School of Communication and Arts

Dr Melanie Saward

Lecturer
School of Communication and Arts

Publications

Books (2)
Journal Articles (8)
Conference Papers (2)
Newspaper Articles (3)
Creative Works (2)

Books

Saward, Melanie (2024). Love unleashed. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Penguin Random House Australia.
Anderson, Peter, Blue, Levon, Pham, Thu and Saward, Melanie (2022). Higher degree by research: Factors for Indigenous student success. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-5178-7

Journal Articles

Baeza Pena, Angela, Xing, Congcong, Blue, Levon, Pham, Thu, Saward, Melanie and Anderson, Peter (2024). Indigenous higher degree by research students’ retention and completion: a scoping review. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s13384-024-00777-2
Pham, Thu, Blue, Levon E., Baeza, Angela, Anderson, Peter and Saward, Melanie (2024). Want Indigenous university students to succeed? Here's how. EduResearch Matters.
Pham, Thu Dinh Xuan, Blue, Levon E., Baeza, Angela, Anderson, Peter J., Xing, Congcong and Saward, Melanie (2024). Higher education success factor model: a means to explore factors influencing Indigenous Australian completion rates. Student Success, 1-16. doi: 10.5204/ssj.3154
Saward, Melanie (2023). When the birds scream: lessons from the cockatoos. Griffith Review, 82 (Animal Magic), 103-109.
Saward, Melanie (2023). Home. Meanjin, 82 (3), 86-93.
Saward, Melanie and Wain, Debra (2021). Introduction: The thing as writing prompt. Text, 25 (Special issue 63), 1-2.
Wain, Debra and Saward, Melanie (2021). Introduction. Text, 25 (Special Issue 61), 1-2. doi: 10.52086/001C.23488
Saward, Melanie and Sayed, Sara El (2020). Behaviours in a peer-only creative writing hdr support group: The experiences of two students of colour. Text (Australia), 24 (Special issue 59), 1-14. doi: 10.52086/001C.23483

Conference Papers

Saward, Melanie (2024). Where are all the Blakfullas. Romance Writers of Australia Academic Symposium, Adelaide, SA Australia, 16 August 2024.
Saward, Melanie (2024). When what’s ugly isn’t considered ugly: the tension between romcom norms and marginalised experience. Pop Culture Association, Chicago, IL United States, 27-30 March 2024.

Newspaper Articles

Anderson, Peter, Baeza Pena, Angela, Blue, Levon Ellen, Saward, Melanie and Pham, Thu D. (2024, 03 04). Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding The Conversation
Saward, Melanie (2023, 07 10). Fat people are taught to hate themselves - but Kris Kneen's intimate book could create change The Conversation
Saward, Melanie (2023, 01 06). My favourite fictional character: Queenie, a young Black woman living and dating in London, is 'complex, funny, broken, fun' The Conversation

Creative Works

Saward, Melanie (2023). Burn. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Affirm Press.
Saward, Melanie (2023). Living dolls. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Big Issue.

Areas of research

Writing