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Executive Dean/PVC Engagement (Communities)

Telephone:	(61 8)  93706459
Mobile:	0417 956 607
Facsimile:	(61 8)  93706664
Email:	l.cohen@ecu.edu.au
Campus:	Mount Lawley
Room:	ML3.123

 

Staff Qualifications

• Higher Education Diploma, South Africa .
• Doctorate, Edith Cowan University, 1999 .
• Master of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, 1996 .
• Bachelor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, 1994 .
• B (Bachelor Degree), UNKNOWN, 1972 .
• BSc (Bachelor of Science), South Africa, 1971 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Coalface Subject Co-ordinators the Missing Link to Building Leadership Capacities in the Academic Supply Chain,  Australian Learning and Teaching Council,  Grant(**),  2010,  $17,916.
• Coalface Subject Co-ordinators the Missing Link to Building Leadership Capacities in the Academic Supply Chain,  Australian Learning and Teaching Council,  Grant,  2009,  $36,116.
• Clarkson Parenting Place Project Evaluation,  City of Wanneroo,  Grant,  2009,  $2,275.
• Family Relationship Centre - Joondalup (North Metropolitan Family Relationship Centre Consortium,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2009,  $58,000.
• Evaluation of Falls Linkage Independence Program,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2008,  $14,400.
• Mandurah Family Relationship Centre,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2008,  $4,000.
• Clarkson Parenting Place Project Evaluation,  City of Wanneroo,  Grant,  2008,  $2,275.
• Playgroup WA Inc.-Brain and Emotional Development in the Early Years Workshops,  Playgroup WA,  Grant,  2008,  $20,880.
• Resilience: What is it and what are the Skills used by Families Affected by Mental Illness?,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Industry Collaboration,  2008,  $30,000.
• Family Relationship Centre - Joondalup (North Metropolitan Family Relationship Centre Consortium,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2008,  $22,000.
• Promoting the Uptake of Reusable ICT-based Learning Designs,  Australian Learning and Teaching Council,  Fellowship,  2007,  $90,000.
• Family Relationship Centre - Joondalup (North Metropolitan Family Relationship Centre Consortium,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2006,  $40,712.
• A suicide Prevention and Education Programme for Undergraduate University students,  Dept of Health & Ageing,  Grant,  2005,  $700.
• A suicide Prevention and Education Programme for Undergraduate University students,  Dept of Health & Ageing,  Grant,  2004,  $2,300.
• Health and wellbeing assets map City of Joondalup,  City of Joondalup,  Grant,  2004,  $10,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Books

• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., O'Connor, M., (2010), Indicators of Community Resilience: A Study of Communities Facing Impending Natural Disasters., 256, Germany.

Book Chapters

• Ferguson, C., Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Guilfoyle, A., (2012), The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and speeding behaviour of young drivers. In Advances in Traffic Psychology, 149-156, London.
• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., (2012), A Team Teaching Approach to Teaching Undergraduate Psychology. Teaching Psychology around the World: Volume 3. , 42-54, London.
• Pike, L., Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., (2008), Australian Approaches to Understanding and Building Resilience in At Risk Populations. Resilience in Children and Youth, 264-288, Toronto.

Journal Articles

• Ferguson, C., Harms, C., Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., Tomlinson, S., (2012), Crime Prevention: The Role of Individual Resilience within the Family. Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 1-8, Oxon, UK, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2012.707971.
• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., O'Connor, M., O'Conner, M., Taylor, M., (2012), Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth and their relationship to coping and self-efficacy in Northwest Australian Cyclone communities. Psychological Trauma , 2012(30 April), 1-8, DOI: 10.1037a0028046.
• Soto, R., Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., Taylor, M., (2012), Students with ASD in mainstream primary education settings: Teachers' experiences in Western Australian classrooms. Austalasian Journal of Special Education, 36(2), 97-111, DOI: 10.1017/jse.2012.10.
• Cohen, L., Dean, J., Gridley, H., Hogea, R., Robinson, K., Sampson, E., Sibbel, A., Turner, C., (2012), Lobbying for endorsement of community psychology in Australia. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 3(2), 1-14, Greensboro, NC.
• O'Brien, K., Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Taylor, M., (2012), Lifting the domestic cloak of silence: Resilient Australian women's reflected memories of their childhood experiences of witnessing domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, 28(1), 95-108, DOI: 10.1007/s10896-012-9484-7.
• Cohen, L., Chang, P., Hendricks, J., Cope, V., Harman, B., (2011), Enhancing psychology students' experiences: The development of an undergraduate leadership programme. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 10(2), 164-169, DOI: 10.2304/plat.2011.10.2.164.
• Cohen, L., Ferguson, C., Harms, C., Pooley, JA., Tomlinson, S., (2011), Family systems and mental health issues: A resilience approach. Journal of Social Work Practice, 25(1), 109-125, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2010.533754.
• Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Ferguson, C., Harms, C., (2011), Psychologists? understanding of resilience: implications for the discipline of psychology and psychology practice. The Australian Community Psychologist, 23(2), 7-22.
• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., (2010), Resilience: A Definition in Context. The Australian Community Psychologist, 22(1), 30-37.
• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., O'Connor, M., (2010), Bushfire Communities and Resilience: What can they tell us?. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 25(2), 33-38, Canberra.
• Cohen, L., Chang, P., Pooley, JA., Pike, L., (2008), A holistic approach to establishing an effective learning environment for psychology. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 7(1), 12-18, United Kingdom.

Conference Publications

• Brooks, D., Corkill, J., Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., Ferguson, C., Harms, C., (2010), National security: A propositional study to develop resilience indicators as an aid to personnel vetting. Proceedings of the 3rd Australian Security and Intelligence Conference, 35-43, Perth.
• Ferguson, C., Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Guilfoyle, A., (2009), Elicitiing the beliefs of young drivers about driving risks: An analysis of two methodologies. Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference : Smarter, Safer Directions, 826-838, Sydney, New South Wales.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Improving Community Water Conservation Behaviour In Chachoengsao, Thailand.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  An Exploration Of The Construction Of Resilience In A Western Australian Context..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Individual Adaptation To Discontinuous Employment For Australian Workers: A Longitudinal Mixed Method Study.
• Doctor of Psychology,  Adapting To Change: An Exploration Of Students' Transition Experiences In A Senior College In Western Australia..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Experiences Of Anglo-burmese Migrants In Perth, Western Australia: A Substantive Theory Of Marginalisation, Adaptation And Community..
• Doctor of Psychology,  The Relationship Between Residential Satisfaction, Sense Of Community, Sense Of Belonging And Sense Of Place In Western Australia Urban Planned Community..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  A Comparison Of Anxiety, Stress & Depression, Across The Perinatal Period, In Women Pregnant With Twins & Singletons..
• Doctor of Psychology,  Life Transition Of Becoming A University Student.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  The Transition Experience To Boarding School For Male Aboriginal Secondary School Students From Regional And Remote Communities Across Western Australia.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  An Exploration Of The Social Construction Of Ageing Based On Lived Experiences: Perspectives From The Western Australian And Welsh Community.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Attitudes To Driving And Driving Behaviour In Young Novice Drivers..

Associate Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Evidence From The Survivors: Factors Affecting Retention Of Undergraduate Psychology Students At A Western Australian University And Implications For Cultural Change Within Higher Education.