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ARC DECRA Fellow in Human Geography, The University of Melbourne

Dr Candice Boyd is an artist-geographer with a background in clinical psychology. She completed a second PhD in Cultural Geography and the Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2015 and is now an ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Her interests are in spaces of mental health and well-being, regional youth, and climate-related mental health issues. She is author of Non-Representational Geographies of Therapeutic Art Making and co-editor of Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts, both published with Palgrave Macmillan.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2016 
    The University of Melbourne, PhD in Geography and the Creative Arts
  • 2000 
    Monash University, PhD in Psychology
  • 1995 
    Monash University, Master of Psychology
  • 1992 
    Monash University, Graduate Diploma in Educational Psychology
  • 1991 
    The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Science

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Engaging Youth in Regional Australia
    Role:
    ARC DECRA Fellow
    Funding Source:
    ARC DECRA