Fields of Research

Social change
Sport and leisure management
Health promotion
Higher education
Acute care
Health and community services
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing
Nursing workforce
Mental health services
Aged health care
Arts and cultural policy
Human rights and justice issues (excl. law)
Health services and systems
Social theory
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Health management
Primary health care
Social psychology
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
Other psychology
People with disability
Nursing
Tourism
Sub-acute care
Residential client care
Preventative health care
Aged care nursing
Community and primary care

Research Objectives

Organised sports
Health inequalities
Recreation and leisure activities (excl. sport and exercise)
Arts
Health education and promotion
Learner and learning
Expanding knowledge in human society
Disability and functional capacity
Nursing
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health
Evaluation of health and support services
Higher education
Health related to ageing
Mental health services
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Communication
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Mobile technologies and communications
Ability and disability
Recreational services
Mental health
Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs)
Determinants of health
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Women's and maternal health
Teaching and curriculum
Expanding knowledge in education
Community health care

Career Best Publications

A Culture of Trust: Engaging Muslim Women in Community Sport Organizations; European Sport Management Quarterly
More than a sport and volunteer organisation: Investigating social capital development in a sporting organisation; Sports Management Review
Social Inclusion in Community Sport: A Case Study of Muslim Women in Australia; Journal of Sport Management

Research Publications

'Sistas' and 'Aunties' - helping others: Sport, physical activity, and Indigenous Australian women; 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
A 'Fair Go' On The Beach; 11th Biennial ANZALS Conference
A conceptual model of social impact as active citizenship; Voluntas
A Culture of Trust: Engaging Muslim Women in Community Sport Organizations; European Sport Management Quarterly
A qualitative exploration of women's resilience in the face of homelessness; Journal of Community Psychology
A scoping review exploring reablement models of training and client assessment for older people in primary health care; Primary Health Care Research and Development
A stamp of approval for legendary sports commentators - but only the male ones
A Strengths and Hope Perspective on Leisure, Health and Physical Cultural Practices of Indigenous Women: Stories of Wellbeing From Canada and Australia; Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries
A ‘fair go’ on Australian beaches; Annals of Leisure Research
An Australian interpretive description of Contact Precautions through a bioethical lens; recommendations for ethically improved practice; American journal of infection control
An exploration of physical activity, migrant women and leisure experiences; Leisure Studies
An exploration of social inclusion in Australian community sport: the case of Muslim womem
An exploration of the barriers that influence the patient discharge experience: a multidisciplinary team perspective; Enhancing Practice 2022 Conference
ANZALS Magazine
ANZALS Magazine
Are our students Health Literacy Responsive?; Teaching Matters 2022
Artistic impact: from casual and serious leisure to professional career development in disability arts; Leisure Sciences
As the bushfire smoke clears sport can be a social anchor
Attributing the Social Contribution of Surf Life Saving Australia: Valuing the Social Capital of an Iconic Institution
Beyond therapy and casual engagement: Serious leisure and participation in disability arts; ANZALS 13th Biennial Conference
Book review: Leisure, health and well-being: a holistic approach; Annals of Leisure Research
Building Capacity to deliver Reablement in Regional Communities: What are the Benefits and Challenges?; 2018 Western NSW Health Research Network Conference
Building Capacity to Deliver Reablement in Regional Communities: Workforce Benefits and Challenges; AAG Conference 2018: Active Players, a Fair Future
Building rural workforce capacity in rural communities through a reablement teaching program: The case of Family Based Care; The Annual Rural Health and Collaborative Research Symposium
Challenging stereotypes: Muslim women and Australian sport; 4th International Conference on Sport, Race and Ethnicity
Collaborating to enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s sport and physical activity; Songlines: Our languages matter
Combining self-determination theory and photo-elicitation to understand the experiences of homeless women; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Community sport organisation, social capital and Muslim women; Sport, Race and Ethnicity: Building a Global Understanding
Conclusion: The Pandemic and Future Directions; Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus Pushing Global Boundaries
Considering the precautionary principle and its application to MRSA and SARS-CoV-2 as emerging novel pathogens of their time; Infection, Disease & Health
Conversations challenging assumptions in teaching and learning spaces; Teaching Matters 2017
Could better lifestyle empower students for their wellbeing?; Teaching Matters 2022
COVID-19 and Women's Professional Sport Pandemic Effects Mitigating, Manoeuvring and Reimagining?; Routledge Handbook of Sport and COVID-19
Covid-19 Crisis Response: Did Australian Professional Sport Move Fast Enough?; Time Out: National Perspectives on Sport and the Covid-19 Lockdown
Creative (Dis)ability
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women and Physical Activity: Practices, Perceptions and Priorities; The second critical perspectives in nursing and health care international conference
Deconstructing White Colonial Legacies in Sport and Leisure in Australia; Playing with/as the political: Sport as a field for politics, power, difference, and resistance
Determining key attributes of social capital and social impact: the case of surf life saving australia; SMANZ 2012
Determining readiness for a reablement approach to care in Australia: Development of a pre-employment questionnaire; Health and Social Care in The Community
Developing sport for culturally and linguistically diverse women and girls; Developing Sport for Women and Girls
Developing sport for Indigenous women and girls; Developing Sport for Women and Girls
Digital health technologies, physical activity and Indigenous women’s wellbeing: enabling possibilities?; 3rd Advancing Community Cohesion Conference
Digital health trackers, Indigenous women and participation in physical activity: What’s the fit?; Leisure Studies Association Conference
Disability and the Arts: Inclusive Practice for Health and Wellbeing; Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries
Disability Arts Partnership Projects: Examining The Outcomes Of Cultural Participation In The Arts; 11th Biennial ANZALS Conference
Disability citizenship and digital capital: the case of engagement with a social enterprise telco; Information, Communication and Society
Disability citizenship and independence through mobile technology; ANZALS 12th Biennial Conference
Disability citizenship and independence through mobile technology? A study exploring adoption and use of a mobile technology platform; Disability and Society
Disability Citizenship through Mobile Technology
Disability inclusion in beach precincts: beach for all abilities - a community development approach through a social relational model of disability lens; Sport Management Review
Djabooly - djabooly: Why don't they swim?; ANZALS 13th Biennial Conference
Emotional touchpoints; the feelings nurses have about explaining multi-resistant organisms to colonised patients; Infection, Disease & Health
Empowering Indigenous Australian Women: Promoting Health Through Sport; 7th IWG World Conference on Women & Sport
Empowerment through digital health trackers: an exploration of Indigenous Australian women and physical activity in leisure settings; Annals of Leisure Research
Engaging Diverse Communities in Surf Lifesaving
Engaging families and healthcare professionals working at acute hospitals in Goals-of-Care conversations; Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal
Essential learning shifting paradigms, enhancing workplace culture and change; Australian College of nursing (ACN) national nursing Forum
Examining the engagement of health services staff in change management: modifying the SCARF assessment model; International Practice Development Journal
Exploring and improving student engagement in an accelerated undergraduate nursing program through a mentoring partnership: An action research study; International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
Exploring digital health trackers, Indigenous women and physical activity; ustralian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 14th Biennial Conference
Exploring new media and sport through a gendered lens: Enabling possibilities and/or reproducing inequities for women?; Insights on Reporting Sports in the Digital Age: Ethical and Practical Considerations in a Changing Media Landscape
Exploring the first-year experience in a diverse population: using participatory action research to explore strategies to support student transition into fasttrack undergraduate degree programs; Student Success
Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries; CABI Publishing
Exploring the nature of physical activity participation among Middle Eastern and North African Born Women living in Australia; ANZALS 12th Biennial Conference
Flexible dress codes get players onto the field
Gender and cultural diversity in Australian sport; Sport and Challenges to Racism
Getting onto the beaches - Surf Life Saving community development approach to inclusive space and place; EASM Seville 2019
How does sport and recreation build social capital in disadvantaged communities?; ANZALS 13th Biennial Conference
Improving the first-year student experience: a critical reflection on co-operative inquiry as the ‘last loop’ in an action research project; Educational Action Research
Inclusion for Girls in Sports across a Triad of Schools, Community Organizations and Local Government: A Social Network Approach; 19th Quadrennial IAPESGW World Congress
Indigeneous Women and Sport: Evidence from a Senate Inquiry; 21st SMAANZ Conference
Indigenous Australian Sportswomen: Inspiring the Next Generation; A Closer Look at Women's Health
Indigenous Australian women and sport: findings and recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry; Sport in Society
Indigenous Australian women as sporting role models: Creating visibility and inspiration; 8th IWG World Conference
Indigenous Australian women promoting health through sport; Sport Management Review
Indigenous women and sport, a means of expressing agency, promoting health and well-being?; The second critical perspectives in nursing and health care international conference
Indigenous women’s insights on Australian sporting practices, policies and programs; Women and Sport Symposium II "Making Space" for women in sport
It's all in a name: re-envisaging mandatory training to essential learning - enhancing compliance, engagement, and change; Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal
It’s a RAP for Indigenous women: Reconciliatory action and the Commonwealth Games
I’ve got a mobile phone too! Hard and soft assistive technology customization and supportive call centres for people with disability; Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive technology
Joining the dots: Social Impact and Cultural Diversity; 2012 Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research Biennial Conference
Leadership development: Enhancing staff and student mentor capability to improve engagement and retention in a two-year 'fast track' degree program; Teaching Matters 2016: Transforming Practice through Innovation and Partnerships
Leisure and health: conjoined and contested concepts; Annals of Leisure Research
Leisure as an agent of social change: special issue introduction; Annals of Leisure Research
Leisure meets health: important intersections and alternative discourses; Annals of Leisure Research
Leisure “Either biomedical or salutogenic?”; ANZALS 13th Biennial Conference
Lost history: The Palawa women of Van Diemen’s Land - swimming for their lives?; 2019 Sporting Traditions Conference
Managing sport and leisure in the era of Covid-19; Managing Sport and Leisure
Measuring Social Impact; ISTR 10th International Conference
Meso level Social Impact: Meaningful Indicators of Community Contribution; Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: an interdisciplinary journal
More than a house: Women’s recovery from homelessness in Australia; Health and Social Care in The Community Online
More than a sport and volunteer organisation: Investigating social capital development in a sporting organisation; Sports Management Review
More than a sport and volunteer organisation: Investigating social capital development in a sporting organisation; Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand 17th Annual Conference
More than a tennis story: Sunshine Super Girl is challenging inequities and enabling inclusive possibilities
Muslim women and aquatic sports organisations in Australia; 5th IWG World conference on women in sport 2010
Muslim women and social capital in community sport organisations; Facilitating sustainable sport management practices
Muslim women and the evolving nature of Australian sport; Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand 18th Annual Conference
No sweat: workouts build kinship
Nurses working in healthcare facilities during natural disasters: a qualitative enquiry; International Nursing Review
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back?: Pandemic Effects and Women's Sport in Australia; Impacts and Implications for the Sports Industry in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Organizational practices and the engagement of Muslim women in community sport; 2013 North American Society for Sport Management Conference (NASSM 2013)
Physical activity for dementia risk reduction - not as easy as it sounds; 2021 Australian Dementia Forum
Physical Activity, Meaning and Migrant Women: Understanding Leisure and Health Experiences; Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries
Public pools for all Australians
Qualifying and quantifying the individual and collective social impact of the arts: disability arts partnership projects; Arts Activated - Pathways to Practice
Raising the Bar for All; The 2018 AIHL Women in Sport Summit
Reablement implementation and evaluation at family based care: Final Report
Reconciliatory action and the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: inclusion for Indigenous Australian women?; Sporting Traditions
Research of the CIP for People with a Disability - Final Report
Researching the Impacts of Creative Participation of the NSW Arts and Disability Partnership Projects
Researching the social impact of arts and disability: Applying a new empirical tool and method; Voluntas
Rhetoric and reality: A lasting legacy of the 2018 Commonwealth Games for Indigenous Australian women?; 2019 Sporting Traditions Conference
Self-tracking, physical activity and Indigenous Australian women: What’s the fit?; 2019 Sporting Traditions Conference
Social impact of creative participation in disability arts; ANZALS 12th Biennial Conference
Social impact of creative participation in disability arts; Leisure studies association 2015 Conference
Social Impact of Disability Arts Partnership Projects
Social impact of sport: a precinct based community development approach to inclusion through a theory of change; ANZALS 13th Biennial Conference
Social Inclusion in Community Sport: A Case Study of Muslim Women in Australia; Journal of Sport Management
Social inclusion of Muslim women in Australian community sport; Delivering Equality in Sport and Leisure
Social inclusion of Muslim women in Australian community sport: the development of the 'burqini'; Diversity and Equality in Leisure, Sport and Tourism
Social Inclusion, Reconciliatory Action and the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: exploring outcomes for Indigenous Australian women?; SMAANZ Conference 2020
Sport and Indigenous women in Canada and Australia; 8th IWG World Conference
Sport can be an important part of Aboriginal culture for women – but many barriers remain
Staff experiences of a reablement approach to care for older people in a regional Australian community: A qualitative study; Health and Social Care in The Community
State of leisure studies in Australia and New Zealand; World Leisure Journal
Student wellbeing and learning experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak: What can we learn?; Teaching Matters
Taking back the beach
Taking back the beaches – accessible and inclusive space and place; Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 14th Biennial Conference
The development of female Muslim life-savers; Sport Management Review
The experience of a pre-admission centre: Does a stitch in time save nine?; Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal
The forgotten half: the contribution of sport and physical activity to the lives of Indigenous Australian women; 6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport
The health needs of regionally based individuals who experience homelessness: perspectives of service providers; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Olympics strive for political neutrality. So, how will they deal with surging athlete activism?
The open Australian beach is a myth: not everyone can access these spaces equally
Unravelling linkages between leisure and health discourses; Leisure Studies Association Conference
Walking Together: Enhancing staff and student leadership and mentorship capability at Rozelle
What are the clinical and social outcomes of integrated care for older people? A qualitative systematic review; International Journal of Integrated Care
What is the experience of the effectiveness and efficiency of a Pre-Admission Centre? Does a stitch in time save nine?; Enhancing Practice 2022 Conference
When Laughter in Physical Activity Opens the Door to the Kingdom of Freedom: Danish Seniors on the Move Towards Improved Health; Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries
Why should my child take swimming lessons? And what do they need to know?
Will Australia receive a red card for gender equity at the 2023 Women’s World Cup?
Women and homelessness, a complex multidimensional issue: findings from a scoping review; Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless
You can't be what you can't see: the benefits for and the pressures on First Nations sportswomen
‘Djabooly-djabooly: why don’t they swim?’: the ebb and flow of water in the lives of Australian Aboriginal women; Annals of Leisure Research
‘Sistas’ and Aunties – doing it for others: Sport, physical activity and Indigenous Australian women; 20th Anniversary Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference
‘Sistas’ and Aunties: sport, physical activity, and Indigenous Australian women; Annals of Leisure Research
‘You can’t be what you can’t see’: Indigenous Australian sportswomen as powerful role models; Sport in Society
“Women in Sport Roadshow”: exploring partnership approaches to creating sport opportunities for girls and emerging women; SMAANZ Conference 2020

Research Projects

Indigenous women, physical activity and wearable health technologies: What's the fit?; Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS)
Women in Sport Roadshow network analysis exploring partnership approaches to creating sport opportunities for girls and emerging women in a COVID 19 context; University of Western Sydney (UWS)
'Reablement' Project Evaluation

Research Candidate Supervision