Professional memberships
- Australian Universities Heads of English Association (executive member)
- Australasian Animal Studies Association (executive member)
- International Australian Studies Association
- The Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association
- Social Alternatives (journal) Short Story Editor
Awards
- Early Career Researcher Award, Faculty of Arts and Business, USC (with Dr Anna Potter) 2012
Professional Social Media
- LinkedIn *
Potential Research Areas for HDR and Honours Students
- Sustainability and Arts
Research grants
| Project name | Investigators | Funding body | Year | Focus of research |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of how various stakeholders and the public value and expect to interact with Fraser Island’s dingoes | Dr Clare Archer-Lean (PI) | Queensland’s Department of Information Technology, Science, Innovation and the Arts: Fraser Island Dingo Research Program (A$24,527) | 2015 | The research will identify points of conflict in relation to dingo habitat and visitor sites, and recommend how to manage overall expectations about how people interact with the animals |
Research areas
- Australian Fiction
- Critical Animal Studies
- Human Dimension of Wildlife Management
Teaching areas
- Literary Animal Studies
- Critical Human Animal Studies
- Australian Literature
- Ecocriticism
- First Nations’ Writing
Dr Clare Archer-Lean's specialist areas of knowledge include English literature, cross-cultural studies, Indigenous literature, Australian literature, Canadian literature, post-colonial literature, human animal studies and eco-criticism