Professor Arnold's PhD was 'Postmodernism, Feminism and Education: a textual performance'. Josie writes critically about and within the areas of textuality and discourse with strong emphasis on the critical frameworks provided by: Postmodernism; Feminism; Postcolonialism and Queer Theory. Josie writes creatively for film, as a social observer, a poet and as a literary novelist. Josie writes professionally for electronic and print curriculum materials