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Dr Justine Dandy

Dr Justine Dandy

Dr Justine Dandy

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5105  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5834  
Email: j.dandy@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO30.207  

 

Current Teaching

  • PSY3217 - Cultural Issues in Psychology
  • PSY1204 - Social Determinants of Behaviour
  • PSY2231 - Developmental Psychology

Background

Justine Dandy has worked in teaching and research positions at Flinders University (1996-2000) and the University of Western Australia (2000-2003). She moved to Perth in 2000 and commenced at ECU in October 2003.

Professional Memberships

  • The International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychologists (IACCP)
  • The International Academy for Intercultural Research
  • Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
  • The Australian Migration Research Network (WA branch)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Cross-cultural, cultural and social psychology
  • Attitudes to immigration, diversity and multiculturalism
  • Acculturation attitudes and strategies
  • Ethnic, cultural and national identity

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Adelaide, 2000 .
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Adelaide, 1993 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Research into the current and emerging drivers for social cohesion, social division and conflict in multicultural Australia,  Dept of Immigration and Citizenship,  Grant,  2011,  $71,626.
  • Formative study of discrimination and mental health of CALD Australian children,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Grant,  2005,  $21,487.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Dandy, J., (2010), Managing cultural diversity: Competing discourses in Australian multiculturalism. Cultural diversity: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives, 113-130, Hauppauge, NY.

Journal Articles

  • Runions, K., Priest, N., Dandy, J., (2011), Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment Amongst Australian Children from Middle-Eastern and Asian backgrounds. Australian Community Psychologist, 23(1), 23-33.
  • Sala, E., Dandy, J., Rapley, M., (2010), Real Italians and Wogs: The discursive construction of Italian identity among first generation Italian immigrants in Western Australia. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 20(2), 110-124, DOI: 10.1002/casp.1023.
  • Dandy, J., Pe-Pua, R., (2010), Attitudes to multiculturalism, immigration and cultural diversity: Comparison of dominant and non-dominant groups in three Australian states. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34(1), 34-46, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.10.003.
  • Dandy, J., (2009), Refugee and migrant integration: Examining the discourse of the dominant. Tamara Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 8(8.2), 225-233, United States.
  • Fawcett, L., Garton, A., Dandy, J., (2009), Role of motivation, self-efficacy and parent support in adolescent structured leisure activity participation. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61(3), 175-182, Melbourne, DOI: 10.1080/000495302326792.
  • Dandy, J., Durkin, K., McEvoy, P., Barber, BL., Houghton, S., (2008), Psychometric properties of multigroup ethnic identity measure (MEIM) scores with Australian adolescents from diverse ethnocultural groups. Journal of Adolescence, 31(3), 323-335, Kidlington Oxford.
  • Fawcett, L., Garton, A., Dandy, J., (2008), Influences of parents and peers in adolescent leisure activities. The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 25(1), 32-47.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Effects Of Parenting Styles, Academic Self-efficacy, And Achievement Motivation On The Academic Achievement Of University Astudents In Ethiopia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Construction Of Identity Through The Dimensions Of Race, Ethnicity And Gender: The Experience Of 'coloured' South African Women In Western Australia..

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  School's Out: Adolescent 'leisure' Activites, Influences And Consequences..