Melissa Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6407959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | State Library of New South Wales |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9193-0024 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Advancing socio-cultural dimensions of off-grid energy transitions for climate resilience: Lessons from remote and indigenous communities in Indonesia and Australia
Despite significant global efforts to address energy access gaps, most off-grid communities remain underserved—solutions have frequently fallen short by treating energy transitions as primarily technical and financial challenges, neglecting the socio-cultural dimensions that determine whether communities can genuinely shape and sustain energy systems aligned with their values and ways of life. This paper examines three remote off-grid communities…
Vaping to quit smoking: Qualitative study of people receiving opioid agonist treatment
Horribly hilarious: An interpretation of Esther
Finding humor in the book of Esther is not terribly unusual among those who read, study, and commentate on the book. Sustaining that outlook as the body count grows, however, proves more of an interpretive challenge. This interpretation of Esther, one that both adheres to the biblical narrative and follows a thread of the comic through it, undertakes that challenge. Comedy’s aspects of being revelatory and boundary-drawing enable a reading of Est…
Bridging the Gap in Indigenous Australian Languages Teacher Education
Phosphorus flows through the Australian food system: Identifying intervention points as a roadmap to phosphorus security
Comedy And Feminist Interpretation Of The Hebrew Bible A Subversive Collaboration
Exploring the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy, this volume further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic 'lens' might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters.
Deborah and Jael
Judges 4 introduces two women who become the story's comic ‘not heroes’: Deborah and Jael. Sexuality and violence are significant elements of the comedy of Judges 4. Sexual situations are not inherently humorous; however, when paired with the incongruity that is inherent in comedy, humour emerges. In this narrative, incongruity takes the form of gender‐bending, and humour is created when men and women behave contrary to expected roles for their g…
Comedy And Feminist Interpretation Of The Hebrew Bible A Subversive Collaboration
Exploring the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy, this volume further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic 'lens' might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters.
Deborah and Jael
Judges 4 introduces two women who become the story's comic ‘not heroes’: Deborah and Jael. Sexuality and violence are significant elements of the comedy of Judges 4. Sexual situations are not inherently humorous; however, when paired with the incongruity that is inherent in comedy, humour emerges. In this narrative, incongruity takes the form of gender‐bending, and humour is created when men and women behave contrary to expected roles for their g…
Phosphorus flows through the Australian food system: Identifying intervention points as a roadmap to phosphorus security
Bridging the Gap in Indigenous Australian Languages Teacher Education
Horribly hilarious: An interpretation of Esther
Finding humor in the book of Esther is not terribly unusual among those who read, study, and commentate on the book. Sustaining that outlook as the body count grows, however, proves more of an interpretive challenge. This interpretation of Esther, one that both adheres to the biblical narrative and follows a thread of the comic through it, undertakes that challenge. Comedy’s aspects of being revelatory and boundary-drawing enable a reading of Est…
Vaping to quit smoking: Qualitative study of people receiving opioid agonist treatment
Advancing socio-cultural dimensions of off-grid energy transitions for climate resilience: Lessons from remote and indigenous communities in Indonesia and Australia
Despite significant global efforts to address energy access gaps, most off-grid communities remain underserved—solutions have frequently fallen short by treating energy transitions as primarily technical and financial challenges, neglecting the socio-cultural dimensions that determine whether communities can genuinely shape and sustain energy systems aligned with their values and ways of life. This paper examines three remote off-grid communities…
Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Comedy (2 works) · Development, Ethics, and Society (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Interpretation (philosophy) (2 works)