Associate Professor Tony McMahon, Department of Social Work and Community Welfare,
James
Cook
University
Tony McMahon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Community Welfare at
James
Cook
University ,
Townsville, . He has a PhD and a Master of Social Work degree from the
University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) degree from
Curtin
University in
Perth, Western Australia .
He became a university academic in 1993. Prior to that, he had 20 years experience in non-government and government social services. He has written books and journal articles on child welfare, social policy and social welfare history.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
From consumers to creators: the importance of getting your work published
As researchers, we are consumers of other peoples’ ideas and research but the real task is to create knowledge and understanding that becomes important to our discipline. Undertaking research provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the opportunity to engage in a process of self-empowerment but empowerment can begin and end with the individual unless the message gets broadcast to Indigenous communities and to the wider community. This paper will address why and how we must get our research published.
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