She was the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Copenhagen in 2014/15 and the University of Tokyo in 2011/12, and the editor of Kunapipi: journal of postcolonial writing & culture from 1999-2013 (free online access 1979-2012 at http://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/) Her research interests lie primarily in the field of postcolonial women’s poetry, with expertise in the Caribbean, Canada and Australia. She is currently working on a collaborative project with Professors Sue Thomas (La Trobe University) and Russell McDougall (University of New England) on the compilation and analysis of a Literary History of the Representation of Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon. An edited book on The Literature of Tropical Weather: Typhoons, Cyclone and Hurricanes is forthcoming (Palgrave 2016 ) as part of their Literatures, Cultures and Environment series.