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Associate Professor Alyce McGovern
PhD, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Social Science (Criminology) Honours First Class, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Criminology, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Dr Alyce McGovern (she/her) is an Associate Professor in Criminology in the School of Law, Society and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. Her research explores intersecting themes of crime, media and culture, including police public relations and image work and police use of social media, and knitting graffiti and craftivism. She is the co-author of Policing and Media: Public Relations, Simulations and Communications (2013 with Lee, Routledge), Sexting and Young People (2015 with Crofts, Lee and Milivojevic, Palgrave) and author of Craftivism and Yarn Bombing: A Criminological Exploration ( 2019, Palgrave). Alyce was a guest editor for the Current Issues in Criminal Justice journal's Special Issue on 'Crime, Media and New Technologies' (2015) and co-guest editor of the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy's Special Issue 'Beyond Cybercrime: New Perspectives on Crime, Harm and Digital Technologies' (2022 with Gordon, Thompson and Wood).
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Awarded 2018 - Research on the role of media in CRV/CVE - Public Safety Canada
Awarded 2011 - Sexting and Young People: Perceptions, Practices, Policy and Law - Criminology Research Council, Australian Institute of Criminology
2017 UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Research Areas
- Crime, (new) media, and culture
- Police media relations; police public relations activities; police use of social media; police image work
- Yarn bombing, craftivism and street craft
- Criminology higher education
Editorial Board Positions
- UNSW Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (NSW Rep 2016-2018)
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New England
My Research Supervision
- The great war of ideas: A review into Australian national security communications - Samuel Pascoe (commenced 2020, joint with Dr Srinjoy Bose)
- Be afraid – Or very entertained: Media coverage of criminal trials and consumption of crime - Leah Findlay (commenced 2015, joint with Professor Jill Hunter)
- Alexandre Fleck Soares Brandao (co-supervisor with Professor Jill Hunter, Professor Lyria Bennett Moses and Associate Professor Daniel Joyce)
- The limits of looking: Managing crime-images of victims - Laura McDonald (commenced 2016 at Sydney University - external supervisor, primary supervisor Dr Rebecca Scott-Bray)
My Teaching
- CRIM1010 Criminology: An Introduction (T1 2024)
- CRIM2034 Crime, Politics and the Media (T1 2024)