Graduate research students
Current PhD Candidates
Hannah Petocz
Thesis Title: Abuse within Community Guidelines: The lived reality of digital dating abuse on social media platforms in an Australian context
Ben Scott
Thesis title: Queering police legitimacy theories: Perceptions of police legitimacy among LGBTQ+ Australians
Monique Failla
Thesis title: Designed to fail: Gender, violence and the tactical application of law in Australia’s ‘Fast Track’ Asylum Process.
Ciara Farrelly
Thesis title: Acquired brain injury and responses to perpetrators of family violence.
Sungshin (Luna) Bae
Thesis title: Locked in Without Walls: Technology-Facilitated Surveillance and Stalking as Coercive Control in a Digitally Saturated Society
Amanda Parkinson
Thesis title: Older adults who have experienced sexual assault: Improving early identification and therapeutic responses
Chantelle Langdon
Thesis title: From ‘Band-Aids’ to Bricks and Mortar: Improving long-term housing pathways for victim survivors of domestic and family violence in Victoria, Australia
Maya Del Rio Reddan
Thesis title: Algorithms and Affects: Proliferating Gender Equality Backlashes amongst Boys and Young Men in Australia.
Thandi Simelane
Thesis title is: Sub-Saharan African LGBTQ+ Family Violence Victim-Survivors’ Experiences of Help-Seeking in Australia: Practitioners and Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Isabel Dunn
Thesis title: The Experiences of Women of Refugee Backgrounds Accessing Domestic and Family Violence Support: A Tasmanian Service Assessment
Kangshu (Kylie) Hu
Thesis title: Exploring Domestic and Family Violence Among Chinese-Speaking Migrants in Regional and Rural Areas of Australia
Completed PhDs
Dr Ellen Reeves
Thesis: 'He's said 'no-one will believe you' and she's seen that in action': Victoria's family violence intervention order system and the misidentification of women as predominant aggressors
Dr Jessica Seamar (Burley)
Thesis: Evaluating ‘success’ for family violence interventions in Victoria.
Dr Laura Vidal
Thesis: Young women impacted by forced marriage in Australia: an examination of marriage, gender and harm