Biography and expertise

Biography

Dr Lynda Hawryluk is a Senior Lecturer in Writing and Course Coordinator of Creative Writing programs at Southern Cross University. Lynda lectures in Writing units and supervises Honours, Masters and PhD students. An experienced writing workshop facilitator, Lynda has been published in both academic and creative publications.

Lynda's work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

Source: Scopus

Research

Lynda's creative work is in the area of landscape poetry, specifically about coastal areas and islands. Broadening out from this, Lynda's research also focuses on island communities and literature, Gothic coastlines and ecopoetry.

Community engagement

Lynda has presented workshops for community and writing groups in Queensland and Canada and been a featured guest at the Byron Writers Festival, Grassroots Writers Festival and Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, among others. She is a past President / Chair of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, and current Deputy Chair of the Byron Writers Festival board.

Supervision

Lynda has successfully supervised a number of PhD, Masters, Master of Letters and Honours students in their respective projects.

Other

Previously: President / Chair of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs

Current: Deputy Chair of the Byron Writers Festival board

Links

Deputy Chair of the Byron Writers Festival board

Organisational affiliations

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University

Past affiliations

Senior Lecturer, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University

Senior Lecturer, Humanities, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University

Education

Literary Studies
1991–1993, BA, University of Western Sydney
English
1994–1994, GradDipEd(Secondary), University of Western Sydney
Writing
1996–1997, MA(Hons), University of Western Sydney
Writing
1998–2002, PhD, University of Western Sydney