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Associate Professor Julie Ann Pooley

Associate Professor

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.

• 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.

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.
• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., (2012), A Team Teaching Approach to Teaching Undergraduate Psychology. Teaching Psychology around the World: Volume 3. , 42-54.
• 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

• 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 domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, Online, , DOI: DOI 10.1007/s10896-012-9484-7.
• 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, Oxon, UK, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2012.707971.
• Doyle, J., Pooley, JA., Breen, L., (2012), A Phenomenological Exploration of the Childfree Choice in a Sample of Australian Women. Journal of Health Psychology, 2-11, DOI: 10.1177/1359105312444647.
• Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., O'Conner, M., Taylor, M., (2012), Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth and their relationship to copping and self-efficacy in Northwest Australian Cyclone communities. Psychological Trauma Theory: Research Practice and Policy, ONLINE, , 1-8.
• 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.
• Stambulich, D., Pooley, JA., Gately, N., Taylor, M., (2012), Some of my children are worth more than others: Perceptions of non-residential fathers with second families as to the fairness of the Australian Child Support Agrency's handling of first family child support financial arrangements. Marriage and Family Review, 48(8), 769-791.
• Griffiths, N., Pooley, JA., (2011), Resilience in Families with Same-Sex Parents. The Australian Community Psychologist, 23(2), 50-67.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  An Exploration Of The Social Construction Of Ageing Based On Lived Experiences: Perspectives From The Western Australian And Welsh Community.

Associate Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Attitudes To Driving And Driving Behaviour In Young Novice Drivers..
• 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 Psychology,  The Construction Of Wellbeing For Sole Mothers: An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Work, Welfare, Social Justice And Wellbeing For Sole Mothers..
• 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..