I started as a full time lecturer at UniSA in January 2012 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2017. Previously I worked as a social worker in community health and non government agencies in the U.K. and in Australia. Working from an empowerment perspective, my experience includes counselling, group work, community development and agency management. My research expertise includes child wellbeing, mothering, the effects of domestic violence on women and children, young people, and the effects of sexual abuse. My PhD entitled 'The effects of Domestic Violence on the Relationships between Women and their Babies: Beyond attachment theory' was transformed into a book in 2018 and published by Routledge. i now work as a... Read more
About me
I started as a full time lecturer at UniSA in January 2012 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2017. Previously I worked as a social worker in community health and non government agencies in the U.K. and in Australia. Working from an empowerment perspective, my experience includes counselling, group work, community development and agency management. My research expertise includes child wellbeing, mothering, the effects of domestic violence on women and children, young people, and the effects of sexual abuse. My PhD entitled 'The effects of Domestic Violence on the Relationships between Women and their Babies: Beyond attachment theory' was transformed into a book in 2018 and published by Routledge. i now work as a senior research fellow/senior lecturer, leading funded research into 'what helps people who grow up with domestic violence create healthy relationships as young adults' and participating as a chief investigator in research into 'emotional abuse of children'.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) University of South Australia
domestic violence,gender issues,childhood trauma,mothering,innovation in teaching and learning,knowledge in emotions,incorporating arts as research methods
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Understanding the long term impact of childhood emotional abuse, ARC - Discovery Projects, 29/03/2021 - 31/12/2024
Engaging men: Invitational-narrative approaches, ANROWS-Perpetrator Interventions Research Scheme, 06/02/2017 - 19/04/2019
Domestic and family violence and parenting: Mixed method insights into impact and support needs, ANROWS-Research Priorities Grants, 26/10/2015 - 31/12/2016
The PATRICIA Project: Pathways and research in collaborative inter-agency working, ANROWS-Research Priorities Grants, 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
|
| 2020 |
Open access
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
|
| 2020 |
3
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2016 |
2
|
| 2015 |
3
|
| 2014 |
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
5
|
| 2024 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
Open access
2
2
8
|
| 2023 |
Open access
6
|
| 2021 |
20
19
38
|
| 2021 |
Open access
7
6
7
|
| 2020 |
3
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
12
10
|
| 2018 |
Open access
19
15
5
|
| 2016 |
Open access
10
5
|
| 2015 |
Open access
7
35
2
|
| 2015 |
6
26
7
|
| 2015 |
Open access
39
32
6
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
30
21
15
|
| 2014 |
Open access
7
20
|
| 2014 |
1
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
Open access
|
| 2013 |
24
19
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
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Book: Buchanan F, (2018) Mothering babies in Domestic violence: Beyond attachment theory. Routledge, UK.
Research
domestic violence,gender issues,childhood trauma,mothering,innovation in teaching and learning,knowledge in emotions,incorporating arts as research methods
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Uniting Communities - Foster Care | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of North Texas | UNITED STATES |
| University of Rajshahi | BANGLADESH |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Strathclyde | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberAustralian Women's and Gender Studies Association |
2018 |
MemberMothers at the Margins, Australian Branch |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Women's and Gender Studies Association |
2017 |
The Hawke Institute
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| A discourse analysis of postfeminist body gossip in Australian celebrity magazines | Current |
| The Effects of Gender and Social Class Dynamics on Long-term Sibling Relationships Following Childhood Emotional Abuse | Current |
| Lived experiences of Papuan parents: perceptions and practices | Completed |
| Vietnamese social work practitioners' attitudes toward and perceptions of practice with sexual minorities | Completed |
