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AUTHOR / EXPERT ON GENDER ISSUES
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Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli,
a lecturer in Public Health with Deakin University,
is a former school teacher, educational consultant
to the Catholic Education Office, university tutor
and researcher. She has also completed her doctorate
in gender, sexuality and ethnicity.
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Apart
from academic chapters, research monographs and
journal articles, her publications include SOMEONE
YOU KNOW, about a friend with AIDS (Wakefield
Press; new edition, 2002); GIRLS
TALK: YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS
(Finch) which is a research-based collection of
over 150 girls and culturally and sexually diverse
young women's art and writing exploring relationships,
health and wellbeing issues; and TAPESTRY
(Random House), a biographical narrative on five
generations of her Italian family, exploring shifting
constructs of gender, sexuality and ethnic identity.
Tapestry was short-listed for the NSW Premier's
Award in the Ethnic Affairs Commission category
and in the Children's Book Council Non-Fiction Award.
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In a similar manner to GIRLS
TALK, her book entitled BOYS'
STUFF: TALKING ABOUT WHAT MATTERS (Allen
& Unwin) is written by boys, for boys. This
involved research and working with 600 boys from
around Australia and was co-researched and co-edited
with Dr Wayne Martino from Murdoch University,
Perth. The book was shortlisted for three awards:
a Western Australian Premier's Award; the Australian
Book Design Award; and was Highly Commended in
The Australian Award for Excellence in Educational
Publishing.
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SO
WHAT'S A BOY? ISSUES OF MASCULINITY AND SCHOOLING
is about culturally and sexually diverse boys'
education and health (Open University Press, 2003).
Maria is also researching and compiling COMING
OUT OF THE TOO HARD BASKET (Finch, 2003)
that presents examples of what has been done and
can been done to overcome homophobia within families,
schools and the wider community; and has begun
the research into bisexual students and multi-sexual
families in the US and Australia for a forthcoming
book, BORDER SEXUALITIES,
BORDER FAMILIES: DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS (Rowman
and Littlefield, New York).
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BEING
NORMAL IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE
was published in May 2005, is co-written with
Wayne Martino and is for both teachers and parents
of adolescents. Each chapter draws on the perceptions
and writings of teenage boys and girls, and uses
these to build a specific knowledge about what
it means to be an adolescent at school, what it
means to be 'cool' and 'normal', and the effects
of these social constructions on learning and
relationships. Click here
to buy this title.
WHEN
OUR CHILDREN COME OUT
was published in March 2005 and focusses on how
to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
young people. Click here
to buy this title.
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A second edition of GIRLS
TALK was published in March 2006, with a new introduction
which "helps position the book for a new generation
of readers".
As well as focussing on her books,
Maria’s talks, seminars and workshops for students
include:
- gender issues for boys
and girls in our society
- professional and personal
development for women: career, family, sexuality
- growing up in two or
more cultures
- writing biography and
autobiography
- gender and education:
curriculum, methodolgy, policies, whole school projects
- HIV / AIDS: personal
and social issues of acceptance and understanding
- NEW
Gender, School Culture and Learning: Creating a Community
of Commitment. Under this topic, Maria presents on
"The Links and Tensions Between Gender, School
Culture, Student Well-being and Learning", "Identifying
the Links and Tensions" and "Developing
Policies, Pedagogies, Programmes and Pastoral Care
Strategies to Address the Identified Needs".
Ideal as a full-day Staff PD.
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