Senior Lecturer
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Kate is a Senior Lecturer, currently in Social Work at Flinders University in South Australia, and previously in Criminology and Justice Studies, and a founding member of the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS). Her research focus - on gender, masculinities and violence - spans the fields of social work and criminology. She is especially interested in the framing of violence in the policy, prevention, and practice realms, and the ways in which this reflects and reinforces social hierarchies and structural inequalities.
Kate is a skilled qualitative researcher with a background in direct social work practice and management including in the areas of adult offending and work with male perpetrators of domestic and family violence.
PhD (Deakin University)
Masters of Social Science (Criminology)
Bachelor of Social Administration
Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services)
Deputy Discipline Head (Social Work)
Academic Lead, Field Education
Academic Lead, 'Strengthening social work practice education' project
Peer Evaluator (Teaching)
Peer Reviewer:
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work
Australian Social Work
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Affiliations
Member Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS), Flinders University, SA.
Member, Centre for Research on Men and Masculinities (CROMM), University of Wollongong, NSW.
Current research grants
Anglicare SA ($100,000), Jan 2020, Developing, implementing and evaluating a practice framework for supporting young people leaving care and family reunification. CIs: C Bastian, S Wendt, K Seymour.
College (EPSW) Research Grant ($12,000), awarded Dec 2019. Project: Keeping domestic and family violence perpetrators in full view to protect women and children: What does it take? CIs: C Bastian, K Seymour, S Wendt.
Youth Justice, Department of Human Services, SA. ($13,000) Improving practice for effective prevention and intervention work in youth justice. CIs: K. Natalier, K. Seymour, S. Wendt.
Sammy D Foundation ($30,000), November 2018, Evaluation of the True Colours program (commissioned research). CIs: B Wadham, K Seymour, K Carson.
Office of the Guardian for Children and Young People ($40,000), 11/4/2018. Project: Understanding, exploring and evaluating a community visiting scheme for children in care. CIs: L Hallahan, K Seymour, S Wendt.
School of Nursing & Midwifery ($17,650) & the Sammy D Foundation, 2017. Project: Men’s violence: Health, education, relationships, change. CIs: A Hutton, B Wadham, K Seymour.
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