Dr Preetha Thomas
Associate Lecturer
School of Public Health
+61 7 336 55436
Book Chapters
Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa, Whittaker, Andrea and Sébastia, Brigitte (2018). ‘A Little Bit of Rice, a Little Bit of Fish Curry’: food practices of Malayali nurses in Brisbane, Australia. In Nina Namaste and Marta Nadales (Ed.), Who decides? competing narratives in constructing tastes, consumption and choice (pp. 173-192) Leiden, Netherlands: Brill - Rodopi. doi:10.1163/9789004365247_011
Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa, Whittaker, Andrea and Sebastia, Brigette (2015). Food cultures and the diaspora: Kerala nurses in Brisbane. In Tasting cultures- thoughts for food (pp. 37-49) Oxford, United Kingdom: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Conference Papers
Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa and Whittaker, Andrea (2017). The food-health-culture interface: Dietary practices of South Indian migrants in Brisbane, Australia. In: 21st International Congress of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, October 2017: Abstracts. 21st International Congress of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1242-1242). October 2017.
Schubert, L., Walsh, A., Thomas, P. and Harb, T. (2012). Where has the lecturer gone? Multimedia scenarios in undergraduate nutrition curriculum. In: 2nd International Critical Dietetics Conference, Sydney NSW Australia, (). 1-2 September 2012.
Thesis
Thomas, Preetha (2016). An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2016.1126