My undergraduate degree was in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy from the University of New South Wales. I completed a PhD in Psychology and Ageing researching the topic of cross-cultural attitudes to ageing from the Australian National University and went on the collaborate with researchers in cross-disciplinary projects combining arts, science and lived experience to explore notions of stigma, empathy, cultural attitudes and age-based judgements. My current research is looking at ways that we can be more age-diverse, and collectively improve societal attitudes to ageing, reduce and eliminate ageism and age discrimination.
Experience
–present
Interdisciplinary Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
–present
Research fellow, CEPAR
Education
2018
Australian National University, PhD Psychology
Publications
2022
Pre-engagement as Method: An EmbodiMap VR experience to explore lived experience of People from South Sudanese Refugee Background, International Journal of Qualitative Methods
2021
A visit with Viv: Empathising with a digital human character embodying the lived experiences of dementia, Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice
2021
The ageing prisoner population: demographic shifts in Australia and implications for the economic and social costs of health care, International Journal of Prisoner Health
2021
Barriers and enablers to health and social services for older prisoners transitioning to community, International Journal of Prisoner Health
2021
An immersive art-based approach to engaging with the embodied, sensory and affective experience of living with dementia, Dementia Lab
2021
COVID-19 and incarcerated older adults: a commentary on risk, care and early release in Australia, International Journal of Prisoner Health
2018
The rising health, social and economic costs of Australia's ageing prisoner population, Medical Journal of Australia
2015
Media Portrayal of Older People: the good, the bad and absent, The British Society of Gerontology, Generations Review
Grants and Contracts
2022
A starting point to addressing implicit bias in the healthcare of older people
Role:
Associate Investigator
Funding Source:
UNSW Human Rights Institute
2022
DECODE: Daily-lifE COntexts anD perceived agE-based judgements in a Lab without Walls