Dr Michelle Mansfield

Program Convenor

Learning and Teaching

Email:michelle.m.mansfield@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 49216888

Career Summary

Biography

I am an lecturer in Sociology in the Open Foundation Program. At present, I am the Program Convenor of the Open Foundation Program (Callaghan).

Research Expertise:

My PhD research focused on young Indonesian street artists in Yogyakarta and the way they use their creative practice in political activism. I am a Sociologist with a particular interest in youth, the arts, aesthetic activism and cultural practices in Australia and Asia. My other research focuses on enabling education, inclusive language, pathways for non-traditional students and blended learning pedagogies.

Prior to my appointment in PALS (formerly ELFSC) in 2012, I worked as a researcher and research manager in The Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre, The Arts Health Research Centre and The Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies in a broad range of research areas. During that time, I worked on a variety of ARC, DIAC and AUSAID funded research projects.

I have presented nationally and internationally at sociology and enabling education conferences.

Teaching:

I am a passionate enabling educator. In my time at UON I have taught and coordinated courses in Sociology, Media Studies and Leisure and Tourism. My teaching has involved a variety of delivery modes including intensive, compressed, blended and entirely online courses across enabling, undergraduate and master’s programs.

Governance:

My governance roles have included Deputy Program Convenor and Program Convenor of the Open Foundation Program (Callaghan), a position which I currently hold. I have served on the University Student Experience Committee and Learning Impacts Working Party. I am a member of the PALS Board and the PALS Teaching and Learning Committee.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Anthropology, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Economics, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Social Science (Recreation & Tourism), University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Social Science (Honours), University of Newcastle

Keywords

Aesthetic activism
Art
Creative practices
Enabling Education
Sociology
Youth

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
441016	Urban sociology and community studies	70
390203	Sociology of education	30

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Lecturer	University of Newcastle Learning and Teaching Australia
Lecturer	University of Newcastle Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies Australia

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Journal article (5 outputs)

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2015

Lovat TJ, Nilan P, Hosseini H, Samarayi I, Mansfield M, Alexander W, 'Australian Muslim Jobseekers and Social Capital', Canadian Ethnic Studies, 47 165-185 (2015) [C1]

Citations	Web of Science - 2
Co-authors	Pamela Nilan, Terry Lovat, Hamed Hosseini

2014

Nilan P, Mansfield MM, 'Youth culture and Islam in Indonesia', Wacana, 15 1-18 (2014) [C1]

Co-authors	Pamela Nilan

2013

Lovat TJ, Nilan P, Hosseini Faradonbeh S, Samarayi I, Mansfield M, Alexander W, 'Discrimination in the Labour Market: Exposing Employment Barriers among Muslim Jobseekers in Australia', Issues in Social Science, 1 53-73 (2013) [C1]

DOI	10.5296/iss.v1i1.4374
Co-authors	Terry Lovat, Hamed Hosseini, Pamela Nilan

2013

Lovat T, Nilan P, Hosseini SAH, Samarayi I, Mansfield MM, Alexander W, 'Australian Muslim Jobseekers: Equal Employment Opportunity and Equity in the Labor Market', Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 33 435-450 (2013) [C1]

The experience of job market disadvantage is not a novel phenomenon for some in contemporary Australia, even in the face of embedded equal employment opportunity (EEO) ideals. Thi... [more]

The experience of job market disadvantage is not a novel phenomenon for some in contemporary Australia, even in the face of embedded equal employment opportunity (EEO) ideals. This article addresses the phenomenon of persistent job market disadvantage for some minority groups by presenting new data from a major multi-method study on labor market obstacles for Muslims seeking jobs in Australia. Responses from jobseekers and employment service providers are analyzed together to consider how EEO principles are experienced by Muslims who engage with employment services and move in and out of the labor force. The article proposes that key EEO tenets-freedom from discrimination and support to overcome disadvantage-are not represented at present in many Muslim jobseeker experiences. Furthermore, these same EEO principles appear to be somewhat compromised in employment service provision to Muslim jobseekers and, by extension, to other disadvantaged minority jobseekers. We offer some suggestions as to how the spirit of EEO legislation might be better reflected in support of Muslim jobseekers. It is concluded that an all government approach may be needed to counter the deep mistrust of Muslims in Australian society. © 2013 Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs.

DOI	10.1080/13602004.2013.866346
Citations	Scopus - 2
Co-authors	Hamed Hosseini, Terry Lovat, Pamela Nilan

2005

Mansfield M, 'Reimaging the suburbs: An investigation of a placemaking strategy in a deindustrialising city', Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management, 3 179-187 (2005)

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Report (1 outputs)

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2011

Lovat TJ, Mitchell WF, Nilan PM, Hosseini Faradonbeh SA, Cook B, Samarayi I, Mansfield MM, 'Australian Muslim Jobseekers: Labour Market Experience, Job Readiness, and the Relative Effectiveness of Employment Support Services. A research report', Australia. Dept. of Immigration and Citizenship., 215 (2011) [R1]

Co-authors	Hamed Hosseini, Pamela Nilan, Bill Mitchell, Terry Lovat

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