Fields of Research

Urban sociology and community studies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy
Rural and remote health services
Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
Social theory
Housing policy
Urban policy

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in human society
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services
Rural and remote area health
Public services policy advice and analysis
Religion and society
Communication across languages and culture
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community service programs
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development and wellbeing

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Challenges to Employing Recent Nursing and Allied Health Graduates in Rural Areas; 15th National Rural Health Conference
Failure to Launch: Employment Opportunities for Recent Health Graduates in Tasmania; Cradle Coast Conference: Celebrating the impact of regional research and education
Practitioner perspectives on the role of culturally responsive training programs for improving Indigenous tenancies; Parity
Separate worlds: a discourse analysis of mainstream and Aboriginal populist media accounts of the Northern Territory Emergency Response; Journal of Sociology
Understanding Cultural Differences at the Frontline; 2014 Conference of The Australian Sociological Association: Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities.

Research Projects

AHURI Top-Up Scholarship (Proudfoot, F); Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Identifying effective arrangements for tenancy management service delivery to remote Indigenous communities; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Improving housing and service responses to family violence for Indigenous individuals and families; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)

Research Candidate Supervision