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Karen Farquharson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Academic Head of Social and Policy Studies at Swinburne. Her research interests include the sociology of race and ethnicity, the sociology of the media, the sociology of sport, and the sociology of the internet. She teaches in Sociology and convenes the BA (Hons) in Social Science and Industry and Community Studies.
Prior to working at Swinburne, Karen was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne. She holds a PhD from Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cape Town in 1995-1996. Karen is a co-editor of the International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ijets).
Research Interests
- Sociology of the internet
- Sociology of race and ethnicity
- Sociology of the media
- Sociology of sport
Current Research Activities
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Publications and Other Research Outputs
 Go to Swinburne Research Bank
Postgraduate Supervision
Current Students
Vikki Bunton (What Women Want: Preventative technologies for Cervical Cancer)
Chung Choo (The utilization of cultural capital by Asian students in Melbourne)
Samantha de Wit (Friendships and Place in Australian Online Communities)
Jane Felstead (The Occidental Shooter: Representations of Racial Others in Interactive Narratives.)
Lee Glezos (Institutional Entrepreneurs and the Building of the Australian Organic Food Market 1985-1995)
Sue Malta ( Love, Sex and Intimacy. Older Adults and their Romantic Relationships: Online and Offline)
Mohammad Hadi Sohrabi Haghighat (Second generation Muslims' sense of belonging to Australia)
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