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Dr Lynda Shevellar

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Science
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
l.shevellar@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 54927

Overview

Dr Lynda Shevellar joined The University of Queensland in 2009. Based in the School of Social Science, Lynda won an early career award for teaching excellence in 2011, a University of Queensland Award for Teaching Excellence in 2019 and an Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2019). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Principal Practitioner - Sense of Belonging (Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation), and is currently one of the Deputy Associate Deans (Academic) for the HASS Faculty. Lynda has previously held roles in government and the community sector and is influenced by over thirty years of experience in community development, the disability sector, mental health, education, and psychology.

Lynda's research explores three closely aligned agendas: understanding the experience of people who live with heightened vulnerability; developing the awareness, agency and capacity of communities to respond to social disadvantage and inequality; and aligning community development theory and education to inform practice in working alongside people who live with heightened vulnerability. Lynda has a particular interest in the development of inclusive learning communities, through creative teaching practices, participative research strategies, and engaged citizenship.

Lynda coordinates the courses SOSC2288: Community Development - Local and International Practice; and SOCY1070: Inequality, Society and the Self.

Research Impacts

Lynda has worked extensively with community groups and organisations providing training and development, program and service development, and evaluation. In addition to publishing in academic texts and presenting at academic conferences, Lynda also ensures her work is available in industry journals more regularly accessed by practitioners. She regularly presents at workshops and forums for practitioners and agencies and works closely with industry partners in a range of fields including disability, mental health, and community development, to ensure her work is rigorous, useful, and accessible.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Education, Southern Cross University
  • Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland

Publications

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Supervision

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Knots--sorcery--belonging, an afterword

    Shevellar, Lynda, Barlott, Tim and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Knots--sorcery--belonging, an afterword. Edge entanglements with mental health allyship, research, and practice: a postqualitative cartography. (pp. 155-163) Milton Park, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

  • Re-thinking respite in aged care

    Shevellar, Lynda and Armstrong, John (2020). Re-thinking respite in aged care. Ageing and the good things of life: the application of Social Role Valorization to supporting people as they age. (pp. 221-237) edited by Ronda Held, John Armstrong, Raymond Lemay and Susan Thomas. Rockland, ON Canada: Valor Press.

  • Negotiating roles and boundaries: ethical challenges in community development work

    Shevellar, Lynda and Barringham, Neil (2019). Negotiating roles and boundaries: ethical challenges in community development work. Ethics, equity and community development. (pp. 59-82) edited by Sarah Banks and Peter Westoby. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvhhhdxq.9

  • “Singing Up the Second Story”: Acts of Community Development Scholar “Delicate Activism” Within the Neoliberal University

    Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2019). “Singing Up the Second Story”: Acts of Community Development Scholar “Delicate Activism” Within the Neoliberal University. Resisting Neoliberalism in Higher Education Volume I. (pp. 205-222) edited by Dorothy Bottrell and Catherine Manathunga. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95942-9_10

  • From ‘dilemmatic space’ towards ecological practice: Community development in disaster recovery in Queensland, Australia

    Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2018). From ‘dilemmatic space’ towards ecological practice: Community development in disaster recovery in Queensland, Australia. The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research. (pp. 253-266) edited by Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-17

  • What have we learned? A concluding essay on wicked problems, research and the contributions of community development

    Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2018). What have we learned? A concluding essay on wicked problems, research and the contributions of community development. The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research. (pp. 285-292) edited by Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-19

  • Wicked problems and community development – an introductory essay

    Shevellar, Lynda and Westoby, Peter (2018). Wicked problems and community development – an introductory essay. The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research.. (pp. 3-19) edited by Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-1

  • Managing everyday living: Microfinance and capability

    Ling, Liong Ing, Wilson, Jill and Shevellar, Lynda (2017). Managing everyday living: Microfinance and capability. Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Development: Sustainability and Inclusion in Emerging Markets. (pp. 107-125) edited by Douglas Cumming, Yizhe Dong, Wenxuan Hou and Binayak Sen. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-62111-1_6

  • Safeguarding the soul of community-based organisations – in dialogue with Lynda Shevellar

    Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2016). Safeguarding the soul of community-based organisations – in dialogue with Lynda Shevellar. Soul, community and social change: theorising a soul perspective on community practice. (pp. 75-87) edited by Peter Westoby. Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

  • Hope and cake: the contribution of causal layered analysis to community development practice

    Shevellar, Lynda (2015). Hope and cake: the contribution of causal layered analysis to community development practice. CLA 2.0: Transformative research in theory and practice. (pp. 405-420) edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Ivana Milojević. Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan: Tamkang University Press.

  • A perspective on community-based education and training

    Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2012). A perspective on community-based education and training. Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. (pp. 13-24) edited by Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

  • A re-imagined identity: building a movement in Brisbane for the practice of social role valorization

    Shevellar, Lynda, Sherwin, Jane and Mackay, Gregory (2012). A re-imagined identity: building a movement in Brisbane for the practice of social role valorization. Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. (pp. 81-94) edited by Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

  • Conclusion: a community-based education and training framework

    Shevellar, Lynda and Westoby, Peter (2012). Conclusion: a community-based education and training framework. Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. (pp. 205-220) edited by Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

  • Introduction

    Westoby, Peter and Shevellar, Lynda (2012). Introduction. Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. (pp. 1-12) edited by Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

  • Tracing a tradition of community-based education and training

    Shevellar, Lynda and Westoby, Peter (2012). Tracing a tradition of community-based education and training. Learning and mobilising for community development: a radical tradition of community-based education and training. (pp. 25-40) edited by Peter Westoby and Lynda Shevellar. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • How do we get people to behave appropriately during disasters?

    Shevellar, Lynda (2013). How do we get people to behave appropriately during disasters?. EMPA 2013: 7th Annual Emergency Media and Public Affairs Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 June, 2013. Mt Macedon, VIC, Australia: Emergency Media and Public Affairs.

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Note for students: Dr Lynda Shevellar is not currently available to take on new students.

Current Supervision

  • Understanding the Value of Thirdspace in Community Engagement: A Study of Community-based Learning Spaces in Nepal

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Moving beyond incarceration: Exploring the intentions and impacts of legal debt collection policies on socially-disadvantaged groups in Queensland, Australia

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

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