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Overview
Background
Dr Lynda Shevellar joined The University of Queensland in 2009. Based in the School of Social Science, Lynda won an early career award for teaching excellence in 2011, a University of Queensland Award for Teaching Excellence in 2019 and an Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2019). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Principal Practitioner - Participation and Engagement (Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation), and is currently one of the Deputy Associate Deans (Academic) for the HASS Faculty. Lynda has previously held roles in government and the community sector and is influenced by over thirty years of experience in community development, the disability sector, mental health, education, and psychology.
Lynda's research explores three closely aligned agendas: understanding the experience of people who live with heightened vulnerability; developing the awareness, agency and capacity of communities to respond to social disadvantage and inequality; and aligning community development theory and education to inform practice in working alongside people who live with heightened vulnerability. Lynda has a particular interest in the development of inclusive learning communities, through creative teaching practices, participative research strategies, and engaged citizenship.
Lynda coordinates the courses SOSC2288: Community Development - Local and International Practice; and SOCY1070: Inequality, Society and the Self.
Availability
- Dr Lynda Shevellar is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Education, Southern Cross University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
Lynda has worked extensively with community groups and organisations providing training and development, program and service development, and evaluation. In addition to publishing in academic texts and presenting at academic conferences, Lynda also ensures her work is available in industry journals more regularly accessed by practitioners. She regularly presents at workshops and forums for practitioners and agencies and works closely with industry partners in a range of fields including disability, mental health, and community development, to ensure her work is rigorous, useful, and accessible.
Works
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Featured
2023
Journal Article
Social science as social action to address inequalities
Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59 (1), 108-127. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.272
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Ethical issues in community development: setting the scene
Banks, Sarah, Shevellar, Lynda and Narayanan, Pradeep (2023). Ethical issues in community development: setting the scene. Community Development Journal, 58 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsac043
Featured
2021
Journal Article
Teaching in the new Anthropocene: eco-anxiety and ethics in higher education
Shevellar, Lynda (2021). Teaching in the new Anthropocene: eco-anxiety and ethics in higher education. New Community, 18(4) & 19(1) (72 + 73), 9-15.
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Destabilising social inclusion and recovery, and pursuing 'lines of flight' in the mental health sector: destabilising social inclusion and recovery
Barlott, Tim, Shevellar, Lynda, Turpin, Merrill and Setchell, Jenny (2020). Destabilising social inclusion and recovery, and pursuing 'lines of flight' in the mental health sector: destabilising social inclusion and recovery. Sociology of Health and Illness, 42 (6), 1328-1343. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13106
Featured
2019
Journal Article
The possibility of cooperatives: a vital contributor in creating meaningful work for people with disabilities
Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2019). The possibility of cooperatives: a vital contributor in creating meaningful work for people with disabilities. Disability & Society, 34 (9-10), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2019.1594699
Featured
2019
Book Chapter
Negotiating roles and boundaries: ethical challenges in community development work
Shevellar, Lynda and Barringham, Neil (2019). Negotiating roles and boundaries: ethical challenges in community development work. Ethics, equity and community development. (pp. 59-82) edited by Sarah Banks and Peter Westoby. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvhhhdxq.9
Featured
2018
Book
The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research
Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby eds. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829
Featured
2017
Journal Article
Becoming minor: mapping new territories in occupational science
Barlott, Tim, Shevellar, Lynda and Turpin, Merrill (2017). Becoming minor: mapping new territories in occupational science. Journal of Occupational Science, 24 (4), 524-534. doi: 10.1080/14427591.2017.1378121
Featured
2015
Journal Article
Working in complexity: ethics and boundaries in community work and mental health
Shevellar, Lynda and Barringham, Neil (2015). Working in complexity: ethics and boundaries in community work and mental health. Australian Social Work, 69 (2), 181-193. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2015.1071861
2015
Journal Article
Re-imagining the practices of town, social and community planning in Australia: opportunities for planning in neoliberal policy settings
Shevellar, Lynda, Johnson, Laurel and Lyons, Kristen (2015). Re-imagining the practices of town, social and community planning in Australia: opportunities for planning in neoliberal policy settings. Australian Planner, 52 (4), 266-276. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2015.1056816
Featured
2015
Book Chapter
Hope and cake: the contribution of causal layered analysis to community development practice
Shevellar, Lynda (2015). Hope and cake: the contribution of causal layered analysis to community development practice. CLA 2.0: Transformative research in theory and practice. (pp. 405-420) edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Ivana Milojević. Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan: Tamkang University Press.
Featured
2014
Journal Article
The human search for belonging
Shevellar, Lynda, Sherwin, Jane and Barringham, Neil (2014). The human search for belonging. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 16 (1), 2-18. doi: 10.1080/19349637.2014.864541
Featured
2014
Journal Article
From bearers of problems to bearers of culture: developing community in the community development classroom
Shevellar, Lynda (2014). From bearers of problems to bearers of culture: developing community in the community development classroom. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 28 (4), 457-475. doi: 10.1080/09518398.2014.916433
Featured
2013
Journal Article
In the shadow of the welfare state: the role of payday lending in poverty survival in Australia
Marston, Greg and Shevellar, Lynda (2013). In the shadow of the welfare state: the role of payday lending in poverty survival in Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 43 (1), 155-172. doi: 10.1017/S0047279413000573
Featured
2012
Book Chapter
Tracing a tradition of community-based education and training
Shevellar, Lynda and Westoby, Peter (2012). Tracing a tradition of community-based education and training. Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. (pp. 25-40) edited by Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Featured
2012
Book
Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training
Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar eds. (2012). Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Transformative learning and the dynamics of power: 'Poised on the precipice of risk'
Shevellar, Lynda (2011). Transformative learning and the dynamics of power: 'Poised on the precipice of risk'. Education and Society, 29 (1), 45-59. doi: 10.7459/es/29.1.04
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Exploring the role of fringe lenders in the lives of Queenslanders
Shevellar, Lynda and Marston, Gregory (2011). Exploring the role of fringe lenders in the lives of Queenslanders. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 46 (2), 205-222. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2011.tb00214.x
2023
Journal Article
Navigating ethical tensions when working to address social inequities
McArdle, Hannah, Barlott, Tim, McBryde, Cathy, Shevellar, Lynda and Branjerdporn, Nataya (2023). Navigating ethical tensions when working to address social inequities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77 (1) 7701205160, 1-8. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2023.050071
2023
Book Chapter
Knots--sorcery--belonging, an afterword
Shevellar, Lynda, Barlott, Tim and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Knots--sorcery--belonging, an afterword. Edge entanglements with mental health allyship, research, and practice: a postqualitative cartography. (pp. 155-163) Milton Park, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Lynda Shevellar is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Moving beyond incarceration: Exploring the intentions and impacts of legal debt collection policies on socially-disadvantaged groups in Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zoe Staines
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Value of Thirdspace in Community Engagement: A Study of Community-based Learning Spaces in Nepal
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Abortion accompaniment, autonomy, and assemblages of globalising reproductive governance: Experiences of grassroots feminist activists in Mexico
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Babidge
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Provision of Microfinance for the Economic and Social Empowerment of People with Disabilities in Bangladesh: Approaches, Processes and Outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Adil Khan
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Cartography of freely-given relationships in mental health
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Merrill Turpin
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Capacity building for a socially and ecologically just future: The case of a prefigurative NGO
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Greg Marston
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Promoting User Engagement and Agency in the Assistive Technology Process: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Merrill Turpin
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Food sovereignty and the practice of transformative social change: learning from the Navdanya & DDS movements in India
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Gas on farms: Causal Layered Analysis of the meaning of co-existence from multiple stakeholder perspectives.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kathy Witt
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring social mobilisation and participation and the potential for social change in contexts of tradition-bound social exclusion
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Adil Khan, Dr Patricia Short
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Affected-community perceptions of the effectiveness of participatory development in the delivery of humanitarian aid for education in emergencies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Adil Khan, Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Successes and Limitations of Microfinance in Addressing Financial Exclusion in South East Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
A Window to Insider Knowledge: Movie Making as Praxis in Critical Pedagogy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
We¿ve raised their voice. Is anyone listening? Participatory video practitioners and valued citizen voice in international development contexts
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
From a normative discourse to contextualised practices: A case study of a Human Rights-Based Approach in Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
A Study of Transition and Self-Identity for Samoan Secondary School Students
Associate Advisor
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