My teaching and research provides expertise in two fields: child protection and wellbeing in early childhood education, and Australian family violence laws and policies impacting family safety. I have a strong research-teaching-engagement nexus. My program of research investigates ways in which educators can support young children’s wellbeing and learning and social policy impacts on vulnerable families.
About me
My teaching and research provides expertise in two fields: child protection and wellbeing in early childhood education, and Australian family violence laws and policies impacting family safety. I have a strong research-teaching-engagement nexus. My program of research investigates ways in which educators can support young children’s wellbeing and learning and social policy impacts on vulnerable families.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts Flinders University
I have a long history of community sector engagement with organisations including Australian Council of Social Services, National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, National Child Protection Alliance, Bravehearts, Parents Families Carers & South Australian Council of Social Services. I am committed to advocacy on behalf of families and communities experiencing social disadvantage as well as education workforce development to support children and families in difficult circumstances. My research provided the basis for wellbeing programs in more than 50 early childhood and primary classrooms in South Australia. https://www.thewellbeingclassroom.com.au/ I have researched ways to support preschool childrens' literacy development in Fiji's multi-lingual context, developing bilingual resources for families. I was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia and a Centenary Medal recognising my contributions to policy development.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Implementing a Family Literacy Approach to Promoting Children's and Families' Literacy in Home Languages and English in the Early Years Phases 1 and 2, Scanlon Foundation, 30/01/2023 - 31/12/2024
Assessing the Impacts of a Wellbeing Approach on Young Children's Transitions from Preschool to Junior Primary School, Salvation Army (SA) Property Trust, 30/01/2023 - 30/08/2024
Western Australian Catholic Teacher’s understanding of Problematic Sexual Behaviour and their Training Needs, Catholic Education Office of WA, 03/12/2021 - 15/12/2023
Developing a Family Literacy Approach to Promoting English Literacy in the Early Years, Scanlon Foundation, 01/01/2022 - 31/05/2023
Wellbeing in Early Childhood Settings, Salvation Army (SA) Property Trust, 24/02/2021 - 31/07/2022
Wellbeing Classroom Evaluation – Phase 2, Salvation Army (SA) Property Trust, 25/01/2019 - 30/12/2019
Silence Kills Survey, National Council of Single Mothers and their Children Inc, 01/12/2016 - 23/12/2016
Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for pre-schoolers (Fiji), AUSAID - Australian Development Research Awards, 23/04/2013 - 01/05/2016
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 |
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2017 |
Open access
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2016 |
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2016 |
Schaub, D & McInnes, E 2016, Trauma and meaning making, Inter-Disciplinary Press, UK. |
2015 |
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2011 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2020 |
4
12
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2020 |
6
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2019 |
3
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2019 |
7
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2016 |
Schaub, D & McInnes, E 2016, Trauma and meaning making, Inter-Disciplinary Press, UK. |
Year | Output |
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2023 |
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2021 |
Open access
1
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2020 |
Open access
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2019 |
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2019 |
Open access
6
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2018 |
Open access
3
1
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2016 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
Open access
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2014 |
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2011 |
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
46
|
2024 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
3
3
|
2022 |
Open access
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2021 |
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2020 |
Open access
4
3
4
|
2020 |
Open access
13
11
4
|
2018 |
Open access
21
14
3
|
2017 |
Open access
16
14
142
|
2017 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
1
3
|
2015 |
Open access
9
4
1
|
2013 |
16
13
|
2012 |
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2011 |
Open access
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2011 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
Open access
51
16
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2010 |
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2010 |
McInnes, EM 2010, 'Family Law and Women's Homelessness', vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 11-12. |
2010 |
3
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Year | Output |
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2019 |
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2013 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
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2008 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
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2020 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
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2014 |
Open access
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2013 |
Open access
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2011 |
Open access
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2010 |
Open access
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Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Fiji Early Childhood Teachers Association | FIJI |
Fiji Early Childhood Teachers' Association | FIJI |
Fiji National University | FIJI |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Gowrie SA | AUSTRALIA |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
National Council of Women Fiji | FIJI |
Oranim Academic College of Education | ISRAEL |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
University of Alberta | CANADA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wyoming | UNITED STATES |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Distinguished Alumni AwardFlinders University |
2021 |
Advisory Board Member Youth Aftercare Project (Youth Suicide Recovery)New Horizons Health |
2020 |
Research Publication Excellence AwardsCentre for Research in Education & Social Inclusion |
2020 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2018 |
Member Expert Research Advisory PanelBravehearts Inc |
2018 |
Inaugural PresidentParents Families Carers |
2017 |
MemberThe Australian Sociological Association |
2017 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2017 |
Member Expert Research Advisory PanelBravehearts Inc |
2017 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2016 |
Member Expert Research Advisory PanelBravehearts Inc |
2016 |
Honorary MembershipGovernor's Leadership Foundation Program |
2015 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2015 |
Member Expert Research Advisory PanelBravehearts Inc |
2015 |
Honorary MembershipGovernor's Leadership Foundation Program |
2014 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2014 |
Honorary MembershipGovernor's Leadership Foundation Program |
2013 |
MemberChild Support National Stakeholder Engagement Group, Australian Government |
2013 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2013 |
Deputy President and Board MemberWomen Everywhere Advocating Violence Elimination (WEAVE) |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberNew Zealand Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education |
2012 |
Honorary MembershipGovernor's Leadership Foundation Program |
2012 |
KeynoteAlbury Regional Family Law Pathways Network Conference, Albury |
2012 |
MemberChild Support National Stakeholder Engagement Group, Australian Government |
2012 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2012 |
Member, Ministerial Advisory Panel: 3 Year olds Mental Health CheckMinister for Aging and Mental Health |
2012 |
Deputy President and Board MemberWomen Everywhere Advocating Violence Elimination (WEAVE) |
2011 |
MemberChild Support National Stakeholder Engagement Group, Australian Government |
2011 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2011 |
Member, Ministerial Advisory Panel: 3 Year olds Mental Health CheckMinister for Aging and Mental Health |
2011 |
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningOffice for Learning and Teaching, Department of Education and Training, Australian Government |
2010 |
Deputy President and Board MemberWomen Everywhere Advocating Violence Elimination (WEAVE) |
2010 |
KeynoteChildren Communities Connections Conference, Adelaide |
2010 |
MemberChild Support National Stakeholder Engagement Group, Australian Government |
2010 |
Member Expert Advisory PanelNational Child Protection Alliance Inc |
2010 |
KeynoteDomestic Violence Action Group Conference, Adelaide |
2009 |
Keynote PresentationWorking Together in Integrated Environments Conference, DECS, Adelaide |
2009 |
MemberChild Support National Stakeholder Engagement Group, Australian Government |
2009 |
ACOSS - Board of Governors: Social Security Policy Adviser, (Community organisation) , 1999 to 2005, President
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children - Secretariat, (Community organisation) , 2003 to 2007
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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A genealogical tracing of income management and the manifestation of ideological continuities of Settler-Colonialism and Neoliberalism - an examination of the impact on Aboriginal communities in twent | Current |
Education policy and support for school students with a disability or chronic health condition | Current |
Embedding the teaching and assessing of employability skills in the university curriculum | Current |
Managing life in two homes: what are the routines, relationships and experience of primary school children from separated homes and their parents and teachers within the school environment | Current |
Risks of harm and child sexual abuse in Australian family law cases: do judicial and legislative responses uphold a child¿s right to protection? | Current |
The exploration of domestic violence within culturally and linguistically diverse multicultural communities and the intersectionality to accessing domestic violence services and the responses of cultu | Current |
Activism in the academy: a study of activism in the South Australian higher education workforce 1998-2008 | Completed |
An exploration of children's expression of spirituality and the connection to the Reggio Emilia approach | Completed |
Can emotional competence be 'caught' and 'taught' in OSHC programs? - skilling OSHC educators to develop children's emotional competence | Completed |
Culturally responsive pedagogy on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands | Completed |
Fostering children¿s capacity for empathic reasoning: the role of community of inquiry in an empathic pedagogy | Completed |
Literacy experiences of emergent bilingual preschool children from Afghan refugee families | Completed |
Media representation of children in Singapore | Completed |
Parental partnership in the learning of children with learning disabilities in inclusive classes in Malaysia | Completed |
Revealing the real role of the 'un' real nurse: the professional constitution of the modern hospital based nurse educator role and the impact on hospital based nurse educator practice | Completed |
Sankofa education: bridging the rural¿urban gap in Ghana¿s education outcomes through culturally responsive pedagogy to decolonise schooling and meet community needs | Completed |
Student engagement: a useful quality concept in the Vietnamese higher education system | Completed |
Supporting the development of written representations of mathematical thinking in the early years classroom | Completed |
Talking with toddlers in childcare: making a difference to young children's vocabulary development | Completed |
The ethics of care and justice in senior secondary education | Completed |
The impact of crucible events on the development of female political leaders in Kenya | Completed |
The tyranny of difference: an investigation into the construction and influences of working-class identities on the formal learning of white, baby-boomer males | Completed |
Uptake and retention of (re)source-rich feedback on academic writing for adult learners of English | Completed |
Value Guided Practice: the ethics of care and justice in early childhood education and care | Completed |
Young children's engagement with contemporary music media and their gender-role and self-identity | Completed |