College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Friday 15th December - 10:00am

Live stream

Ceremony details

Officers, College Vice-Presidents and Executive Deans

Program

Entry of Academic Procession
The Chancellor, Deputy Chancellors, Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, members of the University Council and staff of the University will enter in academic procession.

Australian National Anthem

Indigenous Opening

Opening of Proceedings

Presentation of Graduates

Closing of Proceedings

Departure of Academic Procession
The Chancellor, Deputy Chancellors, Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, members of the University Council and staff of the University will exit in academic procession.

Officers of the University

Chancellor
Mr John Hood

Deputy Chancellors
Ms Elizabeth Perry AM
Mr Douglas Gautier AM

President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Colin J Stirling

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students)
Professor Romy Lawson

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Professor Robert Saint AM

Vice-President and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International)
Mr Sebastian Raneskold

Vice-President (Corporate Services)
Mr Mark Gregory

General Counsel & University Secretary
Mr Marc Davies

College Vice-President and Executive Deans

Business, Government and Law
Professor Michael Gilding

Education, Psychology and Social Work
Professor Deborah West

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Peter Monteath

Medicine and Public Health
Professor Jonathan Craig

Nursing and Health Sciences
Professor Alison Kitson

Science and Engineering
Professor Alistair Rendell

Graduates (in order of appearance)

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

Name	Course
Lesley Claire Henderson	Doctor Of Education Coursework
John Edward Santini	Doctor Of Education Coursework
Mariusz Artur Sterna	Doctor Of Education Coursework
Fahad Ibrahim T Aldawsari	Doctor Of Education
Vanessa Alexander	Doctor Of Education
Susan Robyn Kupke	Doctor Of Education
Asma Akther	Doctor Of Philosophy
Lucy Helen Bird	Doctor Of Philosophy
Desiree Juliette Gilbert	Doctor Of Philosophy
Matthew Philip Iasiello	Doctor Of Philosophy
Joanne Shearer	Doctor Of Philosophy
Kate Toone	Doctor Of Philosophy
Joseph Edwin Maria van Agteren	Doctor Of Philosophy
Marcela De Lara Campos Radunz	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Claire Margaret Dunbar	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Ella Marie Keegan	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Lara Rose King	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Elizabeth Jane Osborn	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Larissa Nicole Roberts	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Cherie Su Qing Sim	Doctor Of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Ahmed Majid Husain Ahmed Alkatheeri	Bachelor Of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Gayna Denise Checkley	Bachelor Of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Kynan Viggo Saurbrey	Bachelor Of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Carla Summer	Bachelor Of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Susan Zealand	Bachelor Of Community Services
Casey Paige Camilleri	Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Emily Jayne Pyke	Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Grace Elizabeth Ramsey Martin	Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Amelia Bond Young	Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Alexandra Claire Bentley	Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood) And Bachelor Of Arts
Jack William Dollard	Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood) And Bachelor Of Arts
Catherine Helen Brzezinski	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Michael Benjamin Daly	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Carlie-Marie De Donatis	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Anne Fisher	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Benjamin Robert Green	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Catherine Elizabeth Iengo	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Syan Prisco	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Charlotte Lily Vince	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7 & Special Education), Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Madison Breese-Fiegert	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Tynan John Cassidy	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Julia Colton	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Tobin Christopher Dolman	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Imogen Tarnie Dwyer	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Emily Grant	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Monique Ebony Hausser	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Nicole Louise Hooper	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Kimberly Sarah Hudson	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Tobie Mariana Hunt	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Liana Emily Lovison	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Alexis Lauren Malone	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Cindy Malone	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Kelsey Jasmine Mitchell	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Bailey Rawlinson	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Chloe Annalise Robinson	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Tejas Christopher Scargill	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Morgan Grace Taylor	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Arts
Brydie Joy Waters	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Artsalso for the Graduate Certificate in Education
Marcus Llewellyn Williamson	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of General Science
Abbey Plannegger	Bachelor Of Education (Primary R-7) And Bachelor Of Special Education
Emma Jacquelyn Chislett	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Artsalso for the Graduate Certificate in Education
Tyson Emery	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Arts
Alan Bryan Frank Jennings	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Arts
Maddison J Olsen	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Arts
Brie Elizabeth Taylor	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Arts
Christin Foundas	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Health Sciences
Joseph Andrew Gluyas	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Health Sciences
Matthew Keynan Greenfield	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Health Sciences
Niamh Morgan	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Health Sciences
Mitchell Ryan Walton	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Health Sciences
Peter Kirby Nangle	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Science
Megan Clare O'Connor	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Science
April Lee Harris	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Special Education
Emma-Leah Page	Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) And Bachelor Of Special Education
Salawati Bte Abdul Rahman	Bachelor Of Education (Special Education)
Claire Adelaide Bowen	Bachelor Of Education Studies
Cristine Lam	Bachelor Of Education Studies
Lauren Jean Thompson	Bachelor Of Education Studies
Madeline Louise Stringer	Bachelor Of Education Studies And Bachelor Of Arts
Akira Louise violet Musson	Bachelor Of Education Studies And Bachelor Of Disability Studies
Karyn Ruth Blacker	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Jazz Castle	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Nikola Hanna Copland	Bachelor Of Psychological Science also for the Bachelor of Criminology
Amy Edgar-Barcelo	Bachelor Of Psychological Science also for the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
Shelby Rose Gourlay	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Ella Rose Guildea	Bachelor Of Psychological Science also for the Bachelor of Criminology
Dinuri Gunaratne	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Taylah Claire Hogben	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Isabella Annwyn Jose	Bachelor Of Psychological Science also for the Bachelor of Criminology
Tharumila Thasmini Kulatunga	Bachelor Of Psychological Science also for the Graduate Certificate in Counselling (Behavioural Health)
Monique Macri	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Henry Joseph Mathews	Bachelor Of Psychological Science also for the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
Kiera Mcclean-Flayol	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Rambukkana Maggonage Chenuri Chanpani Perera	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Nathaniel Evans Polkinghorne	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Charlotte Elise Rivers	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
April Celene Rouse	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Lavanya Sarathchandra	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Blake Warneke	Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Robhelia Ordas Castro	Bachelor Of Psychological Studies
Jordarna Florence Clayton	Bachelor Of Psychological Studies
N'Tonya Lea Surynt	Bachelor Of Psychological Studies
Brandon Anderson	Bachelor Of Social Work
Navan Atwal	Bachelor Of Social Work
Nadine Amanda Burford	Bachelor Of Social Work
Chi Ping Chan	Bachelor Of Social Work
Emily Jane Cobb	Bachelor Of Social Work
Sarah Fassos	Bachelor Of Social Work
Lucy Charlotte Fordham	Bachelor Of Social Work
Sarah Louise Galloway	Bachelor Of Social Work
Rebecca Hempel	Bachelor Of Social Work
Sophie Kerridge	Bachelor Of Social Work
Pui Ting Lo	Bachelor Of Social Work
Sharon Margaret Mary McCreight	Bachelor Of Social Work
Kiera Shana Murphy	Bachelor Of Social Work
Lucinda Mary Ralph	Bachelor Of Social Work
Ashlee Kristen Rayner	Bachelor Of Social Work
Renae Diana Reed	Bachelor Of Social Work
Jana Kathryn Souvertjis	Bachelor Of Social Work
Emily Chanelle Thornhill	Bachelor Of Social Work
Angela Maria Vlachos	Bachelor Of Social Work
Xueqing Wang	Bachelor Of Social Work
Hussein Al-Rabiea	Bachelor Of Sport, Health And Physical Activity
Lewis Samuel Carey	Bachelor Of Sport, Health And Physical Activity
Naomi Guley	Bachelor Of Sport, Health And Physical Activity
Tahlea Faith Loechel	Bachelor Of Sport, Health And Physical Activity
Abby Josephine Petherick	Bachelor Of Sport, Health And Physical Activity
Liam Veltman	Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Behavioural Science
Elizabeta Brkic	Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Psychological Science
Madeline Jane Evans	Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Psychology
Maslin Raine Hughes	Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Psychology
Jackson Thomas Mason Stephens	Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Psychology
Isabelle Jayne Slattery	Honours Degree Of Bachelor Of Psychology
Angie Kleyn	Graduate Certificate In Education (Special Education)
Mary Frances Mcphee	Graduate Certificate In Loss, Grief And Trauma Counselling
Aurleen Kaur	Graduate Certificate In Society And The Individual
Rajat Dabra	Graduate Certificate In Society And The Individual
Ayo Jackson	Graduate Certificate In Society And The Individual
Jaspreet Kaur	Graduate Certificate In Society And The Individual
Eryn Rose Kneebone Kralj	Graduate Certificate In Society And The Individual
Solomon Kipng'Etich Sawe	Graduate Certificate In Society And The Individual
Emily Megan Barr	Graduate Certificate In Wellbeing And Positive Mental Health In Education
Vineet Dhingra	Graduate Diploma In Psychology (Advanced)
Xiaoyan Pan	Graduate Diploma In Social Care
Ka Kar	Master Of Cognitive Psychology And Educational Practice
Zara Lee	Master Of Cognitive Psychology And Educational Practice
Kathryn Lynn Button	Master Of Education
Sheng Chen	Master Of Education
Serena Jay Corral-Ruiz	Master Of Education
Pu Han	Master Of Education
Qiaonu Hu	Master Of Education
Baomei Huang	Master Of Education
Mengchu Li	Master Of Education
Shanshan Pu	Master Of Education
Shengying Qian	Master Of Education
Nicola Silsby	Master Of Education
Gaojie Song	Master Of Education
Yanxia Su	Master Of Education
Ying Su	Master Of Education
Yan Sun	Master Of Education
Yitong Xin	Master Of Education
Juanjuan Xue	Master Of Education
Chenfang Yan	Master Of Education
Xia Yu	Master Of Education
Boel Ann Muyderman	Master Of Education (Cognitive Psychology And Educational Practice)
Jacqueline Anne Pethybridge	Master Of Education (Languages Education)
Simon Andrew Baccanello	Master Of Education (Leadership And Management)
Samuel Haymet Foreman	Master Of Education (Leadership And Management)
Christopher Matthew Gann	Master Of Education (Leadership And Management)
Aye Aye Mon	Master Of Education (Leadership And Management)
Lauren Johnson	Master Of Education (Special Education)
Carmelle July Lasaca	Master Of Education (Special Education)
Belinda Kate Padgett	Master Of Education (Wellbeing And Positive Mental Health)
Justin Michael Pool	Master Of Education (Wellbeing And Positive Mental Health)
Lucinda Rose Wilson	Master Of Education (Wellbeing And Positive Mental Health)
Bethany Richardson	Master Of Leadership In Education
Ademola Adeeso	Master Of Social Work
Adrian Lee Alexander	Master Of Social Work
Aysa Ali	Master Of Social Work
Divya Bajaj	Master Of Social Work
Thomas Anthony Binnie	Master Of Social Work
Ho Doan Trang Bui	Master Of Social Work
Matthew Patrick Callahan	Master Of Social Work
Jeannelle Renee Wong Callueng	Master Of Social Work
Ana Carolina Ceballos Escobar	Master Of Social Work
Yu Chen	Master Of Social Work
Kirsten Close	Master Of Social Work
Leticia Costa Lopes	Master Of Social Work
Fiona Louise Crew	Master Of Social Work
Yasmine Ruth Ernst	Master Of Social Work
Rebecca Farley	Master Of Social Work
Nicole Kaye Feetham	Master Of Social Work
Heba Olimpia Feronas	Master Of Social Work
Elwen Jelena Firns	Master Of Social Work
Katrina Freene	Master Of Social Work
Caitlin Amanda Gaffney	Master Of Social Work
Kerri Leanne Gavros	Master Of Social Work
Joao Victor Goncalves Feitosa	Master Of Social Work
Rachael Grimshaw	Master Of Social Work
Jiaming Guo	Master Of Social Work
Denish Gurung	Master Of Social Work
Jiayi He	Master Of Social Work
Wan-Ting Huang	Master Of Social Work
Tak Chuen Hui	Master Of Social Work
Tochukwu Ijomah	Master Of Social Work
Karena Marie Caird Clarke Jowsey	Master Of Social Work
Alex Nicholas Kasprzak	Master Of Social Work
Gur Kaur	Master Of Social Work
Kavita	Master Of Social Work
Yili Ke	Master Of Social Work
Sinead Kemp	Master Of Social Work
Madeline Ashlee Kert	Master Of Social Work
Rabia Kundra	Master Of Social Work
Chit Yu Kwok	Master Of Social Work
Wing Tung Lam	Master Of Social Work
Kyra Deanne Larking	Master Of Social Work
Ching Yan Lee	Master Of Social Work
Wan Ki Lee	Master Of Social Work
Lok Sze Li	Master Of Social Work
Yanan Li	Master Of Social Work
Anya Lizoguboff	Master Of Social Work
Sandhya Luitel	Master Of Social Work
Ariella Lunardi de Oliveira	Master Of Social Work
Dana Mikala McDonald	Master Of Social Work
Leena Elisabeth Miller	Master Of Social Work
Maya Nair	Master Of Social Work
Tran Phuong Duy Linh Nguyen	Master Of Social Work
Juliana Nieto Mosquera	Master Of Social Work
Nchekwube Nwakor	Master Of Social Work
Amelia Irene Marie O'Donovan-Schulz	Master Of Social Work
Omoyeme Henrietta Okiwelu	Master Of Social Work
Ngoc Thach Pham	Master Of Social Work
Gabriel Enrique Pitta Bayona	Master Of Social Work
Annelise Rech Perozzo	Master Of Social Work
Debasmita Roy	Master Of Social Work
Pangna Vichet Sam Ath	Master Of Social Work
Leah Michelle Schultz	Master Of Social Work
Tanya Sharma	Master Of Social Work
Man Chun So	Master Of Social Work
Churu Song	Master Of Social Work
Zizhu Song	Master Of Social Work
Tamanna	Master Of Social Work
Sze Lok Wai	Master Of Social Work
Nok Yin Wan	Master Of Social Work
Lujia Wang	Master Of Social Work
Mingjia Wang	Master Of Social Work
Tammy Rosslyn White	Master Of Social Work
Ping Cheung Wong	Master Of Social Work
Yuen Ching Wong	Master Of Social Work
Xiaolin Wu	Master Of Social Work
Di Yang	Master Of Social Work
Ning Yang	Master Of Social Work
Sayela Yeasmin	Master Of Social Work
Ming Yuan	Master Of Social Work
Veronica Juru Zedikia	Master Of Social Work
Xinyi Zhang	Master Of Social Work
Preetpal Ahuja Sehrawat	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Haosu Chen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Hor Yee Cheng	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Man Hin Cheng	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Shahriar Zaman Chowdhury	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Ulfat Farah	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Vineesha Reddy Gade	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Rachna Gupta	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Mengxin Han	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Guoqing Huang	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Shu-Ching Hung	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Chi Hong Ian	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Di Jin	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Yuen Tung Kwan	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Kwong Ming Darric Lee	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Pak Yan Lee	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Hoi Ying Ma	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Ha Giang Nguyen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Ngoc Kha Tu Nguyen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Ngoc Hoang Chau Nguyen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Ngoc Thuy Vy Nguyen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Thi Tam Nguyen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Yingying Pan	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Malky Dilukshi Anurada Perera Warnakula Patabendige	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Nguyen Thao Nguyen Pham	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Ishani Yasanthika Alwis Polwaththage	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Zeng Qi	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Deepa Ramakrishnan	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Tesalonika Rudangta	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Pui Tung Sham	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Allensumanage Aneesha Sonali Silva	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Allensumanage Maleesha Romali Silva	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Alysia Marion Smith	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Vasifa Tabassum	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Xiaolan Wan	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Cheuk Ki Yuen	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Tianyang Zhang	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Wenwen Zhang	Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Leah Sarah Craig	Master Of Teaching (Primary R-7)
Osadi Kavindika Wijesekara Jayawardena	Master Of Teaching (Primary)
David Bentley	Master Of Teaching (Secondary)
Joshua Barrington Roach	Master Of Teaching (Secondary)
Bethany Kaye Schulz	Master Of Teaching (Secondary)
Petra Youssef	Master Of Teaching (Secondary)

PHD Students

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

Name	Thesis	Citation
Lesley Claire Henderson	By coursework	By coursework
John Edward Santini	By coursework	By coursework
Mariusz Artur Sterna	By coursework	By coursework
Fahad Ibrahim T Aldawsari	Understanding Policy Enactment of Technology in Saudi Arabia: Three Case Studies in Intermediate Schools Pursuing the Future Gate Project	The study examined the enactment of policy processes regarding technology in schools in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the Future Gate Project to understand the nature of policy enactment in schools in a country where centralised decision‑making is the norm. The research employed qualitative methods via an exploratory case study approach informed by Stephen Ball’s policy enactment theory (Ball et al., 2012). The findings of the study proved that policy enactment in schools is a sophisticated series of contextually mediated, institutionally produced interpretation and translation processes. The study presented significant policy implications in school technology policy enactment, concluding that policymakers in the Ministry of Education should consider a policy development approach that incorporates different stakeholders from the initial stages. Finally, the study suggests that future researchers should consider adopting quantitative methods to establish causal relationships between different types of leadership and their impact on the school technology enactment process.
Vanessa Alexander	Are we on the same track? An exploration of educators’, autistic students’ and adults’ conceptual understandings of autism.	Billions of dollars are spent globally on autism research, service provision, education, media campaigns and merchandise. This research explored whether the commodification of autism and/or other factors were of influence on educators’ and autistic students’ and adults’ conceptions of autism. The research also aimed to determine whether conceptions of autism varied between research participants and how they reflected the interaction of the five processes of du Gay et al’s (1997) Circuit of Culture, including representation, production, consumption, identity, and regulation. Fourteen research participants (six teachers, four autistic students and four autistic adults) were invited to share their conceptions of autism using photo elicitation methods and semi‑structured interviews.
Susan Robyn Kupke	Cultural perspectives of a Lutheran primary school	This qualitative research explores students’, staff and parents’ perspectives of the culture of a Lutheran primary school in South Australia. For the first time, it contributes to a gap in Lutheran school cultural research by including student voices. Photographic elicitation interviews enabled participants to take photos of aspects of the school they perceived as being special and then elaborate on why the images were special. Data from the photos and text were analysed using values coding to illuminate six, main practices as findings. While the research provides current knowledge for Lutheran education, it brings together the work on practice architectures from Wilkinson and Kemmis (2015) with Schatzki’s (2005) work on site ontology to contribute a new understanding of culture. Findings from the research illuminated the influence of socialisation on the school’s culture and highlighted the perspectives of students as noticeably different from those of adults.
Asma Akther	The adaptation of Australian-born children of skilled immigrants	Immigration is a defining characteristic of the 21st century. The successful adaptation of children of immigrants is crucial for their well-being and economic prosperity and social cohesion of their host country. Most research in the USA and Europe indicated poorer adaptation among children of immigrants. However, majority research has predominantly based on pooled samples of first and second-generation children of unskilled immigrants. This thesis aims to fill this gap by exploring the adaptation on emotional and behavioural problems, and academic achievement in reading and numeracy among second-generation children of skilled immigrants from non-English-speaking countries in Australia. The longitudinal study found second-generation children of skilled immigrants are thriving, demonstrating similar or better adaptation than children of skilled immigrants from English-speaking countries and native-born skilled parents, that is marked contrast with other countries. These findings have significant implications for researcher, policymakers, and practitioners, highlighting the positive adaptation of children of skilled immigrants.
Lucy Helen Bird	Understanding the effect of political despair on personal well-being and actions to promote social change.	Amid recent tumultuous socio-political events, widespread reports of people feeling despair about the political status-quo emerged. This despair was conceptualised as political despair, and was found to stem from people perceiving issues that they care about, like climate justice and racial equality, as unchangeable systemic injustices. Despite feeling despair, people were continuing to engage in actions to promote social change. However, political despair was detrimental for individuals’ well-being, leading to burnout and stress. Given that burnout can drive disengagement from social movements, interventions for mitigating burnout, particularly in the climate context, were tested. Considering specific, pragmatic steps necessary for achieving climate justice was found to effectively reduce people’s disengagement from the climate movement. Therefore, this thesis highlights the importance of understanding and mitigating political despair, to ensure people feel well enough to continue engaging in social change movements, so we can help bring about a more equitable and just society.
Desiree Juliette Gilbert	Re-imagining Professional Learning: How an Organic Exploration of Creativity and its Connection to Learning Illuminates New Possibilities	There are many diverse perspectives about creativity as a phenomenon, and in connection to learning. In direct relation to teacher professional learning, observation prior to this research revealed how critical reasoning processes are frequently given precedence over opportunities to imagine and to be creative. This disorienting observation instilled deep motivation to engage in this research. A creative and organic inquiry approach was used to explore how a better understanding of creativity might reveal new possibilities for engaging teachers in transformative learning experiences. Findings revealed the imaginal as a generative source of creativity, and creativity itself as the life-giving catalyst for deep learning and transformation. Also revealed was the interrelationship between creativity and critical reasoning processes as co-existing, complementary forces for deep learning. This highlighted the importance of both creativity and critical reasoning for and as learning. These findings illuminated new insights for re-imagining teacher professional learning.
Matthew Philip Iasiello	Investigating the dual-continua model of mental health; assessment of mental wellbeing in the context of psychological distress	Matthew's research investigated the dual-continua model of mental health, which suggests that mental illness and mental wellbeing reflect distinct continua, rather than the extreme ends of a single spectrum. This model has significant implications in the way we promote mental health, and prevent, treat, and recover from mental illness. In his thesis, Matthew conducted the first systematic review of the relationship between mental illness and mental health, showed empirical evidence for the role of mental wellbeing in the recovery from mental illness, and identified theoretical and empirical issues in the assessment of mental wellbeing in the context of psychological distress. His work identified an untested and overlooked assumption in the literature, that non-distressed and highly distressed respondents interpret and understand wellbeing questions the same way. Matthew used novel methods to test this assumption, first demonstrating and then validating the issue across two studies with international collaborators.
Joanne Shearer	An explanatory mixed methods study of South Australian preservice teachers’ self‑efficacy and preparation for disability‑inclusive education	This research examined the self‑efficacy and readiness of preservice teachers concerning disability‑inclusive education. In Australia, inclusive education for students with disability is legally mandated and supported by education standards. This research involved final‑year preservice teachers from two South Australian universities. Data collection comprised surveys and follow‑up interviews, while university course materials were analysed for disability‑related content. The findings indicate that the participating preservice teachers generally had high levels of self‑efficacy regarding disability‑inclusion but identified areas for improvement in their teacher education programs. They suggested an earlier introduction of disability‑related content. Additionally, they highlighted the need for training in collaborating with parents, carers, and specialists. Placement experiences influenced their perspectives significantly and inclusive mentoring from experienced teachers was emphasised as important. This research sheds light on strengths and areas of development in preparing preservice teachers for disability‑inclusive education.
Kate Toone	Lesbian and queer sex workers; understanding the effect of capital on identity and community.	Sex workers and lesbians have long been compared to, or grouped together with, deviants in the literature on female sexuality. To date, little attention has been paid to the women who are situated in both of these identities – lesbian women working in the sex industry – despite an overrepresentation of lesbian women engaging in sex work. Using Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, field and capital, Ms Toone argues that lesbian and queer sex workers develop a highly reflexive understanding of sexuality which enables them to successfully ‘play the game’ in providing sexual services to a male audience despite not engaging with men in their personal sex lives. Toone argues that their work has significant impacts on their relationships with the queer community, their families and their sex working peers. This thesis gives lesbian and queer sex workers a platform to speak from their unique position and be better understood.
Joseph Edwin Maria van Agteren	Helping those who languish: innovating psychological mental health promotion solutions for people with poor mental wellbeing.	Despite being a promising lever for mental health reform, mental health promotion efforts to date have lacked significant impact. Through 8 studies, this PhD by prior published works explores how a reconceptualisation of the relationship between states of mental wellbeing and states of mental illness may lead to new avenues for improving the impact of early intervention solutions. The thesis firstly demonstrates how dedicated wellbeing measurement tools can feasibly be used to identify people who languish with low mental wellbeing, highlighting a significant hidden cohort of people that are struggling with poor mental health. Secondly, the studies provide evidence to suggest that psychological interventions that are designed in line with the proposed reconceptualisation, can both be effective in helping people improve their wellbeing and levels of distress, while demonstrating that this can feasibly be done using methodologies that do not necessarily place additional burden on the existing mental health system.
Marcela De Lara Campos Radunz	A Multifaceted Approach to Early Intervention in the Eating Disorders	Only one in four individuals with an eating disorder seek treatment, making the need for early intervention crucial. However, this is a relatively new field of enquiry, and much is not known about the best way to provide services. This thesis addressed three key issues. First, it examined the association between duration of illness and treatment outcomes, finding that longer duration does not lead to poorer outcomes. Second, it focused on identifying barriers to treatment-seeking to promote earlier help-seeking. Denial of illness and the inability of others to provide help emerged as significant barriers to treatment-seeking. Lastly, an early intervention model in primary health care aiming to remove barriers to treatment seeking by promoting early and rapid access to treatment was evaluated. Findings revealed the most effective approach to remove barriers to treatment-seeking and promote early help-seeking is the provision of early intervention services in primary health care.
Claire Margaret Dunbar	Establishing the Sleep Disruption Characteristics of Wind Turbine compared to Traffic Noise Using Quantitative Electroencephalography with Spectral Power Analysis	With the pressing need to reduce carbon emissions, wind farms are rapidly being expanded. However, there have been complaints that wind farm noise (WFN) disturbs sleep. This thesis aimed to assess objective sleep disturbance using quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) measurements in carefully controlled laboratory studies. Consistent with previous research, this work demonstrates that intermittent noise events, including WFN and road traffic noise above 30 dBA, produce transient changes in the EEG, primarily at noise onset. However, this sensitive qEEG analysis of sleep found no effect of continuous WFN at realistic noise levels present throughout the night. This study is among the first to use quantitative EEG power spectral analysis to go beyond traditional measures of sleep to comprehensively test for subtle changes in brain activity during sleep with noise exposure.
Ella Marie Keegan	Shortening and Managing the Impact of Lengthy Treatment Waitlists for People with Non-underweight Eating Disorders	Eating disorders are serious and complicated mental disorders that are characterised by persistent disturbances in thoughts and behaviours relating to food, eating, and body weight or shape. Despite this, people with eating disorders are often placed on unacceptably long waitlists for treatment, increasing dropout. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this issue with numerous studies showing an increase in the prevalence of eating disorders, demand on eating disorder services, and waiting times for treatment. Thus, this thesis aimed to identify strategies to respond to lengthy treatment waitlists in a pandemic world. Taken together, results support the use of shorter treatment as a strategy to shorten waitlists by enabling more people to be seen more quickly. Results also suggest that providing brief intervention while people are waitlisted for treatment is a viable strategy to manage the impact of lengthy waitlists on dropout, by improving retention in treatment when it becomes available.
Lara Rose King	A dual conceptualisation of personal authenticity and its relationship with offender defensiveness and moral repair	Although it is widely acknowledged that authenticity is highly valued, there is less consensus about what authenticity is. The present thesis proposes and finds evidence for two dimensions of authenticity (as it applies to people); present-state authenticity (feeling true to one’s present-state experiences, i.e., thoughts and emotions) and self-concept authenticity (feeling true to conceptual notions of who one is). Across five studies, this conceptual distinction is explored within the context of real-life interpersonal wrongdoings. Challenging notions of authenticity as a wholly positive construct, this work finds that feeling self-concept authentic following wrongdoing may be an outcome of defensiveness and a barrier to constructive processing, and feeling present-state authentic may reflect feelings of self-justification that share associations with defensiveness. However, authenticity motives or goals may have positive implications for how one deals with the transgression and behaves in the future.
Elizabeth Jane Osborn	Estimating the Probability of Homelessness for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: Known Risk Factors or Specific Characteristics?	Homeless experiences are not discriminatory, there are additional risk factors and lack of protective factors that can make neurodiverse populations more vulnerable. However, the relationship between autism and homelessness has been given little consideration. This thesis investigated the specific factors that may contribute or protect autistic individuals from homelessness. A systematic review was conducted to develop an in-depth understanding of prior research. To identify relevant autistic characteristics related to homelessness, qualitative data was obtained from five focus groups (33 participants) including autistic and homeless individuals. Quantitative data was collected from 333 individuals, using an online questionnaire. Doctor Osborn compared homeless risk factors and autistic characteristics across diagnostic groups, the sum of autistic characteristics contributed to homeless risk independently. The relationship was influenced by socioeconomic status, diagnosis, adaptive functioning, social and family support. A number of clinical and policy implications highlighted the importance of diagnostic screening, advocacy, and specialised support.
Larissa Nicole Roberts	An Evaluation of Stepped Care for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	Stepped care approaches can increase the accessibility of treatment by matching clients to an intervention level that suits their current needs. However, limited literature has evaluated stepped care for PTSD. The thesis advances this literature, first by conducting a systematic review of stepped care approaches for PTSD, and then based on these findings, by developing and evaluating an online stepped care treatment approach for PTSD via a pilot study and randomised controlled trial.The stepped care approach was found to be effective at improving PTSD, depression, and quality of life. It was also more cost-effective than a gold-standard PTSD therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and acceptable as rated by participants. These findings indicated that the stepped care approach was feasible, even among participants with high symptom severity and complexities. With further tailoring, stepped care has the potential to increase the accessibility of evidence-based treatments for PTSD while maximising treatment outcomes.
Cherie Su Qing Sim	Nudging healthier choices through menu labelling	In recent times access to unhealthy food prepared outside the home has continued to grow. The resulting increase in intake of excessive amounts of salt, fat and sugar is associated with various diseases and health complications. As such, the research goal of this thesis was to encourage healthier eating specifically in out of home dining. Labelling was chosen as a nudge intervention to help inform consumers without limiting their choices. The thesis consists of three empirical studies, and a meta-analysis, all with the goal of examining menu labelling in an out of home dining context. The results show support for the use of labels that help consumers interpret information, such as traffic light colours. Outcomes of the thesis contribute to the growing field of menu labelling which will help future policy development to encourage healthier food choices among the wider population.