Amy Forbes
- amy.forbes@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-4675- Adjunct Associate Professor
- College of Arts, Society & Education
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Biography
Dr Amy Forbes is Associate Professor of Humanities, and Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, College of Arts, Society and Education.
She is a a journalist who has worked across media platforms over the last 25 years.
Her latest book, Interviewing A Guide for Journalists and Professional Writers (3rd edition) with Dr Gail Sedorkin, has just been published in March 2023 by Routledge (London).
She is a communication and film academic and researcher with over 30 years of tertiary teaching experience in the Philippines, the US and Australia. She was associate professor at De la Salle University (Manila) before moving to Australia in 2004 to join Monash University. She moved to sunny Townsville and JCU in 2008.
She received a 2014 Office for Learning & Teaching award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning -- Wired for Employment: For leadership and excellence in developing and delivering a pioneering WIL-based curriculum in Multimedia Journalism
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Forbes, Amy; Sedorkin, Gail (2023) Interviewing: A Guide for Journalists and Professional Writers. London: [Reference Material] [DOI]
Other Publication
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Li, Wendy; Forbes, Amy; Robb, Sandra (2016) Your stories, our histories: 150 Years of mixed marriages and war brides in Townsville and their contribution to the success of multiculturalism in Townsville. Townsville, QLD, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
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Forbes, Amy; Sedorkin, Gail (2015) Public Relations Campaigns: old and new media challenges. Townsville, QLD, Australia: [Teaching Material]
Creative Self-efficacy, Political Decision-making, and Offline and Online Political Participation
2022
Kushin, Matthew J.; Dalisay, Francis; Kim, Jinhee; Forbes, Amy; David, Clarissa C.; Somera, Lilnabeth P. (2022) 'Creative Self-efficacy, Political Decision-making, and Offline and Online Political Participation'. Journal of Creative Communications, 17 (3):270-287. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Dalisay, Francis; Kushin, Matthew; Kim, Jinhee; Forbes, Amy; David, Clarissa; Somera, Lilnabeth (2021) 'Motivations for video game play and political decision-making: evidence from four countries'. Game Studies - the international journal of computer game research, 21 (3).
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Li, Wendy; Forbes, Amy (2018) 'Fang-tan in research among Chinese communities in New Zealand and Australia: a cultural approach to engagement'. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15 (4):472-488. [DOI]
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Forbes, Amy (2015) 'Courageous women in media: Marcos and censorship in the Philippines'. Pacific Journalism Review, 21 (1):195-210.
Forbes, Amy (2013) 'Tropical imaginings and romantic nostalgia: 75 years of Giliw Ko and the colonial gaze'. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 12 (2):171-179.
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Chong, Mark David; Francis, Abraham P.; Forbes, Amy (2019) 'Prioritising criminal justice social work in India: a clarion call to action' International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 14 (1) .
Forbes, Amy (2003) 'A byte out of teaching' I.T. Matters Business World, 1 :1-3.
Journal Contribution
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Lopez-Forbes, Amelita (2002) 'America after September 11th: mirroring our fears' The Yale-China Journal of American Studies, 3 (Summer) :37-38.
Journal Contribution
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Forbes, Amy (2017) The 3C's of mental health in Social Work: competence, confidence and compassion. [Other]
Forbes, Amy (2016) The Social Worker: role in a multidisciplinary team. [Other]
Forbes, Amy; Van Rossum, Adrian (2016) Celebrating Townsville: the city's visual history drawn from the JCU art collection. Townsvillle, Qld: [Recorded Work]
Creative Works
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Forbes, Amy (2015) A Case Study for Social Work Students: working with Indigenous communities. [Other]
Forbes, Amy (2013) The Future of Higher Education: the changing role of the academic. [Other]
Forbes, Amy (2013) Children on teaching and teachers. [Other]
Forbes, Amy; Craven, Allison (2012) 2012 ACEN Conference 'Collaborative Education: Investing in the Future' . In: Campbell, Matthew eds. Rounding the edge(s) of a (torrid) region: designing arts capstone curriculum at JCU Geelong, Victoria,
Conference Publication
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Forbes, Amy (2011) New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education 2011 Conference Proceedings . In: Zegwaard, Karsten E eds. Evidence of learning in reflective practice: a case study of computer-assisted analysis of students' reflective blogs Napier,17274 New Zealand,
Conference Publication
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Forbes, Amy (2010) Work Integrated Learning – Responding to Challenges: Proceedings of the 2010 ACEN National Conference . In: Campbell, Matthew eds. Reflecting, blogging and learning in journalism: are journalists born or made? Perth, WA, Australia,
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Forbes, Amy (2009) NZACE Annual Conference: using experience and research to inform the practice of work-integrated learning . In: Coll, Richard K.;Zegwaard, Karsten eds. Utilizing mentoring feedback in journalism work placements: producing work-ready graduates for the 21st century newsroom Waiheke, New Zealand,
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Forbes, Amy (2005) Radio in the World: Radio Conference 2005 . In: Healy, Sianan;Berryman, Bruce;Goodman, David eds. Philippine radio: a short history of a medium in crisis Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
Conference Publication
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M'Balla-Ndi, Marie; Forbes, Amy (2017) 20th Annual NZACE Conference Arts edge at JCU: reflections on optimising the capstone experience and WIL for liberal arts students Queenstown, New Zealand, .
Conference Contribution
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Henni, Margaret; Chong, Mark David; Forbes, Amy (2017) Linking Teaching, Practice, and Research Road traffic offences: socially acceptable crimes? Kansas City, MI, USA, .
Li, Wendy; Forbes, Amy; Robb, Sandi (2016) Townsville City Council - T150 Celebrations Your stories, our history: 150 years of mixed marriage and war brides in Townsville Townsville, QLD, Australia, .
Francis, Abraham; Gopalkrishnan, Narayan; Forbes, Amy; Swift, Claire (2015) SWSD 2015: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development Strengthening social work education in mental health: change through inter-professional collaboration East London, South Africa, .
Dalisay, F.; Kushin, M.; Somera, L.; Forbes, A.; Kim, J. (2015) AEJMC 2015: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference Immersion in video games, creative self-efficacy, and political participation San Francisco, CA, USA, .
Online intergenerational communication of young adults in the United States, Australia and Guam
2013
Somera, Lilnabeth; Dalisay, Francis; Forbes, Amy (2013) ICA 2013: 63rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association Online intergenerational communication of young adults in the United States, Australia and Guam London, UK, .
Forbes, Amy (2012) NZACE 2012: 15th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education: nurturing the learning Developing a Bachelor of Arts capstone for WIL Hamilton, New Zealand, .
Forbes, Amy; Fynes-Clinton, Jayne (2012) Critical Times? Changing journalism in a changing world Big dreams, small towns: tracking journalism students' changing attitudes and perceptions about journalism at two Queensland universities - year 2
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, .
Forbes, Amy; Fynes-Clinton, Jayne (2012) Critical Times? Changing journalism in a changing world Big dreams, small towns: tracking journalism students' changing attitudes and perceptions about journalism at two Queensland universities - year 1
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, .
Forbes, Amy (2006) ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network Conference 2006: Media: policies, cultures and futures in the Asia Pacific region Expressing gay sexuality in the digital age: a Philippine cinema example Perth, WA, Australia, .
Forbes, Amy; Mariano, Gary (2024) 'Censorship, digital media, and the global crackdown on freedom of expression' In: Forbes, Amy, and Mariano, Gary (2024) Censorship, digital media, and the global crackdown on freedom of expression. In: Higdon, Nolan, Andersen, Robin, and Macek, Steve, (eds.) Censorship, Digital Media, and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of Expression. Liberatory Stories and Voices from Community Colleges, 2 . Peter Lang, New York, NY, USA, pp. 259-274(Eds.). Censorship, Digital Media, and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of Expression. New York, NY, USA : Peter Lang. [DOI]
Book Chapter
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Francis, Abraham P.; Forbes, Amy (2020) 'Social Worker as a multidisciplinary team member: embedding three cs (competence, confidence and compassion) in social work education in mental health' In: Francis, Abraham P., and Forbes, Amy (2020) Social Worker as a multidisciplinary team member: embedding three cs (competence, confidence and compassion) in social work education in mental health. In: Ponnuswami, Ilango, and Francis, Abraham P., (eds.) Social Work Education, Research and Practice: perspectives from India and Australia. Springer, Singapore, pp. 59-72(Eds.). Social Work Education, Research and Practice: perspectives from India and Australia. Singapore : Springer. [DOI]
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Chong, Mark David; Forbes, Amy; Francis, Abraham P.; Fellows, Jamie (2020) 'Gender differentials in the presentation of symptoms, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill prisoners' In: Chong, Mark David, Forbes, Amy, Francis, Abraham P., and Fellows, Jamie (2020) Gender differentials in the presentation of symptoms, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill prisoners. In: Anand, Meenu, (ed.) Gender and Mental Health: combining theory and practice. Springer, Singapore, pp. 207-221(Eds.). Gender and Mental Health: combining theory and practice. Singapore : Springer. [DOI]
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Forbes, Amy (2015) 'Once upon a time in Manila: managing Marcos and martial rule through humour' In: Forbes, Amy (2015) Once upon a time in Manila: managing Marcos and martial rule through humour. In: Keeble, Richard Lance, and Swick, David, (eds.) Pleasures of the Prose: journalism and humour. Abramis Academic Publishing, Bury St Edmunds, UK, pp. 169-185(Eds.). Pleasures of the Prose: journalism and humour. Bury St Edmunds, UK : Abramis Academic Publishing.
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