Professor Moira Carmody

Professor Carmody is an interdisciplinary scholar of education in the areas of gender, sexuality and sexual ethics. She is recognised as a national expert on sexual assault prevention education. Her leadership in research is complemented by her distinguished service to the community through high level policy advice to federal and state governments, extensive national partnerships and as a high profile public and academic speaker and media commentator. In 2006 she was awarded the Taylor and Francis Distinguished International Research Award for Women’s Health for her work on sexual violence policy and practice, and was a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Highly Commended Award for Social Justice in 2003. She has held invited honorary appointments at the University of Auckland, Department of Psychology (2009) and the University of Sydney Gender and Cultural Studies Department (2006-2009). Because of her international standing she is in high demand as a reviewer for A/A* journals and publishers including Oxford and Cambridge University Press, Culture, Health and Sexuality, Journal of Sociology, Sex Education: Sexuality Society and Learning, Health Promotion International, Sexualities: Journal of Culture and Society. She is an ARC grant assessor (appointed 2010) and in high demand as an examiner of doctoral, masters and bachelor honours theses from universities across Australia and from a range of disciplines.

Key areas of research include: Ethical and respectful relationship education and policy; Sexuality, gender and ethics; Violence prevention education in school and community contexts; Young people; Social policy design, implementation and evaluation

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