Fellows
Current Fellows
Saba Alemayoh and Bigoa Chuol, AfroHub
Academic Mentors: Dr Ashley Barnwell and Dr Karen Block
Exploring traditional gender norms within Nuer and Tigrian communities living in Melbourne
Freya Dinshaw, Human Rights Law Centre
Academic Mentor: Professor Susan Kneebone
Modern-day slavery in Australia
Minh Nguyen, Vietnamese Community in Australia - Victorian Chapter
Academic Mentor: Dr Jane Dyson
Learning how to support the children of Vietnamese immigrants to thrive in Australia
Dalal Smiley, Wellsprings for Women
Academic Mentor: Dr Mohajer Hameed
Engaging men in gender equity and the prevention of violence against women
Tess Matthews, WEstjustice (Western Community Legal Centre)
Academic Mentor: Professor Jeannie Paterson
Creating Clearer Contracts: Consumer Law and New Australian Residents
Jessica Tran, 100 Story Building
Development of participatory evaluation toolkit
Academic Mentor: Professor Lisa Gibbs
Completed Fellows
COMMENCED IN 2018
Tessa Hens, Bayley House
Academic Mentor: Dr Kim Dunphy
Developing a participant self-assessment tool for people with an intellectual disability
Supported by Melbourne Disability Institute
Hayley Black, Carringbush Adult Education
Academic Mentor: Dr Julie Choi
Accessing online government services: digital literacy teaching strategies
Kelly Whitworth, Homeless Persons Union Victoria
Academic Mentor: Dr Crystal Legacy
Improving institutional responses to housing and homelessness activism
Mike Collins, Moreland City Council
Academic Mentor: Dr Crystal Legacy
Improving institutional responses to housing and homelessness activism (Public Policy Fellowship)
Kate Teggelove, PaKT4change
Academic Mentor: Professor Katrina Skewes McFerran
Benefits and challenges in delivering rhythm based programs for children
Linked with the Exploring the Value of Rhythm-based Support Research Project
Indigo Daya, Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council
Academic Mentor: Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton
Equitable consumer advocacy in mental health
Emma Wagg, Women's Health Goulburn North East
Academic Mentor: Associate Professor Jane Tomnay
Understanding stigma and social barriers to testing and treatment for STDs
COMMENCED IN 2017
Nick Cooper, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Measuring #RightTrack digital engagement and uptake
Academic Mentor: Colette Einfeld
André Dao and Michael Green, Behind the Wire
Behind the Wire: A case study of collaborative activism
Academic Mentors: Associate Professor Sara Wills and Dr Jordy Silverstein
Denise Cauchi, Diaspora Action Australia
Understanding how South Sudanese and Sri Lankan communities in Australia contribute to peace-building in their countries of origin through community harmony and reconciliation initiatives
Academic Mentor: Associate Professor Jennifer Balint
Julian McDonald, Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre
Analysing police complaints data from community legal centres
Academic Mentor: Dr Diana Johns
Anna Dollard, Kids Own Publishing
South Sudanese Storytelling: Creative expression, cultural and intergenerational understandings
Academic Mentor: Dr Mary Tomsic
Helen Greig, Oakwood School: Caulfield Park Community Campus
Equipping young men to avoid becoming perpetrators of family violence
Academic Mentors: Professor Helen Cahill and Associate Professor Kylie Smith
Supported by Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe)
Matt Addison, Not To Violence Incorporating Men's Referral Service
Better Lives: Applying Rehabilitative Principles to Family Violence Perpetrator Interventions
Academic Mentor: Professor Kelsey Hegarty
Supported by Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe)
Jenny Chapman, Royal Women's Hospital
Older women’s experience of family violence
Academic Mentor: Professor Kelsey Hegarty
Supported by Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVE)
Dominic Golding, RISE
Overcoming impairment: disabled refugees and their perceptions of accessing disability support
Academic Mentors: Dr Cathy Vaughan and Dr Karen Block
Belinda Briggs, Shepparton Art Museum
Increasing the representation of Yorta Yorta and Southeast Indigenous art in the Shepparton Art Gallery
Academic Mentor: Genevieve Grieves
Katrina Cornwell, Women's Circus
Evaluating the effectiveness of Women’s Circus’ programs
Academic Mentor: Professor Katrina Skewes McFerran
COMMENCED IN 2016
Bec Harris, Carlton Primary School
A Trauma Informed Approach to Education Organisation
Academic Mentor: Greg Donoghue
Catherine Hemingway, Western Community Legal Centre
Final Project Report on Research into Issues of Migrant Employment
Academic Mentor: Professor Joo-Cheong Tham
Shawn Wilkey, Carlton Football Community Fund
Skills For Life Community Program Review
Academic Mentor: Dr Karen Block
Kamarra Bell-Wykes, ILBIJERRI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Company
Performing Arts Programs in Juvenile Justice in Victoria 2005–2015: Mapping Policy, Research and Programs
Academic Mentor: Dr Sophie Rudolph
Susan Timmins, Women’s Health West
Identifying Employment Barriers for Tertiary-educated Muslim Australian Women
Academic Mentor: Dr Richard Williams