Current Higher Degree Research Projects

Projects under examination

Projects listed in alphabetical order by student surname

Student
Thesis Title and Supervisory Panel
Faroque Amin “Contemporary Methodological Transition in Islamic Revivalist Movement: An Analysis of the Societal Approaches”
Supervisor: Jan A. Ali; Co-Supervisor: Adam Possamai
Tobias Andreasson How are Changing Gender Relations and Gender Identity Affecting Male   Refugees in Australia and How they are Informed about these Socio-Cultural Changes and Challenges.
Supervisor: Natalie Bolzan; Co-Supervisor: Frances Gale
Tara Andrews Research topic: What Does it Take to Practice Sustainable Design?
Supervisor: Prof Peter Phibbs Co-Supervisor: Dr Louise Crabtree, A/Prof Jonathon Allen
Achmad Zainal Arifin "Rationalisation of Pesantren: Mapping Pesantren Views on Responding the Rise of Salafi Dakwah Movements"
Supervisor: Julia Howell; Co-Supervisor: Bryan Turner
Ashleigh Barbe-Winter "Islamic Family Separation in the Australian Legal System"
Supervisor: Adam Possamai; Co-Supervisors: Jan Ali; Selda Dagistanli
Clair Baker Research Topic: Detecting High Stakes Deception Witnesses- Truth Vs Deception.
Supervisor: Janette Perz; Co-Supervisors: David Mutton, Jeanna Sutton
Jenny Barton  Research Topic: Characteristics of inmates at risk of suicide and / or deliberate harm.
Supervisor: Tanya Meade; Co-Supervisors: Steven Cumming, Anthony Samuel
Alex Baumann   Research Topic: The Third Way: Action Research-Based Evaluation in Public Housing.
Supervisor: Rae Dufty; Co-Supervisor: Michael Darcy
Annette Bennett  Research Topic: Doing a man-sized job: Exploring Hegemonic femininity among blue-collared tradeswomen.
Supervisor: Mary Louise Hawkins; Co-Supervisor: Jane Durie
Grant Bickerton  Research Topic: Engagement and Burnout from Occupational Stress: A Study of Religious Workers.
Supervisor: Maureen Miner- Bridges; Co-Supervisor: Martin Dowson
Rosalind Bolitho  Research Topic: Factors Affecting the Resilience of Sudanese Adolescents in Western Sydney. 
Supervisor: Natalie Bolzan; Co-Supervisor: Roy Laube
Rosemary Bowman  Research Topic: Leonard Women Coming of Age: The Experiences of Rural Women.
Supervisor: Debbie Horsfall; Co- Supervisor: Rosemary Jill
Linda Burnett Research Topic: Thinking through mothering.
Supervisor: Jane Ussher; Co-Supervisors: Valerie Walkerdine, Anna Gibbs

Juni Chusjairi
"Depicting 'the West' in the discourse on terrorism in Indonesian magazines"
Supervisor: Steven Drakeley; Co-Supervisors: Hart Cohen; Milissa Deitz
James Collison  Research Topic: Limitations and Future Direction for Assessing Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
Supervisor: Rocco Crino; Co-Supervisors: Jo Milne-Home
Terri Drage "The National Sufi Council: Redefining the Islamic Republic of Pakistan through a discourse on Sufism after 9/11" 
Supervisor: Julia Howell; Co-Supervisors: Jan Ali; Emilian Kavalski
Lisa Fahey  Research Topic: Assessment and Intervention Models for Intensive Support Youth in and out of Home Care.
Supervisor: Jo Milne-Home; Co-Supervisor: Nigel Bond
Sharon Fingland  Research topic: Social Inclusion: Innovation in the Renewal of Older Housing Estates in Western Sydney
Supervisor: Prof Phillip O’Neill; Co-Supervisor: Prof Peter Phibbs
Jessica Fulcher  Research Topic: Affect Regulation in Deliberate Self Harm.
Supervisor: Tanya Meade; Co-Supervisor: Agnes Petocz
Anthony George  Research Topic: Relations between Students’ Attachments and Attribution and Schooling and Life Outcomes.
Supervisor: Maureen Miner; Co-Supervisor: Martin Dowson
Guy Gillor  Research Topic: Health Care, Indigenous Communities and the Settler State.
Supervisor: John MacDonald; Co-Supervisor: Michael Houlbrook 
Michael Grosvenor  Research topic: Understanding Sustainability in an Urban Context
Supervisor: Prof Phillip O’Neill; Co-Supervisor: Prof Donald McNeill, Dr Louise Crabtree
Christopher Hansen  Research Topic: Replicating and Extending the Perruchet Paradigm.
Supervisor: Gabrielle Weidemann; Co-Supervisors: Rebecca Pinkus, Michael Tyler
Corinne Harvey  Research Topic: In what ways does the creation of fictional narratives work as therapeutic acts for both the author and the reader.
Supervisor: Sheridan Linnell; Co- Supervisor: Alison Uhlmann 
James Herbert  Research Topic: Self-Evaluation and Organisational Evaluation in Government and Non-Government Service Providers.
Supervisor: Natalie Bolzan; Co-Supervisor: Michael Houlbrook
Elizabeth Hoad Research Topic: A Realist Approach to the Human Existential Predicament and Death Anxiety.
Supervisor: Agnes Petocz; Co-Supervisors: Martin Daly, Glenn Newbery
Marc Inberg Research Topic: The Function of Fixations in Grasping Objects under Different Luminance Conditions.
Supervisor: Tamara Watson; Co-Supervisors: John Cass, Anna My Wyatt
Esme Jaaniste Research Topic: Improving the Quality of Life of People with Dementia Through Drama therapy.
Supervisor: Sheridan Linnell  
Ian Forest Jones "A Two-Wheeled Gospel: Religious conversion among lifestyle bikers and their clubs"  
Supervisor: Adam Possamai; Co-Supervisor: Selda Dagistanli
Caroline Joyce Research Topic: Examining Patients and Health Professionals? Perspectives on the benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs.
Supervisor: Kathryn Nicholson Perry; Co-Supervisors: Ian Wilson 
Lauren Kadwell Research Topic: Talking about Sex: Deconstructing Nurse/ Patient Interactions about   Sexuality and Intimacy in the Context of Palliative Cancer Care.
Supervisor: Emilee Gilbert; Co-Supervisors: Jane Ussher
Alanna Kamp Research Topic: Sojourning Wives: Feminising Chinese Migrant Experience in White Australia.
Supervisor: Kevin Mark Dunn; Co-Supervisor: Jack Barbalet 
Ashwini Kanitkar Research Topic: The Impact of Privileging Women's Own Empowerment Goals on Self Help Group (SHG) Impact Evaluation Studies in India.
Supervisor: Mary Louise Hawkins 
Lauren Kenworthy Research Topic: Residents' Voice: Community, Place, Advantage and Disadvantage.
Supervisor: Michael Bernard Darcy
Marlee King Research Topic: Evaluation of the Efficacy and Mechanisms of a Couple-based Intervention for Premenstrual Syndrome.
Supervisor: Jane Ussher; Co-Supervisor: Caroline Smith
Ian Knowd Research Topic: An investigation of failure mechanisms in tourism planning for regional communities.
Supervisor: Russell Staiff 
Christopher Krogh Research Topic: How Child Protection Systems Promote Particular Views of the Parents in   Whose Life they Intervene, and how these views Impact on Self-stories   of these 'clients'.
Supervisor: Debbie Horsfall
Adrian Lania Research Topic: Drama therapy and Its Influence on the Socialisation of Emotionally Disturbed Children.
Supervisor: Sheridan Linnell; Co- Supervisor: Shameran Slewa-Younan 
Shane Latimer Research Topic: Measurement of Deliberate Self Harm Behaviours: Rasch Analysis.
Supervisor: Tanya Meade; Co-Supervisors: Chris Lennings, Allan Tennant
Dominic Lees Research Topic: The Development of a Reward Expectation Model for Risky Decision Making.
Supervisor: Agnes Petocz; Co-Supervisors: Glenn Newbery, Nida Denson
Allan Lotifizadeh Research Topic: Investigation into the Significance of Socio-economic and Domestic   Violence Factors for Increasing the Mental and Physical Pain and   Distress during Pregnancy, Labour and Puerperium.
Supervisor: Jane Ussher; Co-Supervisor: David Mahna
Annetta Luspinner Research Topic: Australian Art Therapy - An Inquiry into our Professional Identity   after Two Decades of Practice and an Exploration into Areas of Future   Possibility.
Supervisor: Sheridan Linnell; Co- Supervisor: Debbie Horsfall 
Farjana Mahbuba “Muslim Women’s Gender Perceptions in Urban Bangladesh”
Supervisor: Adam Possamai; Co-Supervisor: Jan Ali
Yulia Maleta Research Topic: The advocacy agency and competence of women activists participating in the Australian Environmental Movement.
Supervisor: Mary Hawkins; Co- Supervisor: Rosemary Leonard 
Jan Marie Research Topic: The Experience of Couples Communicating about Sex and Intimacy After a Diagnosis of Cancer.
Supervisor: Jane Ussher; Co-Supervisors: Emilee Gilbert, Ian Wilson, Sue Carrick
Alex McFarlane Research Topic: Psychological type and pathways to self- transformation and health.
Supervisor: Glenn Newbery; Co-Supervisors: Agnes Petocz, Jane Ussher
Lorraine McGlashan Research Topic: How are communities mobilized during rapid demographic change?.
Supervisor: Rosemary Jill Leonard; Co- Supervisor: Janet Lilian Mason 
John McGuire "With us or Against us?" Hegemony and Ideology within American Comic Books 2001-2007"
Supervisor: Adam Possamai: Co-Supervisors: Drew Cottle; Michael Kennedy
Toni McLean Research Topic: The Response of Counsellors in Private Practice to Clients Presenting   with a History of Intimate Partner Violence: An Exploratory Study.
Supervisor: Jane Ussher; Co-Supervisors: Debra Jackson
Ahmad Muttaqin "Hybrid Spirituality and Religious Efficacy of Yogyakarta Spiritual Center"
Supervisor: Julia Howell; Co-Supevisor: Bryan Turner
Jacqueline Nelson Research Topic: Local Languages of Anti-Racism.
Supervisor: Kevin Mark Dunn; Co-Supervisor: Hurriyet Babacan
Martin Nichols Research topic: Infrastructure Costs Associated with Forms of Urban Development
Supervisor: Prof Peter Phibbs; Co-Supervisor: Prof Phillip O’Neill
Alan Nixon "The Rise of the New Atheism"
Supervisor: Adam Possamai; Co-Supervisor: Bryan Turner
Kerrie Noonan Research Topic: Story Telling at End of Life: An Exploration of Community Building.
Supervisor: Debbie Horsfall; Co- Supervisor: Rosemary Leonard 
Tayanah O’Donnell
(nee Caldarella)
Research topic: Sea Level Rises: Appropriate Responses to Planning and Development
Supervisor: Prof Peter Phibbs; Co-Supervisor: Prof Donald McNeill, Dr Louise Crabtree
Chloe Parton Research Topic: Women's Experiences of Sexual Embodiment in the Context of Cancer.
Supervisor: Janette Perz; Co-Supervisors: Jane Ussher, Emilee Gilbert, Ian Wilson
Nantira Pookhao Research Topic: Understanding the 'Green' Concepts and Segmentation of Tourism: A Case Study of Thailand.
Supervisor: Poll Thee; Co- Supervisors: Russell Robyn, Staiff Bushell
Clare Power  Research Topic: The Great Turning: community response to planetary crisis.
Supervisor: Deborah Ann Horsfall; Co-Supervisor: Rosemary Leonard 
Alimatul Qibtiyah "Feminist Identity and Conceptualisation of Gender Issues by Gender Muslim Studies Elites"
Supervisor: Julia Howell; Co-Supervisor: Mary Hawkins
Roz Robertson Research Topic: Authorship in Crime.
Supervisor: Jeanna Sutton; Co-Supervisor: David Mutton
Christopher Roffey Research Topic: Accountability in corporate/ community relationships: Developing a common language through participatory research.
Supervisor: Debra Keenahan; Co- Supervisor: Maria Varua 
Jeeva Sajan Research topic: The Impact of Perceived Urban Density upon the Sustainability of Cities
Supervisor: Prof Peter Phibbs; Co-Supervisor: Dr Louise Crabtree
Zareen Shahid Research Topic: Environmental Planning and Management in Punjab Pakistan in the Face of   Extreme Population Pressure and Consequences of Climate Change.
Supervisor: Awais Latif Piracha; Co- Supervisor: Emma Power 
Fiona Slattery Research Topic: Care giving experiences of everyday imagining. 
Supervisor: Emma Power; Co- Supervisor: Rosemary Jill Leonard 
Anca Stanculescu Research Topic: Youth Conduct Orders: A Comparative Analysis of Regulative Social   Control of Antisocial Behaviour between England and New South Wales.
Supervisor: Craig Anthony Osmond ; Co- Supervisor: Greg Martin 
Godo Tjahjono "Religiosity   and luxury goods purchases among young Muslims in Indonesia: a case   study of the relationship between religion and consumer behaviour"
Supervisor: Steven Drakeley; Co-Supervisors: Jan Ali; Nicole Stegemann
Steven Trankle Research Topic: End of Life Decisions and Practices: The Experiences of Doctors in Australia.
Supervisor: Janette Perz; Co- Supervisors: Emilee Gilbert, John Haw
Brigid Trenerry  Research Topic: Building Inclusive Organisations: Moving From Evidence To Practice.
Supervisor: Kevin Mark Dunn; Co- Supervisor: Yin Paradies
Robert Urquhart Research Topic: Theorising Patterns of Children's Friendships within a Culturally Diverse School Setting.
Supervisor: Natalie Bolzan; Co-Supervisor: Elizabeth Watson
Leon van Der Linde Research Topic: Exploring a Synthesis of Drive and Relational Theory in Psychoanalysis- Theoretical Implications.
Supervisor: Agnes Petocz; Co-Supervisor: Nigel Mackay
Firdaus Wajdi "Turkish   Naqsabandis as Sponsors of New Style Pesantren: A Case Study of the   United Islamic Cultural Center of Indonesia (UICCI)"
Supervisor: Julia Howell; Co-Supervisor: Mary Hawkins
Deborah Wilmore Research Topic: Negotiating Egalitarian Values and the Division of Unpaid Domestic Labour in Australian Households.
Supervisor: Mary Louise Hawkins; Co-Supervisor: Alphia  Possamai-Inesedy 
Kit Ping (Josephine) Wong  Research Topic: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Art Making and Therapeutic   Relationship Within a Semi-Structural Approach Art Therapy with   Traumatized Children.
Supervisor: Sheridan Linnell; Co-Supervisor: Hugh Crago 

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Currently under examination

Christine Cole Research Topic: The white stolen generation and its meaning for women’s citizenship in Australia.
Supervisor: Mary Louise Hawkins; Co-Supervisor: Stephen Janes
Sarah Mitchell Research Topic: Androgyny and Psychological Health: A Cross- Disciplinary Odyssey.
Supervisor: Jane Ussher; Co-Supervisor: Agnes Petocz
Geir-Henning Presterudstuen Research Topic: How are the traditional masculine performances transformed and appropriated in modern Fijian context?
Supervisor: Debbie Horsfall; Co-Supervisor: Mary Hawkins
Dallas Rogers Research Topic: Community Participation and Ownership in Community Renewal.
Supervisor: Michael Bernard Darcy; Co-Supervisor: Peter Phibbs