Our SLLL HDR graduates are making a splash

L-R from top: Recent PhD graduates from SLLL Haoyi Li, Barbara Taylor, Ruri Ueda, Zachary Karpinellison, Shuyu Zhang and Scarlette Do. (Photo Luis Perez, ANU)
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Recent PhD graduates from the CASS School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics (SLLL) are achieving outstanding success across academia, government and industry. These outcomes are a testament to the employability of ANU graduates in a range of institutions.
- Barbara Taylor (PhD in English, 2025) was offered and took up a lectureship in English at the University of Auckland within months of her PhD being submitted.
- Scarlette Do (PhD in Screen Studies, 2025) received the Australian Screen Research Collection postdoctoral fellowship at RMIT for a project entitled Mapping Asian-Indigenous Relations in Australian and Pacific Cinemas.
- Zachary Karpinellison (PhD in English/Screen Studies, 2026) has secured a position at the National Film and Sound Archive.
- Ruri Ueda (PhD in Linguistics, 2025) has secured a continuing position as Lecturer (Japanese) in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Murdoch University.
- Haoyi Li (PhD in Linguistics, 2026) is taking up a postdoctoral position at the University of Melbourne on the ARC Industry Laureate Project Effecting Solutions for Risk to Remote Indigenous Heritage.
- Shuyu Zhang (PhD in Linguistics, 2026) has secured a permanent position at the Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing.
Congratulations!