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Rachael Fox is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Charles Sturt University, located on the Wagga Wagga Campus. She specializes in critical community psychology and qualitative research methodologies, with a focus on social exclusion among young people and collaborative ethnographic approaches. Her roles include coordinating courses like Introduction to Psychology and Qualitative Methods in Psychology, and she actively supervises postgraduate research projects in areas such as hoarding behavior and family violence.
Dr. Fox holds a PhD in Community Psychology from the University of Stirling (UK), where her doctoral work examined power dynamics in Scottish secondary education through ethnographic research with excluded youth. She has since conducted research on migrant children, LGBTIQA+ youth, and health service evaluations. She is Editor of the Australian Community Psychologist and a member of the Faculty's Health Services research group.
Her research interests include methodologies emphasizing praxis, participatory approaches, and transformative social change. Current projects include evaluating headspace's LiCBT NewAccess program ($75k grant) and exploring climate disaster impacts via youth art exhibitions. She also collaborates on global projects like What does psychology offer community?, involving 50+ international stakeholders.
Dr. Fox has supervised 12 Honours dissertations, 4 postgraduate clinical projects, and 4 PhDs, with current advisees focusing on hoarding behavior, domestic violence, and EMDR efficacy in Aboriginal communities. Her grants total over $270k, including awards from MPHN, beyondblue, and the ESRC.
Teaching philosophy: Integrates critical theory (e.g., Foucault) into pedagogy, emphasizing institutional critique and student agency. Courses emphasize ethical research practices and community engagement. She pioneered a Scholarship in Teaching grant project on student participation in HE widening access initiatives.
