Rate My Professor Cathy Cupitt

Dr Cathy Cupitt is a Lecturer in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry within the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. She serves as Humanities Communication Skills Coordinator and Unit Coordinator for Academic and Professional Communication (APC) units, including COMS1010 and APC100. Holding a Doctor of Creative Arts from Curtin University of Technology, she has worked as a university lecturer and course coordinator for over two decades, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate creative arts students. Her teaching incorporates innovative approaches such as podcasting technologies in eScholar initiatives and focuses on communication skills, intercultural learning, and first-year engagement through units like Engaging in the Humanities 100. Previously, she was Unit Coordinator for Professional Writing at the University of Western Australia.

Cupitt's research specializations include widening participation in higher education for underrepresented groups such as low socioeconomic status (SES), Indigenous, regional/remote, and first-in-family students, with an emphasis on social marketing strategies, online learning engagement, motivation, and grit. Affiliated with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University, she co-authored key publications including the 'Social Marketing Strategy for Promoting Tertiary Education to Low SES Communities' position paper (2016) with Dr Diane Costello, Professor Lynne Eagle, and Associate Professor Maria Raciti; 'Participation in higher education online: Demographics, motivators and grit' (STARS Conference, 2015), analyzing a survey of 657 Curtin online students; 'Bridges to Higher Education Initiative: Literature Review' (2014); and 'Widening Participation Queensland: Student Ambassador Investigations' (2015). Additional works encompass 'Strategies for improving intercultural and international learning' (Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University) and 'Nothing but Net: When cultures collide' (Transformative Works and Cultures, 2008), discussing Web 2.0 convergence culture in fandom. She contributed to a 2019 Australian Law Reform Commission submission on arts classification and internet content regulation, informed by her interests in internet studies, professional and creative writing, speculative fiction, and slash fiction.