Dr Jo Harrison |
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| Position: | Adjunct Research Associate | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Health Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Health Sciences | |
| Campus: | City East Campus | |
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| Email: | jo_dot_harrison_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/jo.harrison | |
I have recently completed my PhD in Health Sciences. The thesis Towards the Recognition of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Intersex Ageing in Australian Gerontology online at http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/adt-root/public/adt-SUSA-01042005-134827/
Links to other sites
Gay and Lesbian Ageing in Australia
Resources on GLBTI Ageing (including links to my publications)
Professional associations
Australian Association of Gerontology
Australian Centre for Lesbian and Gay Research, University of Sydney
American Society on Aging
Qualifications
B Soc Stud (Hons) Master of Gerontology PhD
Research interests
- ageing, aged care, policy development, social movements, gay and lesbian studies, gender issues, social work, community development, indigenous ageing
Research publications
2006 Coming Out Ready or Not! Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing and aged care in Australia: Reflections, contemporary developments and the road ahead in Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychololgy Review Vol 2 No 2 pp. 44-53 http://www.psychology.org.au/units/interest_groups/gay_lesbian/8.7.22_10.asp#currentissue
2005 Pink Lavender and Grey: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing in Australian gerontology in Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review Vol 1 No 1 pp.11-16 http://www.psychology.org.au/units/interest_groups/gay_lesbian/8.7.22_10.asp#vol1no1
2005 New South Wales Anti Discrimination Board Working Paper on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) Ageing and Discrimination (includes keynote presentation delivered on February 15th) http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_glbti_consultation
2005 AIDS Council of New South Wales Development of a Healthy GLBT Ageing Strategy (includes keynote presentation delivered on July 7th) http://www.acon.org.au/community/index.cfm?doc_id=1608&cat_id=112 or http://www.acon.org.au/assets/file_library/other/JoHarrisonACONPresentation.pdf
2004 Towards the Recognition of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Intersex Ageing in Australian Gerontology. PhD Thesis. Faculty of Health Sciences. School of Health Sciences. University of South Australia. http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/adt-root/public/adt-SUSA-01042005-134827/
2004 ‘Discrimination and older gays: surviving aged care’ in Equal Time Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales, No 61, August pp. 1-3 http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/vwFiles/ET%20Aug%2004%20.pdf/$file/ET%20Aug%2004%20.pdf
2004 Lesbian Health and Ageing Keynote presentation to the Annual Conference of the Australian Lesbian Medical Association. Leura, New South Wales. September 25th. 2004 Towards the recognition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) ageing in Australian gerontology Keynote presentation to a research seminar on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing on Friday, 16 July 2004. The seminar was organised by the University of Newcastle's Centre for Research and Education into Ageing, the Queer Studies Group and the Planning and Business Improvement Unit, in association with Rainbow Visions Hunter. http://www.rainbowvisions.org.au Resources-Ageing (other publications also there)
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