{{short description|Australian author and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}

'''Emma A. Jane''' (born 1969),<ref>[https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2896b.htm "Tom, Emma (1969–)"] by Nikki Henningham, Australian Women's Register, 4 December 2007</ref> previously known as '''Emma Tom''',<ref>{{cite web|author=Emma Jane |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rub-a-dub-dub-three-men-in-a-pre-feminist-time-warp/story-e6frg6zo-1225932741253 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080707/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rub-a-dub-dub-three-men-in-a-pre-feminist-time-warp/story-e6frg6zo-1225932741253 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-10-06 |title=Three men in a pre-feminist time warp|work=The Australian|date=2010-10-02 |accessdate=2011-06-08}}</ref> is an Australian professor, author, and journalist.

She once wrote a weekly column for ''The Australian''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070901160254/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/index/0,25201,12274,00.html "Emma Tom"], ''The Australian'' via Internet Archive</ref> and made regular appearances on Australian television and radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saxton.com.au/emma-tom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220031504/http://www.saxton.com.au/emma-tom/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-12-20 |title=Emma Tom|publisher=Saxton Speakers Bureau|date= |accessdate=2011-06-08}}</ref> She received an Edna Ryan Award in 2001 for humour. Jane has written ten books including ''Deadset'', her debut novel which won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book for South East Asia and the South Pacific.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tom |first=Emma |url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732286729/Attack_of_the_50Foot_Hormones/index.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231003240/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732286729/Attack_of_the_50Foot_Hormones/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-31 |title=Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones by Emma Tom |publisher=Harpercollins.com.au |date=2010-03-24 |accessdate=2011-06-08 }}</ref>

Jane completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales's Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/ |title=Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC) : UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences |publisher=Jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610192415/http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/ |archivedate=10 June 2011 |accessdate=2011-06-08 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> where she then became an associate professor. Her areas of research include communication, media studies, culture, and gender and sexuality.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/associate-professor-emma-jane |title=Associate Professor Emma A Jane |website=research.unsw.edu.au |language=en |access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>

She has sung and played bass in Australian rock bands The Titanics (with her then-husband David McCormack)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-09-20 |title=Thinker, tailored |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/thinker-tailored-20020920-gdfnd4.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> and 16dd.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/08/1139379571795.html "Rock their jocks off"], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (10 February 2006)</ref>

==Bibliography== *''Deadset'', Vintage, 1997, {{ISBN|9780091834418}} *''Babewatch'', Hodder Headline, 1998, {{ISBN|9780733609541}} *''Evidence'', HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2002, {{ISBN|9780732273965}} *''Something about Mary: From Girl about Town to Crown Princess'', Pluto Press, 2005, {{ISBN|9781864032734}} *''Bali: paradise lost?'', Pluto Press Australia, 2006, {{ISBN|9781864033533}} *''Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones: Your One-Stop Survival Guide to Staying Sane During Pregnancy'', HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2009, {{ISBN|9780732286729}} *''Modern Conspiracy – The Importance of Being Paranoid'', coauthored with Chris Fleming, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. {{ISBN|9781623565893}} *''Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice'', coauthored with Chris Barker, SAGE, 2016. {{Isbn|9781473919457}} *''Cybercrime and its Victims'', coauthored with Elena Martellozzo, Routledge, 2017. {{ISBN|9780367226701}} *''Misogyny Online: A Short (and Brutish) History'', SAGE, 2017. {{ISBN|9781473916005}}

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://emmajane.info}}

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