Merinda Dias-Jayasinha is an outstanding, genre-crossing, multi-talented Australian vocalist. Her PhD project at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music explores jazz-trained women vocalists' experiences of education and professional roles in the music industry. What is unique about Merinda's project is her use of narrative and poetic inquiry methodologies, and the development of techniques informed by an intersectional feminist lens. She uses these methods to explore participant perceptions of intersectional factors facilitating or constraining their career progression and industry engagement.

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Today we’ll be joined by Lauren Stewart joined by our guest Professor Bronwyn Davies.

Bronwy Davies is an Independent Scholar, Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Emetruis Professor at the University of Western Sydney. She was a professor of Education at James Cook University and then at the University of Western Sydney before becoming an independent scholar in 2009. Bronwyn was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her work in early childhood at Uppsala University. She is author of 22 books and more than 150 book chapters and papers, many of them co-authored.

We hope you enjoy this conversation with Lauren Stewart and Professor Bronwyn Davies.

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Lauren Stewart is a PhD candidate at Monash University and a recipient of the Monash Graduate Excellence Scholarship (MGES). Her doctoral research takes a holistic approach to the study of songwriting, exploring the technical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal factors that can enable or inhibit early-career songwriters’ development. She completed her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees at Monash University in 2015, specializing in Popular Voice Studies at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music. This was followed by a Bachelor of Music (Honors) degree, which sparked her research interests in popular music, songwriting, and the creative process. Outside of her research pursuits, Lauren works as a singing teacher, a teaching associate, and a vocalist with a variety of bands and ensembles, including the Australian Army Band Corps (Melbourne). This year, she also worked as a music mentor for the ADF Arts for Recovery, Resilience, Teamwork and Skills (ADF ARRTS) program in Canberra.

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