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Dr Norah Hosken

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3172
Mobile: 0413 845 612
Email: n.hosken@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO4.118  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8510-8697

Norah is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director responsible for developing the Master of Social Work within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • SWK4121 - Social Work Theory and Practice 4: Activism and Social Change

Background

Dr Norah Hosken is an experienced educator, practitioner and researcher in the areas of social work education, feminist pedagogy, feminist evaluation, critical social work, poverty and class. Norah’s research interests coalesce around collaborations with those who do not attract the unearned advantages of institutionalised privileges. As one of only a few Australian social work academics with expertise in the feminist, critical, sociological research methodology of Institutional Ethnography, Norah welcomes interest from PhD students.

Professional associations

  • 2024 - Eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
  • 2024 - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Member)
  • 2024 - Domestic Violence Victoria (Member)
  • 2024 - Melbourne Radical Women (Member)
  • 2024 - Pay the Rent (Member)
  • 2024 - The Chagai Foundation (Member)
  • 2024 - Victorian Council of Social Service (Member)
  • 2024 - Women’s Health Victoria (Member)

Awards and recognition

University and National teaching awards

  • 2021 - The Editor’s Award for Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education Vol 20, No.1 2021
  • 2013 - 2023 - Letters of Congratulation on Excellent Student Evaluations of Teaching, Associate Head of School Teaching and Learning
  • 2018 - The Editors’ Award for Advances in Social Work and Welfare EducationVol 20 No. 2
  • 2016 - Health and Social Development Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2015 - Health and Social Development Special Commendation for Service Excellence, Head of School
  • 2013 - Vice-Chancellors Award, Teaching and Learning for DUPPP Project (Chief Investigator)
  • 2012 - Vice-Chancellor’s Award, for Outstanding Contributions to Equity and Access for STALGS Project (Co-Investigator)

Research areas and interests

Norah's research interests include:

  • social work education
  • feminist pedagogy
  • feminist evaluation
  • critical social work
  • poverty and class
  • critical addiction approaches
  • intersectionality

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, 2017.
  • Master of Social Work, Monash University, 2011.
  • Bachelor of Social Work, Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1985.

Research Outputs

2024

Book Chapters

  • Epstein, S., Hosken, N., Vassos, S. (2024). Creating Space for Critical Feminist Social Work Pedagogy1. The Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms in Social Work (305-316). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003317371-30.

2022

Book Chapters

  • Epstein, S., Hosken, N., Vassos, S. (2022). A Pedagogy of Our Own: Feminist Social Work in the Academy. Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice (77-96). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94241-0_5.

Journal Articles

  • Buller, A., Epstein, S., Hosken, N. (2022). What Is the Problem With Sexual Intimacy Following Intimate Partner Violence in the DSM-5?. Violence Against Women: an international and interdisciplinary journal, 28(2), 395-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801221998761.

2021

Journal Articles

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