Prof Sue McGinty ~ Adjunct Professor

Sue McGinty is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Arts, Education and Society. She is now retired,

Prof McGinty has worked in the fields of Education and Indigenous Australian Studies as a teacher and researcher with special expertise in Indigenous Education. She has won several nationally competitive grants to examine ways of reengaging young people who have disengaged from schooling, and to create digital repositories for Indigenous histories. She has published many papers in her field of research as well as on issues in higher education. She has been a successful supervisor of graduate students winning an Australian Learning and Teaching Program Award for Postgraduate Teaching and Supervision in 2009.

Interests

Research

• Excellence in Indigenous education
• Flexible learning options for disenfranchised young people
• Epistemological interpretations in research

Awards

• 2015 - Lifetime Achievement Award for Postgraduate Supervision
• 2010 - JCU supervisor of the Year
• 2009 - Australian Learning and Teaching Award – Postgraduate Program. With Felecia Watkin Lui and Yvonne Cadet-James

Memberships

• American Educational Research Association
• Australian Association of Research in Education
• 2014 to 2017 - Chair, St Patrick's College Board
• 2007 to 2012 - Deputy Chair: Edmund Rice Education Australia

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

• Lewthwaite B, Wilson K, Wallace V, McGinty S and Swain L (2017) Challenging normative assumptions regarding disengaged youth: a phenomenological perspective. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 30 (4). pp. 388-405
• Te Riele K, Wilson K, Wallace V, McGinty S and Lewthwaite B (2017) Outcomes from Flexible Learning Options for disenfranchised youth: what counts? International Journal of Inclusive Education, 12 (2). pp. 117-130
• Thomas J, McGinty S, Te Riele K and Wilson K (2017) Distance travelled: outcomes and evidence in flexible learning options. Australian Educational Researcher, 44 (4-5). pp. 443-460
• Thomas Y, Gray M and McGinty S (2017) The occupational wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness. Journal of Occupational Science, 24 (2). pp. 181-192
• White N, Watkin F, Nobin K, McGinty S, Frawley J and Bezzina M (2013) Leadership and leadership succession for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schools: a review of the literature. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 16 (2). pp. 36-52
• McCalman J, Tsey K, Kitau R and Mcginty S (2012) "Bringing us back to our origin": adapting and transferring an Indigenous Australian values-based leadership capacity-building course for community development in Papua New Guinea. Community Development, 43 (3). pp. 393-408
• McGinty S (2012) Engaging Indigenous knowledge(s) in research and practice. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 12 (1). pp. 5-15
• Thomas Y, Gray M and McGinty S (2012) An exploration of subjective wellbeing among people experiencing homelessness: a strengths-based approach. Social Work in Health Care, 51 (9). pp. 780-797

Books

• Cadet-James Y, James R, McGinty S and McGregor R (2017) Gugu Badhun: people of the Valley of Lagoons. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Book Chapters

• McGinty S, Bursey S and Babacan H (2018) I just want an education! Young people's perspectives. In: Gauging the Value of Education for Disenfranchised Youth: flexible learning options. Innovations and Controversies: interrogating educational change. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 63-81
• McMahon A, McGinty S and Watkin Lui F (2013) Mentoring research scholars for publication. In: Scientific Writing and Publishing in Social Work. Niruta Publications, Bangalore, India, pp. 13-22

Conference Papers

• Wilkinson L, McGinty S and Lewthwaite B (2014) The power of two: sharing leadership for school improvement in Indigenous education. Proceedings of the Joint AARE and NZARE Conference. In: AARE-NZARE 2014: Joint AARE and NZARE Conference, 30 November - 4 December 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

More

ResearchOnline@JCU stores 47+ research outputs authored by Prof Sue McGinty from 2000 onwards.

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or 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

• Birthing on Mornington Island: Culture, Identity and our Aspirations for the Future. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Mind the gap: a case study on the influence of parental involvement and infocomm technologies on the literacy level of Singapore's Malay pre-schoolers (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• More than the power of two: leading school improvement in Indigenous education (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Healing after experiencing the suicide of a young person: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives informed by Indigenous Knowledges (2023, PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• ?We let `em go!? Transition from remote community to boarding school: The Lockhart River experience (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
Note: Map points are indicative of the countries or states that institutions are associated with.