacy support videos: A discourse analysis
Grimmer, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Gromik, N. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Pollard, A. (Chief Investigator C) & Jalloh, S. (Chief Investigator D)
1/12/21 → 1/12/22
Project: Research
Research output
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The Linguistic Playground of Poetics: L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poetry and Systemic Functional Linguistics
Grimmer, R. (Creator), 3 Feb 2024Research output: Non-textual form - including ERA-eligible Creative Works › Creative Work - ERA-eligible
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White Noise
Grimmer, R., Sept 2024, Perth : UWA Publishing.Research output: Other contribution - including Text-based ERA-eligible Creative Works › Textual Creative Work - ERA-eligible › peer-review
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Invisible Words: Cultivating Multilingual Australian Literature
Grimmer, R., 2023, In: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture. 70, 3, p. 119–138 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unmasking Female Autistic Representation on TV
Grimmer, R., Feb 2023, Kill Your Darlings.Research output: Other contribution - including Text-based ERA-eligible Creative Works › Textual Creative Work - ERA-eligible
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Summoning the ghost writers: Linguistic fingerprinting and authorship in the Baby-Sitters Club book series
Grimmer, R. & Segura, J., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)
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Breaking borders: Launching a regional literary journal in times of arts funding uncertainty
Grimmer, R., Sefton-Rowston, A. & Morrison, G., Oct 2021, In: TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs. 25, 2, p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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COVID-19 induced change in higher education: Reflections on rapidly transitioning a first-year undergraduate academic literacies unit from face-to-face to online
Grimmer, R. (Corresponding Author), Pollard, A. & Rolls, N., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Academic Language and Learning. 14, 2, p. 95-105 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference 2025
Rolls, N. (Chair of the Event), Pollard, A. (Organiser), Bednall, J. (Organiser), Etaywe, A. (Organiser), Grimmer, R. (Organiser), Carlet, A. (Organiser) & Dowden-Parker, S. (Organiser)
17 Nov 2025 → 19 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Borderlands: Where Ideas and Identities Meet (Journal)
Morrison, G. (Editor), Grimmer, R. (Editor) & Sefton-Rowston, A. (Editor)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Borderlands Magazine Online (Journal)
Morrison, G. (Editor), Grimmer, R. (Reviewer) & Sefton-Rowston, A. (Reviewer)
1 Nov 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Building the English Academic Literacy Capacity of Indonesian Post-graduate Students
Rolls, N. (Participant), Grimmer, R. (Participant) & Dardjito, H. (Participant)
1 Jul 2019 → 1 Jul 2021Activity: Other activities › Other
Prizes
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Australian Awards for University Teaching 2020
Rolls, N. (Recipient), Grimmer, R. (Recipient), Pollard, A. (Recipient), Garcia, E. (Recipient), Marchesi, M. J. (Recipient), Nielsen, M. (Recipient), Sefton-Rowston, A. (Recipient) & Bridgeman, S. (Recipient), 2020
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