SWAHS Recipients of the 2010 Dean's Award for Outstanding RHD Theses

The School of Social Work and Human Services is pleased to announce that three of our recent PhD graduates have been recognised with the 2010 Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Theses. Congratulations to Dr Kathy Ellem, Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop and Dr Cameron Parsell!

The UQ Graduate School instituted the Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence in 1998 to give formal recognition to outstanding PhD and MPhil graduates who have demonstrated excellence in a research higher degree, and who have been commended by advisors and independent examiners for substantial contribution to their field of research. No more than 10% of research higher degree graduates are recognised in this way each year.

	Kathy's thesis, Life stories of ex-prisoners with intellectual disability in Queensland, was supervised by Professor Jill Wilson, Dr Wing Chui and Dr Marie Knox.
	Noritta's thesis, Healing in Justice: An International Study of Indigenous Peoples' Custodial Experiences of Prison Rehabilitation Programs and the Impact on their Journey from Prison to Community, was supervised by Professor Jill Wilson, Dr Peter Westoby and Dr Pamela McGrath.
	Cameron's thesis, An ethnographic study of the day-to-day lives and identities of people who are homeless in Brisbane, was supervised by Professor Andrew Jones, Associate Professor Greg Marston and Dr Harriot Beazley.