Associate Professor
Bridget Harris

Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Biography
Bridget is an interdisciplinary researcher and has published and presented her work in the areas of:- intimate partner / domestic / family and sexual violence
- technology-facilitated violence, advocacy and justice administration in the context of intimate partner, domestic, family and sexual violence
- access to justice (including in regional, rural and remote areas, and postcode justice)
- legal advocacy
Nominations and Awards: Bridget competed her PhD thesis (Just Spaces? Community Legal Centres as Places of Law) at Monash University and was the School of Social Sciences candidate nominated for the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for Excellence in a PhD thesis. She received the Bruce Mansfield Award for Outstanding Research in her Honours year, undertaken at Macquarie University. In 2016 she received a scholarship to attend the competitive Australian Research Council Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship Mentoring Scheme. As an educator, she has also received staff and student nominated teaching awards. In 2017 she received the Vice Chancellor's Performance Award for Service Excellence. In 2019 she won the Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology New Scholar Prize. Funded Research (Grants): From 2016-2021 she was awarded three esteemed Australian Institute of Criminology 'Criminology Research Council' grants:
- Spaceless Violence and Advocacy: Technology-facilitated Abuse, Stalking and Service Provision in Australia (lead, with Dr Delanie Woodlock, Women’s Legal Service NSW and Professor Harry Blagg)
- Reducing Crime and Incarceration Rates in Aboriginal Communities: The Impact of the ‘Yes I Can’ Adult Literacy Campaign (led by Dr Jenny Wise with Associate Professor Bob Boughton, Adjunct Professor Jack Beetson and Dr Nickson)
- Police Body-worn Camera Technology in Response to Domestic and Family Violence: A National Study of Victim-Survivor Perspectives and Experiences (led by Dr Mary Iliadis, with Dr Danielle Tyson, Associate Professor Asher Flynn and Dr Zarina Vakhitova).
Bridget is also:
- a Chief Investigator in the Digital Media Research Centre, QUT and Centre for Justice, QUT
- a Research Associate with the Research Centre on Violence at West Virginia University,
- an Adjunct Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of New England,
- a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre of Rural Criminology
- Treasurer of the International Study for the Society of Rural Criminology
- a member of the QUT Ally Network
- on the Editorial Advisory Board of Bristol University Press's Research in Rural Crime series; and Editorial Board of the International Journal of Rural Criminology and Frontiers in Human Dynamics Society and Social Change.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Keywords
domestic and family violence, technology-facilitated domestic violence, violence against women, technology-facilitated advocacy and justice responses, rural domestic violence, spatiality, access to justice, sexual violence, DMRC Digital Media Research Centre, QUT Centre for Justice
Discipline
Criminology, Law
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD in Criminology (Monash University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Socio-Legal Studies Association
- National Rural Law and Justice Alliance
Teaching
Bridget is currently on a research position but previously taught (and guest lectures into): JSB286 Domestic Violence JSB272 Theories of Crime
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Bridget, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology: New Scholar Prize
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Vice Chancellor¿s Performance Award for Service Excellence (Queensland University of Technology)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Dean¿s Commendation in Recognition of Innovation and Excellence in Pedagogy and Outstanding Support for Students (Monash University)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Bruce Mansfield Award for Outstanding Research by an Honours Candidate (Macquarie University)
Research projects
- Title
- Building State Responses to Technology-Facilitated Domestic Violence
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE200101151
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
- Title
- Domestic Violence and Communication Technology: Victim Experiences of Intrusion, Surveillance, and Identity Theft
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2017026
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Abuse; Consumer; Digital; Domestic Violence; Technology
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Women's Experiences and Responses to Cyberviolence in India & Australia
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Nicolas Suzor, Dr Laura Vitis - Intimate Partner Femicide: Risk factors and the heterogeneity of IPF in QLD
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Claire Ferguson - Intimate partner violence within Australian Defence Force Families: An exploratory study
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Claire Ferguson - Understanding the influence of occupational culture on decision-making in child protection: case worker perspectives
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jodi Death, Associate Professor Kelly Richards