Our people
Department of Social Work Staff
Leadership Team
Professor Aron Shlonsky
Head of Department
Professor Philip Mendes
Social Work Policy Lead
Associate Professor Catherine Flynn
Deputy Head of Department & Director Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Program
Maura Bevilacqua
Team Leader & Unit Coordinator, Field Education Program
Dr Marcelo Maghidman
Course coordinator
Academic Staff
Dr Susan Baidawi
Dr Rebecca Featherston
A/Prof Catherine Flynn
Siobhan Hardiman
Zoe Hayson
Dr Debbie Ling
Dr Marcelo Maghidman
Professor Philip Mendes
Associate Professor Melissa Petrakis
Dr Tejaswini Patil Vishwanath
Ms Jacinta Waugh
Research Staff
Dr Rebecca Featherston
Lisa Hogkin (Research fellow)
Dr Jessica Roberts (Research fellow)
Field Education Staff
Maura Bevilacqua
Di Rokvic
Jacinta Waugh
Professional Staff
Student Academic Support Unit Staff (SASU)
Dr Catherine Cook
Dr Averil Grieve
Dr Binh Ta
Emeritus staff
Emeritus Professor Margaret Alston
Emeritus Professor Thea Brown
Emeritus Professor Rosemary Sheehan
Emeritus Professor Christopher Trotter
Adjunct Staff
Dr Uschi Bay
Dr John Frederick
Dr Susy Harrigan
Associate Professor Jessica Hateley-Browne
Dr Melinda Polimeni
Dr Samone McCurdy
Dr Robyn Mildon
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott
Dr Vanessa Rose
Dr Bernadette Saunders
Dr Shelley Turner