Social Work
Professor Margaret Alston
Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: climate change; environmental disaster; gender; rural women; social sustainability; violence against women
- margaret.alston@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216702
Ms Erin Beard
Associate Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
Dr David Betts
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: gerontology; sexual and gender minorities; social work
- david.betts@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215782
Dr Tamara Blakemore
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: child sexual abuse, family disadvantage, resilience
Associate Professor Penny Buykx
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: access to treatment; alcohol and substance abuse; public health policy; rural health
Associate Professor Wendy Foote
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: welfare practice, policy and regulations; vulnerable child and family health; child protection; kinship care
- wendy.foote@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240553041
Dr Meaghan Katrak Harris
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
Mrs Sarah McLean
Placement Coordinator - Social Work
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: field education; social work
- sarah.mclean@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215595
Dr Karen Menzies
Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: intergenerational trauma; child protection program efficacy; Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families; strong state intervention and the stolen generations
- karen.menzies@newcastle.edu.au
- 0418333822
Ms Emma Sinclair
Lecturer/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
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