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	List of potential Ph.D. supervisors from the University of New England
	This is a list of potential PhD supervisors from the University of New England that are available to assist you with your doctoral research studies. There are other supervisors that are not listed here that may be also available. Please note that we have included a sample of the publications of supervisors listed below. It is not a full list of their books, chapters in books and research article publications, but a selected list to give you the opportunity to learn more about their research and academic interests. We recommend that you locate the academic staff on the University of New England web pages ( www.une.edu.au ) to obtain further information about them. Please also feel free to contact Professor Victor Minichiello (vminichi@une.edu.au) to assist you with locating relevant supervisors to support your study.

	BOWERS, Dr Randolph PhD (UNE) 2002 School of Health, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS: Identity, culture, and place (i.e. looking at issues of marginalisation, identity, and minority experiences of healing; also looking at human ecology, place in relation to rural identity, and the value of marginal and liminal space; study of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experiences of counselling and health; analysis of how counselling and health services can address minority needs; addressing counsellor and allied health practitioners educational needs in relation to diversity issues; the use of indigenous and culturally-grounded approaches to teaching, research, and service delivery). METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE: Qualitative research methods (i.e. method use of in-depth interviews, focus groups, multi-method, media sources, observational notes, and other types of documentation; methodological use of grounded theory, phenomenology, hermeneutics, ethnography, autoethnography, narrative, ontopoetics, subjectivism, structural interpretativism; and use of strategic analytic and theoretical frames like critical social, post-structural, feminist, indigenous, queer, standpoint approaches). RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Pelling N., Bowers R., Armstrong P. 2006, The practice of counselling , Thomson Publishers, Melbourne. Bowers R. 2006, Counsellor education as practice: An Australian narrative reflection on teaching and learning the practice of counselling in a university setting, Counselling Australia , 6(4) Summer, 8-11. Available at: http://www.theaca.net.au/journals/journ_archive/ACA%20 Mag%20Vol6%20No4%20Summer%2006.pdf (Accessed 26 January 2007). Bowers R. 2006, Wholistic applications of counselling with the aging in dialogue with pastoral care concerns: A postmodern and transcendental analysis, Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health 2(1), 68-85. Bowers R., Plummer D., Minichiello V. 2005, Homophobia in counselling practice, The International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling , 27(3), 471-489. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION: Jha, Chandra, 2007, An exploration of the life experiences of injecting drug users (IDU's) with HIV/AIDS in Nepal . O'Loughlin, Susan, 2006, Transformative journies: Psychotherapist's reflections on being changed by their client's stories.

	BROOKS, Dr Margaret PhD ( Alberta ) 2002 School of Professional Development and Leadership, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Young children drawing, drawing and cognition, play art education, literacy in rural and Aboriginal communities, and socio-cultural, historical theories. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Visual ethnography, action research, phenomenology, narrative enquiry, arts based research. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Brooks, M. 2006, Drawing: the consequential progression of ideas, New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education Journal. vol 9, pp. 51–66. Brooks, M. 2005, Drawing as a unique mental development tool for young children: Interpersonal and intrapersonal dialogues , Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education. Vol. 6, 1. http://www.wwwords.co.uk/ciec/content/pdfs/6/issue6_1.asp Brooks, M. 2004, Drawing the social construction of knowledge, Australian Journal of Early Childhood 29(2), 41–49. Brooks, M. 2003, Drawing to learn. Young Children: Beyond the Journal , September, pp.1-6. http://www.journal.nacyc.org/btj/200309/ RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Evelyn, D. 2007, Re-visioning self and society: Stories of career education for women. Near completion: Reader, P. 2007, What does it mean to paint? Noone, G. 2007, Becoming teacher in a rural Australian school.

	BROWN, Dr Rhonda PhD (UNSW) 1996 School of Psychology, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Stress medicine, psychosocial predictors of medical outcomes, work-stress in doctors, doctor-patient relationships & communication, living with chronic and life threatening illness . METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Qualitative and quantitative data analysis including: questionnaire-based studies (cross-sectional & longitudinal), in-depth interviewing (stressful life events), focus group interviews. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Brown J E, Brown R F, Miller R M, Dunn S M, King M T, Coates A S, Butow P N. 2000, Coping with metastatic melanoma: The last year of life, Psycho-Oncology 9, pp. 283-292. Brown R F, Butow P N, Henman M, Dunn S M, Boyle F, Tattersall M H. 2002, Responding to the active and passive patient: Flexibility is the key, Health Expectations 5, pp. 236-245. Brown R F, Tennant C C, Sharrock M, Hodgkinson S, Dunn S M, Pollard J D. 2006, Relationship between stress and relapse in multiple sclerosis: Part I. Important features, Multiple Sclerosis 12, pp. 453-64. Brown RF, Schutte NS . 2006, Direct and indirect relationships between emotional intelligence and subjective fatigue in university students. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 60, pp. 585-93. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Grinbergs, Andrew, 2004, The effect of physical disability, cognitive impairment and depression on the frequency and severity of stressful life events in multiple sclerosis. Byrnes, Karen, 2006, The impact of experience, performance, and psychological variables on doctor's physiological response to communicating bad medical news.

	EDWARDS, Dr Helen PhD (UNE) 2004 School of Education, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Adult, Indigenous and early childhood education; Life-long learning; People with disabilities . METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Action research. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Maple, M., Plummer, D., Edward s, H., Minichiello, V . 2007, The effects of preparedness for suicide following the death of a young adult child, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol 37, pp. 127-134. Reid. J ., Edward s, H., Power, K. 2004, Early literacy education in rural communities: situating development, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 27(2), 128-141. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Dew, S. 2007, Informal Workplace Learning in Critical care Nursing. Duncan , L. 2007, Journey of Discovery into Students Wellbeing and Connectedness. Woodley, K. 2006, Tibetan Childhood in Exile: Governance, Schooling and the Arts of Petition. Maple, M. 2005, Parental Portraits of Suicide: Narrating the Loss of a Young Adult Child.

	ENGLAR-CARLSON, Associate Professor Matt PhD (Counseling Psychology) ( Pennsylvania State University ) 2001 Department of Counseling, California State University , Fullerton / Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Health , UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Effects of male gender role socialization on psychological well-being and the therapeutic process with men; use of strengths based approaches with boys and men; best practices in educating students and mental health professionals to work effectively with boys and men; social class issues in psychotherapy and clinical training. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : In-depth interviewing, qualitative and quantitative data analysis . RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Nelson, M.L., Englar-Carlson, M., Tierney, S., Hau, J. 2006, Class jumping into academia: Multiple identities for counseling academics . Journal of Counseling Psychology , 53, pp. 1-14. Englar-Carlson, M., Stevens, M. 2006 , In the room with men: A casebook of therapeutic change . Washington , DC : American Psychological Association. Sperry, L., Lewis, J., Carlson, J.D., Englar-Carlson, M. 2005, Health promotion and health counseling: Effective counseling and psychotherapeutic strategies (2nd ed.). Boston , Allyn & Bacon. Mahalik, J.R., Good, G.E., Englar-Carlson, M. 2003, Masculinity scripts, presenting concerns and help-seeking: Implications for practice and training, Professional Psychology: Research & Practice , 34, pp. 123-131.

	HAWKES, Dr Gail PhD ( Victoria University of Manchester ) 1991 School of Social Science, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : History of sexuality; sexuality in late modernity; childhood sexuality; aging and fitness . METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : In-depth interviewing, focus group interviews, surveys, qualitative data analysis . RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Hawkes, G., Scott, J. 2005 , Sexuality and social theory, Perspectives in Human Sexuality, Hawkes, G., Scott, J. (eds), Melbourne, Oxford University Press . Hawkes, G., Scott, J. 2005, Organising sexuality: Categorisation, identities and cultures, Perspectives in Human Sexuality , Hawkes, G., Scott, J. (eds), Melbourne , Oxford University Press. Hawkes, G. 2005, Authorised and unauthorised sex: The sexual landscape in the new millennium, Perspectives in Human Sexuality , Hawkes, G., Scott, J. (eds), Melbourne : Oxford University Press. Hawkes, G. 2004, Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture , Cambridge , Polity Press. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Twine, R. 2001, Ecofeminism and the ‘New” sociologies: A collaboration against Dualism. Teschendorff, J. 2005, Massage and the leakiness of touch.

	HAY, Professor Ian PhD (Qld) 1994 School of Education, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Educational psychology, Special education, Literacy, Self-concept, motivation. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Qualitative, survey, statistical modelling . RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Hay, I. 2007, Costs an outcomes of community services for people with an intellectual disability, I nternational Journal of Disability, Development and Education , 52(1), 63-69. Hay, I. , Booker, G. 2006, Teachers' perceptions and classroom application of mathematical computer software. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 6, 61-71. Hay, I. , Cuskelly, M. 2006, School counsellors and children in foster-care: Issues and implications for guidance and counselling services, Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 16, 106-118. Hay, I. 2000, Gender self-concept profiles of students suspended from high school, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 345-352. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Roderick Cough, 2004, The role and development of effective leadership in middle school settings . Jane Kkomo, 2005, Understanding and enhancing the lives of families and children living in disadvantaged communities in urban Zimbabwe , 2005. Gary Woolley, 2006, Using visual imagery to enhance the reading comprehension skills of children with learning difficulties. Lord Fyffe, 2006, The development, application and evaluation of an instrument to measure children's values.

	HUNTER, Dr Sally PhD (UNE) 2007 School of Health, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Sociology of trauma and child maltreatment, domestic violence, Indigenous issues and cross-cultural education, the helping relationship and vicarious traumatisation, and ethical issues. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Qualitative and quantitative research methods, including survey research, grounded theory, narrative inquiry, autoethnography, individual interviews and focus groups, and data analysis using computer programs such as NVivo . RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Hunter, S.V. & Kottler, J.A. 2007, 'Therapists are socially constructed too' Psychotherapy in Australia, 13(2), 22-27. Hunter, S.V. and Schofield, M.J. 2006, 'How counsellors cope with traumatized clients: Personal, professional and organisational strategies' International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling , 28(2), 121-138. This article was the most viewed article in the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling in the last 90 days on 10/10/06 http://www.springer.com/east/home/education?SGWID=5-40406-70-35671860-detailsPage=journal%7CmostViewedArticles Hunter, S.V. 2006, 'Understanding the Complexity of Child Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Family Counseling,' The Family Journal, 14(4), 349-358. (DOI 10.1177/1066480706291092). Hunter, S.V. 2005, The challenge of cross cultural counsellor education, Proceedings of the 6th National SCAPE Conference, I. Lewis and I. Alexander (eds), Society of Counselling and Psychotherapy Educators, Canberra, Referred Section pp. 77-94. Hunter, S.V. 2001, 'Working with domestic violence: Ethical dilemmas in five theoretical approaches', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 22(2), 80-89.

	KOTTLER, Professor Jeffrey PhD ( University of Virginia ) Counseling Department , California State University, Fullerton & Adjunct Professor, School of Health , UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Counsellor-client relationship issues, counsellor experiences, any aspect of counselling, cultural issues . METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Q ualitative methods only . RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Kottler, J A., Chen, D. 2008, Stress Management and Prevention: Applications to Daily Life . Belmont , CA , Wadsworth . Kottler, J A., Shepard, D. 2008, Introduction to Counseling: Voices from the Field . Belmont , CA , Wadsworth . Kottler, J A., Carlson, J. 2007, Moved by the Spirit: Discovery and Transformation in the Lives of Leaders. Atascadero , CA , Impact. Kottler, J A., Carlson, J. 2007, The Client Who Changed Me: Stories of Therapist Personal Transformation . New York , Routlege. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Kiran Regmi 2006, Barriers to quality maternity care in rural Nepal : Perceptions of postpartum women and their families. Linda Chassman 2007, Adolescents with sexual behaviour problems . Sally Hunter 2007, The construction of a sense of self following early sexual experiences: A narrative inquiry.

	MACKAY, Dr Frances PhD (UNE) 2005 School of Health, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Training and professional development of counsellors; spiritual issues in counselling; literature and counselling. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Qualitative: phenomenological and narrative. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: MacKay, F. 2007, Mythopoetic spaces in the formation of counsellors and therapists, Roads of Transformation: Mythopoetic Pedagogy in Educational Practice, P. Willis, T. Leonard (eds), Peter Lang, New York .

	MADISON, Associate Professor Jeanne PhD (UNE) School of Health, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Equity, diversity, leadership, counselling, health care, gerontology/aged care. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Qualitative, quantitative. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Evans, F., Han, G., Madison , J. 2005, Healthcare Reform and Interest Groups: The Case of Rural Australia , University Press of America , Lanham, MD. Madison, J. 2006, Socialization and mentoring, Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges & Opportunities , Huston, C. (ed.), Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, pp. 65-82. Cruickshank, M., Isouard, G., Madison, J., Irwin, L. 2005, Managing risk and managing quality, Health Services Management Practice , A Text for Health Services Managers of Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific , M. Harris (ed.), MacLennan & Petty, Sydney, pp. 360-377. Day, G., Minichiello, V., Madison , J. 2006, Nursing morale: What does the literature reveal? Australian Health Review 30(4), 516–524. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Gary Day 2005, The Determinants of Staff Morale Among Registered Nurses in a Convenience Sample of Acute Care Health Care Facilities. Kiran Regmi 2005, Barriers to Quality Maternity Care in Rural Nepal : Perceptions of Postpartum Women and their Families. Linda Chassman 2007, Adolescents with Sexual Behaviour Problems.

	MAPLE, Dr Myfanwy PhD (UNE) 2005 School of Health, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Suicide, mental health/illness, grief/bereavement, death/dying, disability, especially in relation to young people and families. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : In-depth interviewing, focus group interviews, narrative methodology and qualitative data analysis. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Maple, M., Plummer, D., Edward s, H., Minichiello, V. 2007, The effects of preparedness for suicide following the death of a young adult child, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37(2), 127-134. Maple, M. 2005, Parental bereavement and youth suicide: An assessment of the literature, Australian Social Work, 58(2), 179-187. Maple, M. , Kottler, J., Carlson, J. 2004, Learning from their finest hours: A narrative analysis of the core themes, My Finest Hour: Master Therapists Reveal Their Best Cases , Kottler, J., Carlson J. (eds), San Francisco, Jossey Bass/Wiley. Bartik, W., Maple, M., Massey, P. 2001, Youth Friendliness Assessment Tool. New England Area Health Service Public Health Unit, Tamworth . State Health Publication No. NEAHS 010218. ISBN: 0 7347 337 1.

	MINICHIELLO, Professor Victor PhD (ANU) 1987 School of Health, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Sexuality, client-practitioner relationship, ageing, homophobia, death & dying, suicide, masculinity, living with life threatening illness METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : In-depth interviewing, focus group interviews, surveys, qualitative and quantitative data analysis. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Minichiello V., Sullivan, G., Greenwood , K., Axford, R. 2004, Research Methods for Nursing and Health Science , Pearson Education. Minichiello V., Aroni, R., Hays, T. 2008, In-depth Interviewing: Theory and Practice , Prentice Hall/Longman. Maple, M., Plummer, D., Edward s, H., Minichiello, V. 2007, The effects of preparedness for suicide following the death of a young adult child, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior , vol 37, pp. 127-134. Leary, D., Minichiello, V. 2007, Exploring the interpersonal relationships in street-based male sex work: Results from an Australian qualitative study, Journal of Homosexuality , vol 53, (in press). RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Evans, J. 2005, Cystic Fibrosis: Shaping an Information Model to Meet the Needs of Patient and Carers . Leary, D. 2007, The Experience of Vulnerability, Connectivity and Resilience in Males Who Engage in Street-based Sex Work: A Qualitative Study. Maple, M. 2005, Parental Portraits of Suicide: Narrating the Loss of a Young Adult Child. McCann, P. 2006, The Pressures of Modern Manhood: The Role of Homophobia in Shaping the Gender and Sexual Identities of Australian Men.

	NOBLE, Professor William PhD (Manc) School of Psychology, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Psychosocial problems of people and their families with hearing impairment and/or tinnitus. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Quantification of qualitative measurements; phenomenological analysis; general experimental and field study design. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Noble, W., Perrett, S. 2002, Hearing speech against spatially separate competing speech versus competing noise, Perception & Psychophysics , 64, pp. 1325-1336. Gatehouse, S., Noble, W. 2004, The speech, spatial and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ), International Journal of Audiology , 43, pp. 85-99. Noble, W. 2006, Bilateral hearing aids: A review of self-reports of benefit in comparison with unilateral fitting, International Journal of Audiology , 45, Suppl. 1, S63-S71. Tyler, R. S., Noble, W., Coelho, C., Haskell, G., Bardia, A. 2007, Tinnitus and hyperacusis, Handbook of Clinical Audiology (6th ed.), J. Katz, R. Burkard, L. Medwetsky, L. Hood (eds), Baltimore, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Carol ine Croft, 2007, Development of a measure of tinnitus acceptance .

	SCOTT, Dr John PhD (Newcastle) 2001 School of Social Science, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Gender, masculinity, sexuality; Sociology of health and illness; Sociology of crime and deviance; interpretive sociologies. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : In-depth interviews, focus groups, surveys, comparative historical, unobtrusive methods/archival. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Barclay, E., Donnermeyer, J., Hogg, R., Scott, J. 2007, Crime in Rural Australia . Federation Press, Sydney. Scott, J. 2006, Sex outside the city: Sex work in rural and regional NSW, Rural Society 16(2), 151-168. Scott, J. 2005, How Modern Governments Made Prostitution a Social Problem: Creating a Responsible Prostitute Population . Edwin Mellen Press , New York . Scott, J. 2005, Children ask the damnedest questions! Sex(uality) education as a social problem, Perspectives in Human Sexuality , Hawkes, G. Scott, J. (eds), Oxford University Press, Melbourne . RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Barclay, Elaine, 2005, Crime Within Farming Communities: The Dark Side of Gemeinschaft . Morris, Leesa, 2005, Screaming Without Words? Explaining Self-Injury Among NSW Police Detainees .

	TAIT, Dr Kathleen PhD (Qld) 2004 School of Education, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Complex and developmental disabilities, Functional communication and challenging behaviour, Diversity and human rights, Consultation and work based learning, Problem based learning; Attitude to the inclusion of diverse populations, Early intervention and family impact. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Specializing in q ualitative analysis and single case study methodologies, multiple base line designs; action research, functional assessment, applied behavioural analysis and Rasch analysis. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Tait, K. 2007, Modifying learning contexts to optimize learning, Maximising learning outcomes in diverse classrooms, Dempsey, I., Arthur-Kelly, M. (eds), Sydney, Thomson. Tait, K., Sigafoos, J., O'Reilly, M., Lanconi, G. 2006, Program design for children with severe communication impairments: a model for determining communication intervention, Parent-Child Relations: New Research , Devore, D M. (ed), New York , Nova Publishing. Heywood, P., Tait, K. 2006, Effective teaching practice: programming for children with severe communication impairments in the regular classroom, Special Education Perspectives Journal 15(2), 22 -39. Tait, K., Sigafoos, J., Woodyatt, G., O'Reilly, M. Lancioni, G. E. 2004, Evaluating parent use of functional communication training to replace and enhance prelinguistic behaviours in six children with developmental and physical disabilities, Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation 26 (21/22), 1241-1254.

	WINN, Dr Stephen PhD (Flinders) 2006 School of Education, UNE RESEARCH INTERESTS : Deafness, hearing-impairment, disability, autistic spectrum disorder, inclusion, transition, employment teaching and learning environments, ITC, sign language. METHODOGICAL EXPERTISE : Qualitative and quantitative data analysis, in-depth interviewing, surveys. RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Winn, S. (forthcoming Spring 2007), Pre-service preparation of teachers of the deaf in the 21 st century: a case study of Griffith University , Australia , American Annals of the Deaf. Winn, S. (forthcoming Fall 2007), Sign language acquisition and use by single generation deaf adults in Australia who had attended specific educational settings for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, Sign Language Studies , 8(1). Winn, S. (forthcoming 2007), Employment outcomes for the congenitally deaf in Australia . An analysis of four studies conducted over 30 years, American Annals of the Deaf, 152(2). Winn, S. 2006 , Is there a link between hearing aid use, employment and income. American Annals of the Deaf, 151(4), 434-440 . RECENT PHD SUPERVISION : Stenton, J. 2006, The Long Term Effects of the Fluctuating, Conductive Hearing Loss Caused by Otitis Media with Effusion on Learning and Behaviour for Adolescent Students .