Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Associate Professor Susan Mleck's interests reflect her teaching and learning qualifications and experience, including Andragogy – the science of helping adults to learn. Furthermore, at the heart of her academic practice – in both learning and teaching, and research – lie two influences: the significance of her Indigeneity, and her engagement with Andragogy. From an auto-ethnographical stance, the influence of being Māori-Indigenous with its spiritual and tribal connections, and her ongoing quest to address the 'science of helping adults to learn' [Eduard Lindeman 1927, in Brookfield 1987], is woven through personal pedagogy that privileges inclusive practice which is also about working within a social justice framework of equity, access, participation and rights of people. These ideas serve to highlight the juxtaposition of those strands that Susan upholds at all levels of research, learning and teaching: cultural competence, community development, critical reflection in adult teaching and learning, and curriculum development and delivery.
Research Interests
- Auto-ethnography
- Community eco-development
- Indigenous philosophy, knowledges, theories and research methods
- Critical whiteness studies
Professional Information
Memberships of Advisory Boards and Panels:
- Member of the CSU Indigenous Board of Studies
Strategic Research Areas:
- Environmental Justice and Governance for Social Change
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Social Work, Charles Sturt University
2010
Doctor of Philosophy (Community Development and Management), University of Western Sydney
2008
Master of Commerce, University of Western Sydney
1999
Master of Arts, University of Western Sydney
1997
Bachelor of Adult Education, University of Western Sydney
1995
External positions
Director Foundational Studies
Apr 2006 → Jan 2008
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Research output
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Teaching social work skills-based learning online during and post COVID-19
Osburn, L., Short, M., Gersbach, K., Velander, F., Mungai, N., Moorhead, B., Mlcek, S., Dobud, W., Duncombe, R., Kalache, L., Gerstenberg, L., Lomas, G., Wulff, E., Ninnis, J., Morison, A., Falciani, K. & Pawar, M., 2021, In: Social Work Education, The International Journal. online, p. onlineResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communication management and beyond
Mlcek, S., Norris, G. & Chida, I., 21 Feb 2020, 3rd ed. Melbourne, VIC: Pearson Australia Group. 278 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited book › peer-review
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The 'Within' Journey: Assessment of the Online Indigenous Australian Cultural Competence Training Programme at Charles Sturt University
Hill, B., Tulloch, M., Mlcek, S. & Lewis, M., Aug 2020, In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. 49, 1, p. 14-22 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thinking reflectively; being curious; doing kindness
Chida, I., Mlcek, S. & Norris, G., 2020, Communication management and beyond. Mlcek, S. H. E., Norris, G. & Chida, I. (eds.). 3rd ed. Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson Australia Group, p. 175-186 12 p.Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter in textbook/reference book › peer-review
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Gender dynamics in social work practice and education: A critical literature review
Jones, M., Mlcek, S. H. E., Healy, J. P. & Bridges, D., 2019, In: Australian Social Work. 72, 1, p. 62-74 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Excellence in Teaching - Team Award - Social Work Residential School Team
Velander, Fredrik (Recipient), Moorhead, Bernadette (Recipient), Mungai, Ndungi (Recipient), Chida, Ignatius (Recipient), Ninnis, Jeanette (Recipient), Gersbach, Katrina (Recipient), Dobud, Will (Recipient), Healy, John (Recipient), Duncombe, Rohena (Recipient), Cash, Belinda (Recipient), Mlcek, Susan (Recipient), Kalache, L. (Recipient), Iffland, B. (Recipient), Short, Monica (Recipient), Osburn, Lynelle (Recipient), Wilkinson, M. (Recipient) & Pawar, Manohar (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Award
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The 8th Indian Social Work Congress & 8th International Consortium for Social Development-Asia Pacific Conference
Manohar Pawar (Speaker), Susan Mlcek (Speaker), Monica Short (Speaker) & Lynelle Osburn (Speaker)
01 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference/Symposium › Academic
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Responding to student mental health challenges during COVID-19. (Public lecture)
Brenda Morris (Invited speaker), Monica Short (Organiser), Donna Bridges (Participant), Merrilyn Crichton (Participant), Fredrik Velander (Participant), Emma Rush (Participant), Benjamin Iffland (Participant), Rohena Duncombe (Participant), Manohar Pawar (Participant), Karen Bell (Participant), Wendy Bowles (Participant) & Susan Mlcek (Participant)
14 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Community
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Online clinical skills training
Fredrik Velander (Participant), Monica Short (Participant), Lachlan Kalache (Participant), Ndungi Mungai (Participant), Susan Mlcek (Participant), Katrina Gersbach (Participant) & Lynelle Osburn (Participant)
01 Sep 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Academic
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Zooming Into Social Work Intensive School
Katrina Gersbach (Speaker), Benjamin Iffland (Speaker), Monica Short (Speaker), Lynelle Osburn (Member) & Susan Mlcek (Member)
20 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Academic
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Justice and Peace: The relationship between activism and social work education. Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium on behalf of Zooming into Intensives Research Group
Ndungi Mungai (Speaker), Fredrik Velander (Speaker), Will Dobud (Speaker), Lynelle Osburn (Speaker), Susan Mlcek (Speaker), Monica Short (Speaker) & Aaron Morrison (Speaker)
19 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference/Symposium › Academic
Press / Media
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Public lectures explore Indigenous politics and Constitutional reform
Dominic O'Sullivan, Bede Harris, Susan Mlcek, Rohena Duncombe & Monica Short
04/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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CSU hosts visiting scholar and human rights activist from New Zealand
Susan Mlcek & Dominic O'Sullivan
20/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media