Rate My Professor Ariella Van Luyn

Dr Ariella van Luyn is a Senior Lecturer in writing in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New England, where she also serves as BA Coordinator in the Discipline of Writing within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education. She holds a PhD in creative writing from the Queensland University of Technology and a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Creative Writing) with First Class Honours from the same institution. Prior to her current role, she held academic positions at Queensland University of Technology and James Cook University. Ariella specialises in historical fiction, biofiction, oral and community storytelling, practice-led research methodology, online writing pedagogy, and creativity and artificial intelligence. She is highly experienced in supervising higher degree research students and has examined theses in Australia and internationally. Her current research project investigates neuroqueer historical fiction.

Ariella is the author of the novel Treading Air (Affirm Press, 2016) and more than fifteen short stories published in Australian and international journals including Overland, Southerly, Island, and Social Alternatives. She has co-edited two scholarly books: Sharing Qualitative Research: Showing Lived Experiences and Community Narratives (Routledge, 2017) with Professor Susan Gair, and Innovating Through Place: On Regional Cultures, Economies, and Creativity in Australia and Beyond (Routledge, 2019) with Dr Eduardo de la Fuente. Selected peer-reviewed publications include 'A scholarly dialogue: Writing scholarship, authorship, academic integrity and the challenges of AI' (2024, Higher Education Research & Development), 'Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice' (2016, Fish and Fisheries), '(In)famous subjects: Representing women’s criminality and violence in historical biofictions' (2019, New Writing), 'Not-so-invisible mending: Developing editing skills in large online classes through visible labour' (2020, Research in Online Literacy Education), and 'Artful life stories: Enriching creative practice through oral history' (2013, TEXT). Ariella has received the Queensland Literary Awards for Unpublished Manuscript (2013), Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence in Education at UNE (2023), and team recognition in the Australian Awards for University Teaching (2025).