Social Work Staff

Lucy is an experienced social worker and social welfare scholar with research expertise in cross-cultural migration studies, global development challenges, and data-driven approaches to capacity building in the nonprofit sector. Her current research focuses on the long-term impact of temporary migration on families and migrants across Asia and Oceania.

Pascal has an interdisciplinary background in social work, health promotion, sociology, and social policy. His research focuses on the intersection of health, migration and climate change. He is skilled in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Doris is an experienced practitioner with front-line experience in clinical and community settings. Her primary research focuses on the relationship between states and CSOs in implementing the United Nations WPS Agenda. Doris is particularly interested in efforts to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism, transgenerational trauma, and refugee settlement.

Allira is a social work lecturer with extensive experience in mentoring students from diverse backgrounds, sexual assault education and prevention, and community capacity building. Allira research interests are in anthropological social work and holistic social work practice. Allira’s special interests are in gendered community interventions and empowerment through collective action.

Sandra works with students in preparation for placement, bridging the space between academic education and practice learning. She brings to teaching her experience as a social worker in government and non-government agencies in Australia and overseas. Her current PhD research focuses on students’ readiness for eco-social work practice.

Mike is an Associate Lecturer in Field Education. His research interests include human geography, gender studies, community services, urban citizenship, and social work. Mike has published several journal articles across different respected publications.

Linda Ford is an Aboriginal woman from the Bigambul people of South-West Queensland but grew up on Kalkadoon land in Mount Isa. Linda is currently the National President of the Australian Association of Social Work and has 29 years’ experience as a Social Worker in rural, remote and urban settings.

Jemma is a social worker with front-line experience in Juvenile Justice, Child Protection, and Intensive Family Support. Her teaching experience centres around interpersonal skills, professional development for social work practice, and developmental approaches to eco-social justice. Jemma’s research interests include social stigma, marginalised mothering identities, child protection, and mental health.

Albert is a Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services. Albert’s teaching and research interests include diversity and intercultural practice, community development, social work decision making and evidence informed practice, and non-profit organisations.

Alice’s early career involved direct practice delivery, working with vulnerable children and families in the child protection sector. This work broadened her understanding of applied social work and laid the foundations for her interest in critical social work and the impacts of burnout and compassion fatigue on frontline social workers.

Hyacinth is a social worker and academic. His research and teaching expertise centres around social justice, politics of disadvantage, coloniality, decoloniality, migration, critical race and whiteness theories and mental health. Hyacinth has published more broadly on Othering, belonging, immigrant and international students’ experiences, wellbeing, social work and social work education.

Ines’ extensive social work experience in a broad range of interventions and practice fields informs her teaching and research. Her research interests are youth and families, gender, social work education, professional supervision and field education. Ines has published widely and her current award-winning research explores social work in GP settings.