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Research interests
Dr. Kate Saxton is passionate about social and ecological justice issues that affect us at both the local and global level. Kate has worked extensively in both research and direct practice with community groups across Australia and the Asia Pacific. Kate has strong grounding in decolonising and critical research methodologies and is familiar with a range of qualititative methods including Participatory and Emancipatory Action Research, Auto-ethnography, Critical Reflection, Memory Work, Talanoa, focus groups, drama work, discourse analysis and in-depth interviews. Kate has a commitment to research that facilitates meaningful social change and strives to work alongside research partners and students, rather than a more traditional top down approach.
Her research interests include:
Critical Social Work, Social Justice, Institutional oppression, Decolonisation, Social Inclusion
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The White is Right? Social Work as neo-colonialism in the South Pacific
Master, Social Science (International Development)
Bachelor, BSW (Honours)
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Projects
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Using the Candidacy Framework to improve access to psychosocial services for people with hearing loss
Simpson, A., Thornton, M. & Saxton, K.
30/06/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Creating safety: Group reflections on surviving as a female, social work early career academic in the neoliberal academy
Newcomb, M., Saxton, K., Lovric, E., Harris, S. & Davidson, D., 22 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Social Work. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Managing or Mentoring? Reflections on the Role Modelling of Human Rights Within Australian Social Work Field Education
Saxton, K., Rowbotham, R. & Read, J., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Human Rights and Social Work. 7, 2, p. 202-210 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recontextualizing Social Work in a Globalized World: Lessons From the Pacific
Saxton, K., Feb 2021, Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work. Boulet, J. & Hawkins, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Hershey: IGI Global, p. 192-208 17 p. (Advances in Human Services and Public Health (AHSPH)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Speech-language pathologists’ perceptions and experiences when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Zingelman, S., Pearce, W. M. & Saxton, K., 2021, In: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 23, 3, p. 225-235 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whose responsibility is Equality and Social justice within the Higher Education system?
Saxton, K., 2021, In: Social Alternatives. 40, 4, p. 15-24 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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