Rate My Professor Shaphan Cox

Associate Professor Shaphan Cox serves in the School of Design and the Built Environment, Faculty of Humanities, at Curtin University, where he is the course coordinator for the Geography program. He has lectured in a wide range of subjects in Geography and Planning. Cox has taught at Curtin University, the University of Notre Dame Australia, and the University of Western Australia. He graduated with a PhD from Curtin University in 2012.

Cox's research explores reconceptualisations of space and place through representation, with interests in human geography, urban theory, critical heritage studies, native title, and cross-cultural studies. Key publications include the co-authored book 'Setting up the Nyoongar Tent Embassy: A Report on Perth Media' with T. Kerr (2013); 'Indigenous persistence and entitlement: Noongar occupations in central Perth, 1988–1989 and 2012' (Journal of Historical Geography, 2016); 'Media, Machines and Might: Reproducing Western Australia's Violent State of Aboriginal Protection' (Somatechnics, 2016); 'Native title and the politics of rejection: beyond the post-political binary of consensus and dissensus in urban Aboriginal activism' (Geographical Research, 2018); and 'Kalla yarning at Matagarup: Televised legitimation and the limits of heritage-making in the city' co-authored with Thor Kerr. His Google Scholar profile shows over 140 citations. Cox received the Faculty of Humanities 2019 Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award for Innovation in Curriculum Design and Pedagogy Practice and was a 2016/17 International Workshop Award recipient. He supervises PhD students.