Mrs Camilla Cripps

Mrs Camilla Cripps
NameMrs Camilla Cripps
Email Addresscamilla.cripps@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleCasual Employment
QualificationsBA Wollongong, BCA Wollongong, MEd&Pub USQ
DepartmentSchool of Creative Arts
AffiliationsCentre for Heritage and Culture
School of Education
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9395-9004
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Biography

Camilla Cripps is an academic and fiction editor and a lecturer in the editing and publishing program at the University of Southern Queensland. Through her interdisciplinary research into trauma-informed practice – spanning education, creative arts and psychology – Camilla raises awareness of the importance of trauma-informed principles and best-practice self-care in the creative arts, and how trauma affects the praxis of publishers, editors, and authors. At present she is testing the efficacy of a set of trauma-informed guidelines for editors and implementing reading resilience pedagogy and reflective practice in early editing and publishing education to better prepare budding editors for the rigours of the industry.

Employment

PositionOrganisationFromTo
Lecturer, Editing & PublishingUniversity of Southern Queensland2023

Teaching

PUB5001, PUB5002, PUB5005, PUB5006, PUB5007, MAR8003, MAR8004

Fields of Research

  • 360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)
  • 470201. Arts and cultural policy
  • 470204. Cultural and creative industries
  • 470208. Culture, representation and identity

Professional Membership

Professional MembershipYear
Institute of Professional Editors
Australasian Association of Writing Programs
Small Press Network
Australian Publishers Association
BA
Wollongong
2008
BCA
Wollongong
2008
MEd&Pub
USQ
2023

“Some Harm, Some Foul”: The Editor’s Duty of Care in Minimising the Potential Harm of Creative Nonfiction that Contains Problematic or Distressing Material

North, Christina, Cantrell, Kate and Cripps, Camilla. 2025. "“Some Harm, Some Foul”: The Editor’s Duty of Care in Minimising the Potential Harm of Creative Nonfiction that Contains Problematic or Distressing Material." TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses. 29 (74). https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.129417

Trauma-informed Editing

Cripps, Camilla. 2024. "Trauma-informed Editing." Swinburne University of Technology Literary Industry Practice Program. 02 Oct 2024

Ethics of Editorial Practice

Cripps, Camilla. 2024. "Ethics of Editorial Practice." Swinburne University of Technology Literary Industry Practice Program. 02 Oct 2024

Implementing a Trauma-informed Editing Framework: Practical Benefits to Editor and Author Wellbeing and the Role of Reading Resilience in Australian Editing Praxis

Cripps, Camilla. 2024. "Implementing a Trauma-informed Editing Framework: Practical Benefits to Editor and Author Wellbeing and the Role of Reading Resilience in Australian Editing Praxis ." 31st Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Symposium. 24 Oct 2024

Pervasive & Problematic: Trauma in the Australian Context

Cripps, Camilla. 2024. "Pervasive & Problematic: Trauma in the Australian Context." IPEd Editors NSW Professional Development Suite. 04 - 04 Jun 2024

Trauma-informed Editing Practice

Cripps, Camilla. 2024. "Trauma-informed Editing Practice." 11th Biennial Conference of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). Online 02 - 09 May 2023

Editing for Inclusion

Cripps, Camilla, binSalleh, Rachel and Araluen, Evelyn. 2022. "Editing for Inclusion." Independent Publishing Conference 2022. Melbourne, Australia 24 - 26 Nov 2022 Australia.

Reading, Reflection, and Resilience in the Study of Australian Literature

Gildersleeve, Jessica, Cantrell, Kate, Bryce, India and Cripps, Camilla. 2024. "Reading, Reflection, and Resilience in the Study of Australian Literature." Journal of Language, Literature and Culture. 71 (1), pp. 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/20512856.2024.2427569

Subverting Trauma: Evidencing a need for trauma-informed principles in editing practice

Cripps, Camilla. 2023. "Subverting Trauma: Evidencing a need for trauma-informed principles in editing practice." TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses. 27 (2). https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.90092

Editors and trauma: Why we need an industry framework

Cripps, Camilla. 2023. "Editors and trauma: Why we need an industry framework." Books+Publishing.

Trauma-Informed Editing Practice: A Framework

Cripps, Camilla. 2022. "Trauma-Informed Editing Practice: A Framework ." 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP 2022). Sunshine Coast, Australia 28 - 30 Nov 2022 University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia.

From tinkering to trench warfare: The changing work of the contemporary editor

Cripps, Camilla. 2022. "From tinkering to trench warfare: The changing work of the contemporary editor." NiTRO: Creative Matters. 41.