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LYNDA SHEVELLAR

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The purpose of this site is to share information from my professional and community work. It is a means by which I can promote the work I am engaged in, direct people to current projects and activities with relative ease, and support the students I am working with. I welcome your inquiries and feedback.

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My work focuses upon the dynamics of personal, organisational and social change, and the interplay of these dynamics in the rich space of meso community work. I have a particular interest in mental health, how we can support people to belong, and the ethics of this often challenging work for all involved. A more recent fascination for me is the ecological interplay of home and work and mental health: how and where we live, and how we spend our time, and the consequences for our wellbeing. The roles I currently employ to do this work include as a lecturer and researcher in Community Development within the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland, Australia; as a community worker and organisational consultant with the non-profit Community Praxis Co-op; and as a volunteer and committee member for a local mental health network, A Place to Belong.

I am influenced by 25 years of experience and study in community development, the disability sector, education, and psychology. I have previously worked in the public sector, and the community sector, and I am now located in tertiary education. I have published in community development, mental health, disability, social policy, social work  and education journals. My less horrific poetry appears in Antipodes: A North American Journal of Australian Literature. 

I was born and bred in Byron Bay, 
Australia and its beautiful hinterland, and am unable to account for my inability to surf. 

Recent publications: 

Latest journal article: 
Westoby, P., Lathouras, T. & Shevellar, L. (in press). ​Radicalising community development within social work through popular education – A participatory action research project. British Journal of Social Work. Accepted 15 February 2019.
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Dr Lynda Shevellar

Lecturer
Community Development

c/- School of Social Science
The University of Queensland
Queensland, 4072,
Australia

Email: l.shevellar@uq.edu.au

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Latest book publication:
The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research. 
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