Associate Professor Julie Ann Pooley

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5591  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5834  
Email: j.pooley@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO30.209  

 

Current Teaching

  • Methods In Psychology

Background

  • Academic (Edith Cowan University and Notre Dame University)

Awards and Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2011 - Recipient of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
  • 2011 - Recipient of a Vice-Chancellor’s Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (VC Citations).
  • 2003 - Recipient of the Australian National Award for Excellence in Teaching.
  • 2003 - Recipient of the Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Other

  • 2002, 2006 - Nomination for Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision, awarded by the Edith Cowan University Postgraduate Association.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Resilience- Individual, Family and Community.
  • Community and Environmental Psychology.
  • Scholarship or learning and Teaching.
  • Resilience as an aid to personnel vetting.
  • Cyclone Preparedness.
  • Development of Resilience Scales

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2005 .
  • Master, Edith Cowan University, 1998 .
  • Post Grad Dip in Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, 1990 .
  • Bachelor of Applied Science, Curtin University of Technology, 1989 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Family Relationship Centre - Joondalup (North Metropolitan Family Relationship Centre Consortium,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2009,  $58,000.
  • Mandurah Family Relationship Centre,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2008,  $4,000.
  • Family Relationship Centre - Joondalup (North Metropolitan Family Relationship Centre Consortium,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2008,  $22,000.
  • 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.
  • Ascertaining the Perceived Risks in the City of Perth,  City of Perth,  Grant,  2007,  $14,070.
  • Promoting positive relationships after divorce and seperation,  Murdoch University,  Grant - Healthway,  2007,  $29,523.
  • Family Relationship Centre - Joondalup (North Metropolitan Family Relationship Centre Consortium,  Anglicare WA,  Grant,  2006,  $40,712.
  • 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.
  • Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., (2007), Careers in Psychology: Making Informed Choices., 35, Melbourne.

Book Chapters

  • 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

  • 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.
  • Griffiths, N., Pooley, JA., (2011), Resilience in Families with Same-Sex Parents. The Australian Community Psychologist, 23(2), 50-67.
  • 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.
  • Branch-Smith, C., Pooley, JA., (2010), Women firefighters? experiences in the Western Australian volunteer bush fire service. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 25(3), 12-18, Canberra.
  • Munro, B., Pooley, JA., (2009), Differences in Resilience and University Adjustment between School Leaver and Mature Entry University Students. The Australian Community Psychologist, 21(1), 50-61.
  • 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.
  • Pooley, JA., Breen, L., Pike, L., Cohen, L., Drew, N., (2007), Critiquing the school community: a qualitative study of children's conceptualization of their school. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 21(2), 87-98.
  • Pember, A., Pooley, JA., (2007), A qualitative exploration of the transition experience of students from a high school to a senior high school in rural Western Australia. Australian Journal of Education, 51(2), 162-177.
  • Urquhart, B., Pooley, JA., (2007), The Transition Experience of Australian Students to University: The Importance of Social Support. The Australian Community Psychologist, 19(2), 78-91.

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 Psychology,  Post-traumatic Growth In Carers Of People With A Mental Illness..

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Improving Community Water Conservation Behaviour In Chachoengsao, Thailand.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Attitudes To Driving And Driving Behaviour In Young Novice Drivers..
  • Doctor of Psychology,  Childhood Obesity: Investigating Factors That Influence Weight Loss Success Among Obese And Overweight Sevel To Twelve Year Olds..
  • Doctor of Psychology,  The Relationship Between Residential Satisfaction, Sense Of Community, Sense Of Belonging And Sense Of Place In Western Australia Urban Planned Community..