Rate My Professor Anja Reid

Dr. Anja Reid serves as an Adjunct in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Murdoch University. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Her academic career at Murdoch University includes roles as Lecturer and Unit Coordinator in the School of Arts since 2010. Listed among the faculty in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences' 'Our People' page, she contributes to teaching and research in global studies and related areas.

Anja Reid's research interests encompass the sociology of arts, gender dynamics, women's experiences, education, fertility, marriage, and development, particularly in Southeast Asian contexts such as Indonesia, Vietnam, Bhutan, and Zimbabwe. Her publications include co-authorship on 'Stories of women's marriage and fertility experiences: Qualitative research on urban and rural cases in Bali, Indonesia' published in Gates Open Research in 2023 with A.S. Titisari and Carol Warren; a book chapter 'Enhancing Health Insurance for Farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta: Influential Factors and Policy Implications' in 2026 with N.T.T. Tran, Carol Warren, and Kathryn Trees; and a review of James Boyd's 'Japanese-Mongolian Relations: Faith, Race and Strategy 1873-1945' published by Global Oriental in 2011. Her research works total four items with 22 citations as per ResearchGate. Reid has supervised multiple graduate theses, including Om Bahadur Baral's Masters by Coursework 'Factors influencing the education of girls: A study of two villages in Nepal' in 2015; Donald Mandizvidza's Masters by Coursework 'Cultural politics, gender dynamics and development: A Zimbabwean rural perspective' in 2016; P.F. Barretto's Honours 'Ziarah in Java Indonesia's "Conservative Turn" and the Politics of Pious Tourism' in 2018; T.T.N. Tran's Doctor of Philosophy 'Beneficiary status and level of access to social security benefits of Vietnamese women migrants' in 2022; and C. Dem's Masters by Coursework 'The Role Played by Bhutanese Women in Shaping National Identity' in 2025. Through her supervision and publications, she impacts scholarship on gender and development in Asia.