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Kim McLeod
Kim McLeod
Senior Lecturer, Sociology
Chair – Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee (CALE)
Cultural Safety and Health Care Teaching Program Coordinator (Social Sciences)
Inveresk Campus
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Dr Kim McLeod is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law, and Education. In her academic work, Kim re-envisions health and education towards equitable access, experiences, and outcomes for all. Her books include Wellbeing Machine: How Health Emerges from the Assemblages of Everyday Life (Carolina Academic Press, 2017) andCulture, Diversity and Health: Towards Culturally Safe Health Care (with Tinashe Dune and Robyn Williams, Routledge, 2021). Kim has received national and international funding for multidisciplinary health and education research projects. Interdisciplinary collaboration underpins Kim's teaching, research, and supervision.
Biography
Kim joined the University of Tasmania in 2013 as Lecturer in Sociology to nursing and paramedic students at the Sydney campuses. She moved to the Launceston campus in 2015 to take up the role of Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences. Before joining The University of Tasmania, Kim held teaching and research positions at The University of Melbourne, Monash University, The University of New South Wales, The University of Sydney, and The Cancer Council Victoria. Kim was an academic consultant to The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Health and Care Sciences 2014-15, where she developed an online lecture series and taught postgraduate health science students about visual research methods.
Kim obtained a PhD in 2013 from the Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Global and Population Health, at The University of Melbourne. Her thesis, entitled 'Wellbeing Machine: Mobilising collective bodies to conceptualise wellbeing' developed an innovative conceptual framework to understand health as a matter of collective bodies. Kim's PhD earned the highest grade offered for a PhD thesis in the Australian examination system (awarded without corrections) and received the Melbourne School of Population Health Head's Award for PhD Excellence 2013.
Career summary
Qualifications
- Graduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, University of Tasmania, 2021.
- PhD, Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Global and Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2013. Thesis: Wellbeing Machine: Mobilising collective bodies to conceptualise wellbeing
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Women’s Studies, La Trobe University, 1997.
- Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, 1994.
Memberships
Professional practice
- Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
- The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
- Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (ACRAWSA)
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERSDA)
- Society of the Social Studies of Science (4S)
Teaching
Teaching expertise
Kim leads the School of Social Sciences' Cultural Safety and Health Care teaching program. The program delivers content relating to culture, diversity, health, and culturally safe health care into various undergraduate and postgraduate health profession courses across UTAS. Kim creates teaching and learning environments that cultivate a desire in students to be change agents committed to their ongoing learning about navigating culturally safe healthcare. She has received three UTAS Teaching Merit Certificates, a CALE Engagement Award, a CALE Teaching Excellent Award, and the 2022 Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of her teaching excellence.
Research Appointments
Associate Editor, Health Sociology Review, 2018-2022.
International Editorial Advisory Board: Health Sociology Review
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Expertise
An increasingly diverse population characterises Australia, yet inequitable health and education access, experiences, and outcomes endure. Kim’s research reimagines health and education settings as places that harness difference as a strength and where everyone flourishes. She contributes knowledge about the links between culturally responsive environments and positive health and education outcomes. Her research facilitates health and education professionals to approach their work in diverse environments as a form of equity practice.
Kim teams posthuman and decolonial philosophies with creative qualitative and arts-based methodologies to understand how specific experiences arise in health and education settings. She interrogates eurocentrism in her academic practice and contributes to debates about using theory and methods to generate knowledge in the health and education social sciences.
Kim partners with Health Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities academics across UTAS and national and international universities and works with national and international health and education industry partners. Kim’s research is interdisciplinary. She draws on Science and Technology Studies, Continental Philosophy, Health Sociology, Medical Anthropology, and Health Geography. Kim’s research program informs policy, pedagogy, curriculum, and practice concerning the health and education professions.
Collaboration
Kim collaborates with researchers from The University of Sydney, Charles Darwin University, Western Sydney University, Griffith University, The University of Oxford, The University of Melbourne, and The Arctic University of Norway. In addition, she works with UTAS academics in Education, Social Work, Philosophy, Rural Health, Medicine, Nursing, English, Sociology, and Creative Arts and Media. Kim works with national and international health and education industry partners.
Awards
- 2022 – Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2022 – UTAS College of Arts, Law and Education Teaching Excellence Award
- 2021 – UTAS College of Arts, Law and Education Engagement Award
- 2013 - Melbourne School of Population Health Head's Award for PhD Excellence
Current projects
- harnessing educator expertise in culturally responsive teaching
- challenging eurocentrism in relational ontologies and posthuman thinking
- culturally specific frameworks for health and wellbeing
- best practice in cultural safety education
Fields of Research
- Social theory (441005)
- Sociological methodology and research methods (441006)
- Sociology and social studies of science and technology (441007)
Research Objectives
- Expanding knowledge in human society (280123)
- Social structure and health (200207)
- Public health (excl. specific population health) (200499)
Publications
Kim has a well-established publication record in top-tier interdisciplinary journals. She recently co-edited a Special Edition of Health Sociology Review with Professor Simone Fullagar: ‘Progressing critical posthuman perspectives in health sociology’.
Total publications
68
Journal Article
(27 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | McLeod K, Fullagar S, 'Remaking the post human': a productive problem for health sociology', Health Sociology Review, 30, (3) pp. 1-10. ISSN 1839-3551 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2021.1990710 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 | |
| 2021 | McLeod K, Fullagar S, 'Progressing Critical Posthuman Perspectives in Health Sociology', 30, (3) ISSN 1446-1242 (2021) [Edited Journal] DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2021.1990710 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 | |
| 2020 | McLeod K, Moore R, Robinson D, Ozkul D, Ciftci S, et al., 'Using the pluriverse concept to critique Eurocentrism in education', Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 3, (Special Issue No. 1) pp. 30-39. ISSN 2591-801X (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.37074/jalt.2020.3.s1.4 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Moore R; Robinson D; Vincent K | |
| 2020 | McLeod K, Thakchoe S, Hunter MA, Vincent K, Baltra-Ulloa AJ, et al., 'Principles for a pedagogy of unlearning', Reflective Practice, 21, (2) pp. 183-197. ISSN 1462-3943 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2020.1730782 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Thakchoe S; Hunter MA; Vincent K; Baltra-Ulloa AJ; MacDonald A | |
| 2020 | Smith L, Hoang Ha, Reynish T, McLeod K, Hannah C, et al., 'Factors shaping the lived experience of resettlement for former refugees in regional Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, (2) Article 501. ISSN 1661-7827 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17020501 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 Co-authors: Smith L; Hoang Ha; Reynish T; Hannah C; Auckland S | |
| 2019 | Laholt H, Guillemin M, McLeod K, Beddari E, Lorem G, 'How to use visual methods to promote health among adolescents: a qualitative study of school nursing', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, (13-14) pp. 2688-2695. ISSN 0962-1067 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14878 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2019 | Laholt H, McLeod K, Guillemin M, Beddari E, Lorem G, 'Ethical challenges experienced by public health nurses related to adolescents' use of visual technologies', Nursing Ethics, 26, (6) pp. 1822-1833. ISSN 0969-7330 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/0969733018779179 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 7 | |
| 2019 | Smith LA, Reynish TD, Hoang Ha, Mond JM, Hannah C, et al., 'The mental health of former refugees in regional Australia: a qualitative study', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 27, (5) pp. 459-462. ISSN 1440-1584 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12583 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Smith LA; Reynish TD; Hoang Ha; Mond JM; Hannah C; Auckland SRJ | |
| 2018 | Butler-Henderson K, Kemp T, McLeod K, Harris L, 'Diverse gender, sex and sexuality: Managing culturally safe workplaces', HIM-Interchange, 8, (3) pp. 10-14. ISSN 1838-8620 (2018) [Professional, Refereed Article] Co-authors: Butler-Henderson K | |
| 2017 | Laholt H, Guillemin M, McLeod K, Olsen RE, Lorem GF, 'Visual methods in health dialogues: a qualitative study of public health nurse practice in schools', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73, (12) pp. 3070-3078. ISSN 0309-2402 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/jan.13371 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 | |
| 2016 | Stephenson N, McLeod K, Mills C, 'Ambiguous encounters, uncertain foetuses: Women's experiences of obstetric ultrasound', Feminist Review, 113 pp. 17-33. ISSN 0141-7789 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1057/fr.2016.6 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 9 | |
| 2016 | Stephenson N, Mills C, McLeod K, '"Simply providing information": Negotiating the ethical dilemmas of obstetric ultrasound, prenatal testing and selective termination of pregnancy', Feminism and Psychology, 27, (1) pp. 72-91. ISSN 0959-3535 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/0959353516679688 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 9 | |
| 2015 | McLeod K, Guilleman M, 'Adding the agentic capacities of visual materials to visual research ethics', Special issue of Visual methodologies: Exploring ethics and visual methodologies, 3, (2) pp. 27-42. ISSN 2040-5456 (2015) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2014 | Dobbinson S, Jamsen K, McLeod K, White V, Wakefield M, et al., 'Maximising students' use of purpose-built shade in secondary schools: Quantitative and qualitative results of a built-environment intervention', Health and Place, 26 pp. 136-142. ISSN 1353-8292 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.007 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 | |
| 2014 | McLeod K, 'The missing work of collaboration: Using assemblages to rethink antidepressant action', Contemporary Drug Problems, 41 pp. 109-142. ISSN 0091-4509 (2014) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2014 | McLeod K, 'Orientating to assembling: Qualitative inquiry for more- than-human-worlds', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13 pp. 377-394. ISSN 1609-4069 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/160940691401300120 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 17 | |
| 2012 | Wakefield M, Brennan E, Durkin K, McLeod K, Smith KC, 'Making News: The appearance of tobacco control organizations in newspaper coverage of tobacco control issues', American Journal of Health Promotion, 26, (3) pp. 166-171. ISSN 0890-1171 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100304-QUAN-71 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 11 | |
| 2012 | Walby C, McLeod K, 'Report on Nikolas Rose Public Lecture', Nexus, 24, (1) pp. 9. ISSN 0728-1595 (2012) [Letter or Note in Journal] | |
| 2011 | Wakefield M, Brennan E, Durkin S, McLeod K, Smith KC, 'Still a burning issue: trends in the volume, content and population reach of newspaper coverage about tobacco issues', Critical Public Health pp. 1-13. ISSN 0958-1596 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2010.502930 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 21 | |
| 2009 | McLeod K, Wakefield M, Chapman S, Clegg Smith K, Durkin S, 'Changes in the news representation of smokers and tobacco-related media advocacy from 1995 to 2005 in Australia', Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 63, (3) pp. 215-221. ISSN 0143-005X (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.072587 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15 | |
| 2008 | Dixon H, Dobbinson S, Wakefield M, Jamsen K, McLeod K, 'Portrayal of tanning, clothing fashion and shade use in Australian women's magazines, 1987-2005', Health Education Research, 23, (5) pp. 791-802. ISSN 0268-1153 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/her/cym057 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 30 | |
| 2008 | McLeod K, White V, Mullins R, Davey C, Wakefield M, et al., 'How do friends influence smoking uptake? Findings from qualitative interviews with identical twins', The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Research and Theory on Human Development, 169, (2) pp. 117-132. ISSN 0022-1325 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.169.2.117-132 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 | |
| 2006 | Wakefield M, McLeod K, Perry CL, '''Stay away from them until you're old enough to make a decision'': tobacco company testimony about youth smoking initiation', Tobacco Control, 15 pp. 44-53. ISSN 0964-4563 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1136/tc.2005.011536 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 29Web of Science - 26 | |
| 2005 | Chapman S, McLeod K, Wakefield M, Holding S, 'Impact of news of celebrity illness on breast cancer screening: Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis', Medical Journal of Australia, 183, (5) pp. 247-250. ISSN 0025-729X (2005) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07029.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 150 | |
| 2005 | Clegg Smith K, McLeod K, Wakefield M, 'Australian Letters to the Editor on Tobacco: Triggers, Rhetoric, and Claims of Legitimate Voice', Qualitative Health Research, 15, (9) pp. 1180-1198. ISSN 1049-7323 (2005) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/1049732305279145 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 36Web of Science - 25 | |
| 2003 | Durrant R, Wakefield M, McLeod K, Clegg-Smith K, Chapman S, 'Tobacco in the news: an analysis of newspaper coverage of tobacco issues in Australia 2001', Tobacco Control, 12 pp. 75-81. ISSN 1468-3318 (2003) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2003 | Wakefield M, McLeod K, Clegg-Smith K, 'Individual versus corporate responsibility for smoking-related illness: Australian press coverage of the Rolah McCabe trial', Health promotion international, 18, (4) pp. 297-305. ISSN 0957-4824 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dag413 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 29 |
Book
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dune T, McLeod K, Williams R, 'Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Towards Culturally Safe Health Care', Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 330. ISBN 9781760527389 (2021) [Edited Book] Co-authors: Williams R | |
| 2017 | McLeod K, 'Wellbeing machine: how health emerges from the assemblages of everyday life', Carolina Academic Press, United States, pp. 234. ISBN 978-1-61163-705-2 (2017) [Authored Research Book] |
Chapter in Book
(6 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dune T, McLeod K, Williams R, 'The Future of Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Culturally Safe Teaching and Learning', Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Towards Culturally Safe Health Care, Routledge, T Dune, K McLeod and R Williams (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 259-286. ISBN 978-0-367-68676-5 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Williams R | |
| 2021 | Dune T, McLeod K, Williams Robyn, 'An Introduction to Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia', Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Towards Culturally Safe Health Care, Routledge, T Dune, K McLeod and R Williams (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 3-14. ISBN 9781760527389 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Williams Robyn | |
| 2021 | Dune T, Williams R, McLeod K, Cavaleri R, Workman A, 'Social Inclusion and Cultural Competence: Moving towards Cultural Safety in Research and Practice', Handbook of Social Inclusion, Springer, P Liamputtong (ed), Switzerland, pp. 145-167. ISBN 9783030482770 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2021 | McLeod K, Williams R, Dune T, 'Culturally Safe Health Care Practice', Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Towards Culturally Safe Health Care, Routledge, T Dune, K McLeod and R Williams (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 92-112. ISBN 978-0-367-68676-5 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Williams R | |
| 2021 | Williams R, Dune T, McLeod K, 'Principles of Cultural Safety', Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Towards Culturally Safe Health Care, Routledge, T Dune, K McLeod and R Williams (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 53-72. ISBN 978-0-367-68676-5 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Williams R | |
| 2016 | McLeod K, Guillemin M, 'The Impact of Photographs on the Researcher: An Ethical Matter for Visual Research', Ethics and Visual Research Methods: Theory, Methodology, and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan, D Warr, M Guillemin, S Cox and J Waycott (ed), United States, pp. 89-100. ISBN 978-1-137-54854-2 (2016) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54305-9_7 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1 |
Review
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | McLeod K, 'A review of: Two worlds of drug consumption in later modern societies. Eisenbach-Stangl I, Moskalewicz J and B. Thom, Eds', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, (4) pp. 450-451. (2011) [Review Single Work] |
Conference Publication
(28 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | McLeod K, 'Generating culturally specific wellbeing cultures with posthuman theory/methods: pitfalls and possibilities', Proceedings of the 2022 Cultures of Wellbeing Symposium, 23 November 2022, Deakin University, Melbourne (2022) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2022 | McLeod K, 'Harnessing culturally responsive pedagogies to inspire life-long learning in graduates', Proceedings of the 2022 Teaching Matters Conference, 28 November - 02 December 2022, Launceston, Tasmania, pp. 1 piece- abstract. (2022) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2022 | McLeod K, 'Adopting culturally responsive pedagogies to facilitate connection and belonging in regional learning and teaching environments', Celebrating the Impact of Regional Research and Education: Shining a Light on Regional Australia, 11 November 2022, Paranaple Convention Centre Rooke Street Devonport, pp. 1 piece- abstract. (2022) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2022 | McLeod K, Moore R, Robinson D, Ozkul D, Ciftci S, et al., 'Using the pluriverse concept to critique Eurocentrism in education', Proceedings of the 2022 Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, 27 November - 01 December 2022, University of South Australia, pp. 1 piece- abstract. (2022) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Moore R; Robinson D; Vincent K | |
| 2021 | McLeod K, 'Cultural safety education in the online space: using collaborative reflection to develop best practice', Australia-ASEAN Academics Forum: online education during COVID-19 and beyond, 7-18 June, Online, pp. 6-7. (2021) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2021 | McLeod K, 'Creating epistemological contexts for culturally responsive research and practice in recovery', Proceedings of the 2021 Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, 06-09 October 2021, Virtual Toronto, Canada, pp. 1 piece- abstract. (2021) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2020 | Jones R, Moore R, McLeod K, Maystorovich NR, 'Reflections on teaching cultural safety to healthcare students: Comparing online and face‐to‐face delivery', Proceedings of the 2020 Teaching Matters Conference, 30 November - 2 December, 2020, Online, University of Tasmania, pp. 1 piece- abstract. (2020) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Jones R; Moore R; Maystorovich NR | |
| 2019 | McLeod K, Ozkul D, Moore R, Vincent K, Ciftci S, et al., 'Using the pluriverse concept to critique eurocentrism in education', Teaching Matters, 26 November, Hobart, Tasmania (2019) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Ozkul D; Moore R; Vincent K; Ciftci S; Robinson D | |
| 2019 | Moore R, McLeod K, Ozkul D, Vincent K, Ciftci S, et al., 'Using collaborative peer engagement to bring a decolonising lens to teaching practice', TASA 2019, 25-28 November 2019, Western Sydney University (2019) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Moore R; Ozkul D; Vincent K; Ciftci S; Belle MJ | |
| 2019 | Smith L, Hoang Ha, Mond J, Reynish T, Hannah C, et al., 'Factors Affecting the Resettlement of Former Refugees in Regional Australia', Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia's biennial conference, 9-11th October, Hobart, Tasmania (2019) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Smith L; Hoang Ha; Mond J; Reynish T; Hannah C; Auckland S | |
| 2018 | McLeod K, 'Using posthuman perspectives to progress pain as a public health issue', The Australian Sociological Association, 19-22 November, Mebourne, Australia (2018) [Plenary Presentation] | |
| 2018 | McLeod K, 'Rethinking using assemblages in more-than-human methods: towards a decolonised toolkit?', 4S: Society for the Social Studies of Science International Conference, August 29-September 1, Sydney, Australia (2018) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | McLeod K, Moore R, Ciftci S, Vincent K, Belle M, et al., 'Using collaborative peer engagement to bring a decolonising lens to teaching practice', Teaching Matters, 21 November 2018, Launceston, Australia (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Moore R; Ciftci S; Vincent K; Belle M; Ozkul D | |
| 2018 | Smith LA, Mond JM, Reynish T, McLeod K, Auckland S, et al., 'The resettlement experiences of former refugees in Launceston: A qualitative study', Rural Health and Collaborative Research Symposium, 20 September, Launceston, Tasmania (2018) [Plenary Presentation] Co-authors: Smith LA; Mond JM; Reynish T; Auckland S; Hoang H; Hannah C | |
| 2018 | Smith LA, Mond JM, Reynish T, McLeod K, Auckland S, et al., 'Mental health of former refugees in Launceston: A qualitative study', 10th Annual Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, 15-17 October, Hobart, Tasmania (2018) [Plenary Presentation] Co-authors: Smith LA; Mond JM; Reynish T; Auckland S; Hoang H; Hannah C | |
| 2017 | McLeod K, 'Health as the ongoing movement between wellbeing and illbeing: the wellbeing machine', 2017 Biennial conference of the EASA Medical Anthropology Network, 5-7 July, Lisbon, Portugal (2017) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2017 | McLeod K, 'What creates wellbeing?', Taster Lecture Series, 20 September 2017, University of Tasmania (2017) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2017 | McLeod K, Belle MJ, Ciftci S, Moore R, Ozkul D, et al., 'Disrupting whiteness in the classroom: Early stages of a collaborative investigation', Southern Knowledges Symposium, 2-3 November 2017, University of Tasmania (2017) [Keynote Presentation] Co-authors: Belle MJ; Ciftci S; Moore R; Ozkul D; Vincent K | |
| 2016 | McLeod K, 'Accounting for nonhuman material in health: The Wellbeing Machine', Sociology Seminar Series, 18 April 2016, Australian National University (2016) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2016 | Stephenson N, Mills C, McLeod K, 'The expansion and valuing of foetal measurements in obstetric ultrasound', Annual Meeting for the Social Study of Science, August 31-September 3, Barcelona, Spain (2016) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2015 | McLeod K, 'Wellbeing machine: a framework for reconceptualizing wellbeing as intimately connected to nonhuman material', Tenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 11-14 June, Split, Croatia (2015) [Plenary Presentation] | |
| 2015 | McLeod K, 'The missing work of collaboration: using assemblages to rethink antidepressant action', 13th Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium, 7-8 December, Mebourne, Australia (2015) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2014 | McLeod K, 'Adding collaborative connective labor to the antidepressant bioeconomy', Knowledge, Culture, Economy International conference, 3-5 November 2014, Sydney, Australia (2014) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2014 | McLeod K, 'Making Music: a Wellbeing Tool in Remote Aboriginal Communities', Grow the Music Gala, 23 March 2014, The National Arboretum Canberra (2014) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2013 | McLeod K, 'Wellbeing machine: linking health to nonhuman material', Australian Sociological Association Conference, 25-28 November, Mebourne, Australia (2013) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2013 | McLeod K, 'Orientating to assembling: qualitative inquiry for more-than-human worlds', Australian Sociological Association Conference, 25-28 November, Mebourne, Australia (2013) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2013 | McLeod K, 'Stabilising objects: Antidepressants work as a connective resource', Victorian Substance Use Research Forum, 19 April 2013 (2013) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2012 | McLeod K, 'Using materialist research tools to reconceptualise antidepressant efficacy', Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, 4-6 December 2012, Sydney, Australia (2012) [Conference Extract] |
Major Creative Work
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Baker W, Forbes AM, McLeod K, Hunter M, 'The music and resilience project', UTAS, UTAS Website (2022) [Published Creative Work] Co-authors: Baker W; Forbes AM; Hunter M |
Other Public Output
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Baker W, Forbes AM, Hunter MA, McLeod K, 'The Music and Resilience Project', University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, pp. 1-4. (2022) [Report Other] Co-authors: Baker W; Forbes AM | |
| 2022 | Baker W, Forbes AM, McLeod K, 'If you want your child to be more resilient, get them to join a choir, orchestra or band', Online News Article, The Conversation, Australia, 24 October 2022, pp. 1-4. (2022) [Newspaper Article] Co-authors: Baker W; Forbes AM | |
| 2013 | McLeod K, 'Head of School Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research', Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (2013) [Award] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
6
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- The Tasmanian Youth Orchestra (TYO), working with UTAS, will collaboratively develop, trial and publish evidence-based resources supporting teachers/community youth arts workers to purposefully develop resilience in young Tasmanians.
- Funding
- Tasmanian Community Fund ($18,891)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Tasmanian Youth Orchestra
- Research Team
- Baker WJ; Hunter M; Forbes AM; McLeod K
- Period
- 2019 - 2021
- Description
- Singapore and Australia are both Asia-Pacific countries, yet their orchestras share a western music traditions. They have highly-regarded youth orchestras enabling young musicians to play music at high levels in nurturing environments. This project investigates best practice in these organisations.
- Funding
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ($30,409)
- Scheme
- Grant-Australia-ASEAN Council
- Administered By
- Tasmanian Youth Orchestra
- Research Team
- Baker WJ; Hunter M; Forbes AM; McLeod K
- Year
- 2019
- Description
- Social isolation amongst young people in regional areas is a problem for the Tasmanian community. Whilst our world has become more 'connected' through technology, issues of social isolation persist, with rural and regional young people's wellbeing and resilience becoming a serious concern for researchers (Houghton, Hattie, Carroll, Wood, & Baffour, 2016; Noble-Carr, Barker, McArthur & Woodman, 2014). Participation in youth orchestras offers unique opportunities for young people to develop social networks and employability skills such as creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking (Jefferson & Anderson, 2017). Anecdotal evidence suggests youth orchestras support the development of young people's resiliency and self-esteem, however little research has been conducted to identify these impacts and the enablers and barriers to young people's participation. The research team comprised of Faculty of Education, School of Social Sciences and School of Creative Arts researchers with principal partner the TYO, along with ASME (Tas), TMTA and AMEB will address these questions: 1. How does a Youth Orchestra enable young people to develop their social agency, resilience and wellbeing?2. What role do community stakeholders, such as family members, teachers and peers play in the development of an accessible and socially inclusive Youth Orchestra? 3. What are the enablers and barriers to young people participating in a Tasmanian Youth Orchestra?This project will foster collaboration between researchers and industry partners and build research capacity via mentoring.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($11,910)
- Scheme
- Grant - CALE Hothouse Alignment Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Baker WJ; Hunter M; McLeod K; Forbes AM; Monkhouse H; McCarthy RJ; Howard CA
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- Graduate teachers and social workers face many challenges in their first year of practice: managing new professional environments, assuming new responsibilities, and meeting accountability standards and performance expectations (Zukas 2011) often with little systemic workplace support (Ingvarson 2014). These issues have been shown to contribute to high levels of stress and burnout (Nobel & Mcfarlane 2007; Smullens 2015), and early career attrition (House of Representatives Standing Committee in Education and Vocational Training 2007), with up to one third of teachers in OECD countries leaving within the first five years of professional practice (Ewing & Manuel 2005). In the face of such demands, opportunities to sustain creativity, curiosity, resilience and a sense of presence in the day-to-day relational practices required of teachers and social workers are limited, with a reported mismatch between early career professionals' idealistic motivations and everyday experience (Abbott-Chapman 2005; Day & Gu 2010). This project will form a new interdisciplinary team to improve new teachers' and social workers' experiences of crossing, transitioning, [and] translating (Johnson et al 2014) their first year of professional practice. We aim to pilot a creative strengths-based mentoring approach that enables new teachers and social workers to develop their personal and social resiliency, agency, and professional identity while enacting the values and understandings that underlie mandated professional standards.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($13,777)
- Scheme
- Grant - CALE Hothouse Alignment Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hunter M; MacDonald AJ; Baltra-Ulloa AJ; McLeod K; Thakchoe S; Wise CJE
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- The role of the nurse in healthcare has changed significantly over recent decades with a blurring of the hierarchical barriers between doctors and nurses. Nurses have greater education, autonomy and expertise than ever before but the media continue to portray nurses through stereotypes. The Heart of Nursing project seeks to increase the understanding of how care is enacted in encounters between nurses and the nursed. It will investigate the way nurses view their role and explore the impact of public storytelling on this vision from the perspective of the nurse, the nursed, and the audience.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($6,165)
- Scheme
- Grant-Cross-Disciplinary Incentive
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Goc NE; Walsh K; McLeod K; Cummings EA
- Year
- 2015
- Description
- Public health nursing has a key role in health promotion for adolescents. We already know that working with teenagers can be challenging. The health dialogue adds to this complexity since the public health nurse needs to encourage a dialogue on sensitive topics that already engages and concerns teenagers. Research confirms that adolescents are positive to health dialogue, but also that it primarily benefits those who are the most resourceful and most articulate. It is thus an ongoing debate how to improve the health dialogue in order to reach the target group and especially risk groups . The main idea of this project is to utilize the potential of visual methods in health dialogue with young people and to study the changes it induces on communication and cooperation.
- Funding
- The Arctic University of Norway ($606,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dept for Health & Caring Science
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Lorem G; McLeod K; Guillemin M
- Period
- 2015 - 2018
Research Supervision
Kim is seeking HDR candidates interested in using social theory and creative qualitative research methods to explore research questions relating to diversity and equity in health and education contexts.
Kim's research supervision is interdisciplinary. She has expertise in providing supervision to HDR students from the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences.
External supervision with UiT The Arctic University of Norway:
Completed PhD 2020: Hilde Laholt. Visual methods in health dialogue and public health work: An action research approach to improve school nurses' work with adolescents.
Current
4
Completed
3
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Language Retrieval, Reconstruction and Revival The Next Step Towards Fluency. Taking palawa kani from Aboriginal Community Knowledge to Aboriginal Community Fluency | 2022 |
| PhD | Learning from non-Indigenous health professionals of colour in Tasmania about culturally safe and responsive health care | 2022 |
| Masters | Why do Australians reject treaty: Can a human development metaphor and an Internal Family Systems (IFS) structural analysis offer any understandings and solutions? | 2023 |
| PhD | The Experiences and Impact of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Health Professionals in Tasmania Providing Culturally Responsive Health Care: A Qualitative Exploration | 2023 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Pedagogies of Ecological Imagination: Thinking with posthuman concepts in outdoor environmental education Candidate: Philippa Susan Morse | 2022 |
| PhD | 'Being Authentic' and the Indie Beer Idyll in Tasmania's Independent Brewing Industry Candidate: Benjamin Charles Pinkard | 2022 |
| PhD | There was a Brick Wall, and there was the Ocean: Stories of surviving childhood domestic abuse Candidate: Narelle Whatley | 2020 |