QUALIFICATIONS
2020 – 2024 PhD (Over balconies and electronic bridges: Intercultural music engagement during & post pandemic), University of Melbourne
2017 – 2018 Master of Applied Psychology (Community), Victoria University
2016 – 2016 Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced), University of Melbourne
2015 – 2015 Graduate Diploma in Psychology, University of Melbourne
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2024 – current Academic Convenor, Creativity and Wellbeing Research Initiative, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
2023 – current Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, The Voice of People With Lived Experience of Suicide (VocLE), Suicide Postvention Evidence Review
2020 – current Sessional lecturer, University of Melbourne, Music in Everyday Life (Undergraduate) and Body Knowledges: Dance Science (Undergraduate)
2019 – current Psychologist, I Am Ready Psychology
2010 – current Freelance writing (ArtsHub and Arts Wellbeing Collective), training and events production
2020 – 2024 Sessional teaching and curriculum writing, Victoria University, Master of Counselling, Master of Professional Psychology and Bachelor of Psychology Honours
2020 – 2023 Research Assistant, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative, Community Activated Placemaking Spaces, Dialogue in Music for Peacebuilding, Participatory Opera Project
2017 – 2020 Research Assistant, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne for ARC DP on genetic basis of singing ability
2017 – 2018 Provisional Psychologist, Dept of Education and Training, Western Bulldogs Community Foundation ‘Sons of the West’ program, Victoria University Psychology Clinic
2000 – 2008 Creative Director, Underbelly Dance Studio
1997 – 2000 Consultant, Deloitte
MEMBERSHIPS AND REGISTRATION
Registered Psychologist with area of practice endorsement in Community Psychology (AHPRA)
Australian Psychological Society
College of Community Psychologists
Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare
MelNet – Consortium of experts in Social Network Analysis
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Director’s Award for Exceptional Doctoral Research
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music Graduate Researcher Funding
REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts; Cogent Social Sciences; Qeios; Psychology of Music; Jazz Research Journal; International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
PUBLICATIONS
Book chapter
Fraser, T. (2023). Egyptian Baladi, Australian style in lockdown: Seeking connection. In L. O’Mahoney, R. Gairola, M. Merchant, & S. Order (Eds), Performing Identity in the Era of COVID-19 (pp. 165-183). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003402275-13
Journal articles
Crooke, A. H. D., Davidson, J., & Fraser, T. (2024). Exploring the Real-World Applicability of an Intercultural Music Engagement (ICME) Framework. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2024.2362747
Crooke, A.H.D., Thompson, W.F., Fraser, T., & Davidson, J.W. (2024). Music, social cohesion, and intercultural understanding: A conceptual framework for intercultural music engagement. Musicae Scientiae, 28(1), 18-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649231157099
Fraser, T., & Davidson, J.W. (2023). Call and response: distributed creativity in asynchronous Egyptian music and dance performance. Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies. http://musicstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/04Fraser-Davidson.pdf
Fraser, T., Crooke, A.H.D., & Davidson, J.W. (2023). Intercultural music engagement over electronic bridges: Online ethnography and action research during COVID-19 lockdown. the world of music (new series), 12(1), 38-75. https://doi.org/10.59998/2023-12-1-1314
Fraser, T. (2022). Egyptian Baladi, Australian style in lockdown: Seeking connection. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(6), 846-864. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2022.2134319
Yeom, D., Tan, Y.T., Haslam, N., Mosing, M.A., Yap, V.M.Z., Fraser, T., Hildebrand, M.S., Berkovic, S.F., McPherson, G.E., Peretz, I., & Wilson, S.J. (2022). Genetic factors and shared environment contribute equally to objective singing ability. iScience, 25, 104360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104360
Fraser, T., Crooke, A.H.D, & Davidson, J.W. (2021). “Music has no borders”: An exploratory study of audience engagement with YouTube music broadcasts during COVID-19 lockdown, 2020. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(643893). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643893
Crooke, A.H.D., Hara, M., Davidson, J.W., Fraser, T., & DeNora, T. (2021). Fractured bonds and crystal capital: Social capital among COVID-era music communities. International Journal of Community Music, 14(2), 247-272. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00047_1
Thesis
Fraser, T. (2024). Over balconies and electronic bridges: Intercultural music engagement during & post pandemic. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Melbourne]. https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/items/0253645b-7a35-4948-8797-8ca66077777f
Program evaluation
Deans, C., Bessant, L., Fishman, A., Fraser, T., Korstz, K., McCartin, J., Puxley, S., Williams, R., Sullivan, M., & Wright, S. (2017). Western Bulldogs Community Foundation: Sons of the West Premiership Season 2017 Evaluation of psychosocial components. Project Report. Internal Report, Melbourne: Victoria University.
INVITED SPEAKER
Fraser, T. (2024, February 3). Diversity ideology and music collaboration: Insights into the community-diversity dialectic [Conference session]. In Asian Association of Social Psychology Small Group Meeting. Understanding Polyculturalism across Societies in the Asia-Pacific: The Future in Culturally Diverse Societies? Manila, Philippines.
Fraser, T. (2022, September, 16). Community resilience: drawing on culturally meaningful resources [Conference session]. In Mental Health PhD Program Showcase. Orygen, Parkville.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Fraser, T. (2024, June 31-July 2). A social and cultural psychology theoretical framework for considering intercultural music collaboration. [Paper presentation]. AJIRN7 Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network 2024 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Fraser, T., Wang, P., & Kashima, Y. (2023, November 27-28). The role of homophily, diversity ideology and music collaboration in resolving tensions between community and diversity. [Paper presentation]. Australian Social Network Analysis Conference (ASNAC) 2023, Sydney, Australia.
Fraser, T. (2023, November 2). Over balconies and electronic bridges: Intercultural music engagement during & post pandemic. [Paper presentation]. Mental Health PhD Program Conference, 2023. Melbourne.
Fraser, T., & Davidson, J.W. (2023, September 14-16). Social connection and resilience through intercultural music engagement – hybrid program evaluation. [Paper presentation]. Global Arts and Psychology Seminar. York, Graz, La Plata, & Melbourne.
Fraser, T., Crooke, A.H.D, & Davidson, J.W. (2023, August 24-28). Integrative review of intercultural music engagement programs. [Paper presentation]. In Symposium Enriching Social Cohesion and Intercultural Understanding through Music Engagement. 17th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Tokyo, Japan/Online.
Fraser, T., Wang, P., & Kashima, Y. (2023, May 19-21). Investigating intercultural exchange in music collaboration networks through social network analysis. [Paper presentation]. AJIRN6 Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network 2023 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Fraser. T. (2023, April 21). Seeking connection across balconies and electronic bridges: Intercultural music engagement during & post pandemic. [Paper presentation]. Reverberations: Impact and Interdisciplinarity, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, Graduate Researcher Symposium, Melbourne Australia.
Fraser, T., Crooke, A.H.D, & Davidson, J.W. (2023, February 16-17). Intercultural music engagement: Research and conceptual framework. [Paper presentation]. Performing Creativity, Culture and Wellbeing Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Fraser, T. (2022, November 18). Social connection and intercultural understanding through music practice. [Paper presentation]. Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference, 2022. Melbourne.
Fraser, T., Crooke, A.H.D, & Davidson, J.W. (2022, July 17-22). Distributed creativity and cultural value in the digital space. In Symposium Exploring the social wellbeing affordances of community music during the context of COVID-19. [Paper presentation]. 35th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Online.
Fraser, T., Kashima, Y., & Davidson, J.W. (2022, July 12-16). Knowledge diffusion and cultural diversity in music collaboration networks. [Paper presentation]. Sunbelt 2022, XLII Social Networks Conference, INSNA, Cairns, Australia.
Fraser, T., & Davidson, J.W. (2022, June 8-10). Call and response: Social affordances in virtual Egyptian music and dance performance. [Paper presentation]. 13th Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology, Edinburgh, Scotland/Online.
Fraser, T., Crooke, A.H.D, & Davidson, J.W. (2022, May 2-3). Intercultural music engagement over electronic bridges: Digital ethnography and online action research during COVID-19 lockdown. [Paper presentation]. Fieldwork and Covid-19 Sound Knowledge Workshop/Conference, Göttingen, Germany/Online.
Fraser, T. (2021, November 16). Music practice for intercultural connection: a social network analysis. [Poster presentation]. Mental Health PhD Program Conference, 2023. Melbourne.
Fraser, T., & Davidson, J.W. (2021, July 28-31). Social connection and collective flow through asynchronous virtual Egyptian Baladi performance. [Paper presentation]. 16th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition/11th triennial conference of ESCOM, Online.
Fraser, T. (2019). The well-being of culturally and linguistically diverse artists in Australia. Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare Conference, Lasting the Distance (p. 18). https://www.aspah.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ASPAH2019_LTD_program_20191106_final_fullsize_print.pdf