Emmaline Monteith is a researcher at the Australian National University exploring gender, sexual violence, and digital cultures, with a particular interest in how gender shapes the stories we tell about sex, relationships, and violence, and how these narratives can contribute to social change. 

Her PhD explores the afterlives of #MeToo, examining how online testimonies influence approaches to sexual violence prevention and policy, while also shaping how younger generations understand and navigate intimacy. 

Alongside her PhD, Emmaline is a Research Assistant at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, where she works across research and applied projects addressing gender equality, sexual violence, and technology. Her work has included research on technology-facilitated gender-based abuse in workplaces, political participation of young women and gender diverse people, workplace gender equality, and women’s engagement in the news media. 

Emmaline brings her research into advocacy and policy work through roles like Gender Adviser at Raise Our Voice Australia, and has also contributed to projects with organisations including Our Watch, Minderoo, the National Office for Child Safety, and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. She teaches undergraduate students at both introductory and advanced levels across ANU’s English and Gender Studies programs, and has also delivered workplace safety training and coordinated GIWL’s internship program. 

She is an alumna of the Fox International Fellowship at Yale University and will undertake a fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum, Germany, in 2027, where she will extend her research into immersive forms of testimony. Her current research projects span gendered dynamics in online dating, sexual violence testimony and prevention, AI- and VR-mediated survivor testimony, and intergenerational feminism.