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Helen Wolfenden is a Lecturer in Radio at Macquarie University. Prior to joining Macquarie Helen taught radio, podcasting and journalism at Salford University and the University of the West of Scotland in the UK. She spent the first part of her professional life as a radio broadcaster (presenter, producer, manager and researcher) with the ABC and the BBC, and she brings this depth of practice and knowledge to her research and teaching.

Helen’s research is centred on spoken word audio. Her PhD investigated how ABC radio presenters construct an on-air identity, and she has written about performing authenticity, the role of radio producers and pop-up online streaming that emerged in the isolation of the pandemic lockdowns. Helen has also co-published audio works on German philosopher Günther Anders and led the creation of a 'sonic conclusion' for an edited collection of essays on the moral dimensions of humour. 

Helen is interested in the cultural shift towards audio: the exponential growth in podcasts, audio books and other spoken word media and what that means for human communication. The intersect of professional and academic knowledge and their usefulness to each other is a consistent theme.

Research interests

Helen's research focuses on the affordances of spoken word audio. 

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