Dr Vinnitta Mosby ~ Lecturer
Social Work
- About
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- Research Disciplines
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I am a Torres Strait Islander woman with connection to the Murray Islands in the Torres Strait. Graduating with a degree in social work with first class honours in 2010 and obtaining an APA scholarship enabled the completion of my PhD from James Cook University in 2015. I am employed as a lecturer in the school of Social Work and Human Services. In the honours program my research focused on how Torres Strait Islanders’ experienced spirituality outside of place (Torres Strait). The PhD focused on the out-migration of Torres Strait Islanders from the region between 2001-2011 and the experience of resettlement on the Australian mainland following movement. Areas of interest include; internal migration and resettlement, spirituality, social-emotional health and wellbeing and climate change.
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Mosby V (2023) A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration. Australian Social Work, 76 (3). pp. 393-405
- Heyeres M, Kinchin I, Whatley E, Brophy L, Jago J, Wintzloff T, Morton T, Mosby V, Gopalkrishnan N and Tsey K (2018) Evaluation of a residential mental health recovery service in north Queensland. Frontiers in Public Health, 6.
- Mosby V (2014) Take a walk: a critical reflection on data gathering in remote island communities. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 3 (2). pp. 1-11
- Mosby V (2012) Using metasynthesis to develop sensitising concepts to understand Torres Strait Islander migration. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: an interdisciplinary journal , 5 (1). pp. 1-18
- Other research outputs
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- Carrington A, Dickinson T, Mensinga J, Mosby V and Watson S (2018) The role of the liaison: reflection of practice. Abstracts from ANZSWWER Symposium 2018 'Disruptive Social Work'. In: ANZSWWER Symposium 2018: ‘Disruptive Social Work’, 20-21 September 2018, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Lowitja Institute-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC - Seeding Grant 2020
Exploring play in pre-school aged children and the social and emotional benefits associated with positive peer interactions. Starlight Children?s Foundation Australia.
- Indicative Funding
- $120,000 over 3 years
- Summary
- This project aims to explore the benefits of play in preschool aged children in the Torres Strait transitioning to formal education. The project will partner with the mobile playgroup program offered by Mura Kosker Sorority Inc. (MKS). The unique feature of the MKS playgroup program includes its mobility, taking playgroup into the community and offering support and wellbeing to both parents and children, providing a soft entry point to other services. This project will allow the co-development of practice-led resources and training material for playgroup providers and facilitators and generate new knowledge to improve school readiness in Torres Strait Islander children. The project expects to contribute to current knowledge by proving evidence based approaches to improve social-emotional and educative outcomes in young children.
- Investigators
- Vinnitta Mosby (College of Arts and Society & Education)
- Keywords
- Torres Strait Islander; Children; Play based learning; Social-emotional development; Education
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- Experiences, Enables and Barriers for Aboriginal Women aged 16 years and over who have Experienced Sexual Assault in North West Queensland accessing Acute and Ongoing Therapeutic Care (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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- A4.241, A4 (Cairns campus)
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- Secondary Advisor
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