Researches how schools teach bushfire and flood preparedness, and how teachers support students after an event. Has worked with school communities on the New South Wales Far South Coast since 2021. Based at University of New England.
Website LinkStatement of Practice for Working with Aboriginal Ranger Groups on Fire Research, June 2024
Year Issued: 2024A practice statement describing how research teams should plan, run and report fire behaviour and cultural burning research carried out with Aboriginal ranger groups. It sets expectations for free, prior and informed consent, joint authorship, data custody, seasonal timing agreed with Traditional Owners, and return of results in community preferred formats. Prepared with ranger group coordinators across northern Australia and the Kimberley.
What School Communities Remembered Two Years After Black Summer: Bushfire Education in Far South Coast Schools
Year Issued: 2023A peer reviewed article reporting interviews and classroom observations in eleven primary and secondary schools across the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla, carried out two years after the 2019 to 2020 Black Summer fires. The study examines what students retained from bushfire preparedness lessons, how teachers managed student distress, and where school emergency plans diverged from Rural Fire Service advice. Written for education departments and hazard communication staff.