Wendy Hillman
Senior Lecturer Sociology
School of Nursing and Midwifery
CQ University
Australia
Biography
"Wendy Hillman is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences at CQUniversity Australia in Rockhampton. She researches in the areas of entrepreneurship and empowerment of women in Rural and remote Nepal, gendered travel, backpacking, independent travel, trekking, tours of non-arrival and emotional events that have led to survival escapist travel. Grounded Theory is Wendy's preferred research approach Wendy has recently completed research in Nepal on the gender empowerment of women on an AusAID funded project. She is interested in the Nepali people and Nepali culture as her area of research focus and interest. Wendy has travelled to Nepal for research and university related activities every year since 2010."
Research Interest
Nepal - Nepali culture and Nepali people and society Sociological methodology and Grounded Theory Research Methods
Publications
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Hillman, W. (2000). The view from the guidebooks : backpackers in Australia. In Sociological sites/sights : TASA 2000 conference proceedings, 6-8 December 2000, Flinders University, Adelaide (pp. 1-6). Adelaide: Flinders University of South Australia.
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Hillman, W. (1998). International women backpackers in Australia : seeking authentic experience. In M. Alexander (Ed.), TASA '98 programme and abstracts, Refashioning Sociology: Responses to a New World Order, 1-4 December, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus (pp. 45). Brisbane: QUT.
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Hillman, W. (1997). The search for authenticity in tourism. In TASA 1997 : The Australian Sociological Association conference, December 9-12, University of Wollongong, NSW. Theme: Shifting Structures; Shifting Sociology. (pp. 101). Wollongong, NSW: Australian Sociological Association.
