Karen Lowry Digital Humanities Australasia 2018

Karen Lowry

Dr. Karen Lowry is a lecturer at SAE Institute in Perth where she teaches motion graphics and web design. She has a PhD in digital poetry from Curtin University and was the recipient of the Australian Postgraduate Award and Curtin research scholarship. Karen co-directed the inaugural 2017 Literary Youth Festival in Perth, which was held as part of Propel Youth Arts' KickstART Festival. In 2012 and 2013, she coordinated the WA Poetry Festival for WA Poets Inc, also serving 2 years as co-chair. In 2017 she collaborated with author, David Wright, to create a digital interface for his novella Paige & Powe, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards. Karen was also a top 20 Finalist in the AMPlify Festival’s Bright Sparks PhD Pitching competition in 2015 and was highly commended in the 2013 Poetry d'Amour Love Poetry Competition for "Hinge".

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