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MrJames Mayen

Graduate Researcher

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

  • Graduate Researcher
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

James is a professional with expertise in South Sudanese cultural, social and policy.  

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Researcher Assistant
    Deakin University, Education, Waurn Ponds, AustraliaMay 2022 - Jul 2022
  • Community Researcher
    Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Intergenerational Health, Melbourne, AustraliaAug 2023 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • School Community Liaison Officer
    Department of Education and Training, Manor Lakes College, Melbourne, AustraliaApr 2019 - present
  • Community Project Officer
    Wyndham and Community Education Centre, Community Support Group, Melbourne, AustraliaOct 2018 - present
  • Senior Child and Family Mental Health Practitioner
    Drummond Street Services, Refugee and Migrant Health, Melbourne, AustraliaAug 2017 - Jul 2018
  • Cultural Liaison Officer
    Life Without Barriers, National Immigration Support Services, Melbourne, AustraliaDec 2014 - Jun 2017

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Education policy, sociology and philosophy
  • History and philosophy of education
  • Sociology of education
  • Migration, asylum and refugee law
  • Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
  • Socio-economic development

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Education

AREAS OF EXPERTISE