Notable Alumni Interview - Dimity Hawkins
Interview questions by Kevin Tuyau (chapter Vice President). Responses by Dimity Hawkins. As part of the “Where are they now” initiative, the Swinburne chapter has been getting in touch with notable Golden Key alumni to discuss their success and provide inspiration for other members. Last month we were privileged to interview Dimity Hawkins. Her organisation ICAN was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. She is also an active member of the Swinburne University community. What did you study at Swinburne and why did you choose those degrees? I completed my undergraduate degree in Politics and Public Policy in 2013, did my Honours in 2015, before starting my PhD with Swinburne in the History stream in late 2016. I initially came to Swinburne to study media and communications but quickly changed to a degree in politics and public policy. As a mature age student, I had perhaps first come to academia for pragmatic reasons – to get a degree that I had delayed committing