Fields of Research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curriculum and pedagogy
Causes and prevention of crime
Social policy
Sociological methodology and research methods
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sociology
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander information and knowledge management systems
Criminology
Sociology of education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander criminology
Race/ethnicity and crime
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men's education
Organisational behaviour
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
Religious studies
Human resources management
Sociology
Youth justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge management methods
Criminal law
Higher education
Courts and sentencing
Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
Religion curriculum and pedagogy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student engagement and teaching

Research Objectives

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Crime prevention
Criminal justice
Pedagogy
Rehabilitation and correctional services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development and wellbeing
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services
Equity and access to education
Higher education
Legislation, civil and criminal codes
Work and labour market
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community service programs
Justice and the law
Early childhood education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health
Religious rituals and traditions (excl. structures)
Families and family services
Policies and development
Religion and society
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education engagement and attendance outcomes

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'If it was a different person each year, I probably wouldn't do it': Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research administration officers and operationalising Indigenous data sovereignty; Indigenous Health Symposium: Data Sovereignty Translation and Health Tools Assessment
'Learning her culture and growing up strong’: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander fathers, children and the sharing of culture; 2020 Virtual ANZSWWER Symposium & NFEN workshop: 'Social Work in a Climate of Change'
'Learning her culture and growing up strong’: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander fathers, children and the sharing of culture; Journal of Sociology
A situational crime prevention analysis of Anglican clergy’s child protective practices; Child Abuse and Neglect
Academic self-concepts of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children; The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
An Overview of Mentoring, Indigenous Workplace Mentoring and Australian Universities’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Leave Entitlements
Attending School Every day Counts - But Kids in Out-of-home Care are Missing Out; Essays that got the World Talking 2022 - Reckoning with Power and Privilege
Attending school every day counts - but kids in out-of-home care are missing out
Catholic Church responses to clergy‐child sexual abuse and mandatory reporting exemptions in Victoria, Australia: A discursive critique; International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Child Protection in the Church: An Anglican Case Study; Routledge
Evaluation of Murri Court: Prepared for the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General
How a university can embed Indigenous knowledge into the curriculum and why it matters
Initiatives of Australian Public Universities to Increase Indigenous Australian Student Enrolment in and Completion of Science courses: A Case Study
Kids Feeling Good about Being Indigenous at School and Its Link to Heightened Educational Aspirations; The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology
Researching the world around us; Sociologic: Analysing Everyday Life and Culture
Sinéad Ring, Kate Gleeson and Kim Stevenson (2022) Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors: Legal Responses in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia . London: Routledge
Talking point: students will see the world through the eyes of Aboriginal people
TASA Award for Best Paper in the Journal of Sociology 2021
The role of decolonization and Indigenization in historical criminology
The sacrament of confession and child sexual abuse: reported practise of Tasmanian Anglican clergy navigating the confidentiality dilemma; Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
Upholding heightened expectations of Indigenous children? Parents do, teachers do not; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Using critical discourse analysis to examine cultures of denial in the Roman Catholic Church
Vicarious trauma and emotional labour in researching child sexual abuse and child protection: a postdoctoral reflection; Methodological Innovations
Virtual tours of Country: creating and embedding resource-appropriate Aboriginal pedagogy at Australian universities; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Witness Statement of Michael Guerzoni
‘It opens up experiences that I would most probably never encounter’: digital placed-based learning; Teaching Matters

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision