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Get to Know Dr. Brit Johnson

Job Title
Academic Skills Advisor
Contact Details
  • bjohnson@acpe.edu.au
  • (02) 8061 2716
Qualifications​
Bachelor of Education (Secondary) (Human Movement and Health Education) (First Class Honours), University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy (Obesity), University of Sydney

Staff Bio

Brit has a background in education and research and completed her PhD on the philosophical constructions of obesity. Brit is an academic in the Student Learning Services and teaches across some of ACPE’s first year units.

Teaching Interests

Obesity, philosophy, sociological constructions of health, the Ottawa Charter

Research Interests

Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis, Foucault, philosophy, sociology

Publications

Johnson, B. (2018). A feminist analysis of discursive practices in ‘success stories’ in Australian weight loss centres (Doctoral dissertation). The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Russell, K., & Johnson, B. (2012). The construction of gendered bodies within competitive swimming: A Foucauldian perspective. Psychology of Women Section Review, 14(2), 26-33.
Russell, K., Johnson, B., & Peralta, L. (2022). A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of the ‘good mother’ discourse in ‘success stories’ of Australian weight loss centres. Journal of Gender Studies, 14(5), 759-777.

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