Top of page

Student/Staff Portal
Global Site Navigation

School of Arts and Humanities

Local Section Navigation
You are here: Main Content
  • Associate Professor Vicki Banham

    Associate Professor Vicki Banham

Related Contents

  • See Also
  • LinkedIn
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicki-banham-49446161/
  • LinkedIn
  • Research Gate
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vicki-Banham
  • Research Gate

Associate Professor Vicki Banham

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5530
Mobile: 0417 771 950
Facsimile: +61 8 6304 5833
Email: v.banham@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8032-4579

Vicki is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Humanities.

Background

  • 2019 - 2021: Board of Management Pat Giles Centre
  • 2002 - present: Director, Ngala Board of Management
  • 2002 - 2012: Chair, Accreditation Decisions Review Committee (Commonwealth) Ministerial Appointment.
  • 1999 - 2011: Coordinator, International Programs
  • 1998: Head of School, School of Community Studies, ECU.
  • 1995 - 1998: Board Member, Joondalup Community Foundation (Inc) and Trust.
  • 1996 - 1997: Western Australian Work and Child Care Advisory Service - Member
  • 1992 - 1994: Chair of Department of Human Services, ECU.
  • 1986 - 1988: Children’s Advisory Council, [Inaugural Member] Western Australia (Ministerial appointment)
  • 1985 - 1988: Child Care Planning Committee, Western Australia (Ministerial appointment)

Professional associations

  • Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) - member
  • International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect – member
  • National Association of Human Services (NOHS), US – member
  • International Association for Community Development (IACD) – member
  • Institute of Community Directors Australia - member
  • Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE) – UK

Awards and recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2019: Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT): Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
  • 2011: Executive Dean’s Award
  • 2010: Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

National and International Research Positions

  • 2002: Visiting Scholar to Centre for Children and Family Studies, Advent Links-SAUC, Singapore

Research areas and interests

  • Vulnerable people and communities and rights
  • Application of the knowledge in enhancing wellbeing of people and communities

Research reports

Qualifications

  • Doctor Of Philosophy, University of South Australia, 2001.
  • Master of Education, Murdoch University, 1994.
  • Bachelor of Education, The University of Western Australia, 1984.
  • Teaching Certificate Primary, New Zealand, 1978.
  • Diploma of Education, New Zealand, 1977.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Bentum, H., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2025). Well-being of grandparent kinship caregivers: An umbrella review. Family Relations, 74(1), 544-564. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13116.
  • Amankwa, M., Adusei-Asante, K., Banham, V. (2025). Personal reflection on my fieldwork experience in a small island developing state. Development in Practice, 35(5), 862-870. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2025.2452406.
  • Amankwa, M., Amponsah, C., Adusei-Asante, K., Banham, V., Brempong, P. (2025). ‘Rhetorics or business as usual?’ A systematic review of the realities of Australian aid localisation efforts in the Pacific region. International Politics: a journal of transnational issues and global problems, 2025(Article in press), 24 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-025-00712-x.
  • Bentum, H., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2025). I Am Still Concerned About Them’: Grandmother Kinship Caregivers and the Challenge of Abuse by Children in Their Care. Child & Family Social Work, 2025(Article in press), 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13295.
  • Iftikhar, S., Peter, S., Banham, V., Boyd, E. (2025). Cultural considerations in understanding control, coercion, and violence among Pakistani immigrant women in Western Australia. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 37(3), 48-60. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol37iss3id1269.
  • Rinchen, K., Banham, V., Pelden, S. (2025). Reflexive Researcher: Navigating Positionality While Interviewing Participants in a Close- Knit Community for a Deeper Exploration of Their Lived Experiences. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24(August), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251371471.
  • Iftikhar, S., Banham, V., Boyd, E., Peter, S. (2025). First Generation Married Pakistani Women’s Perspectives onPaternalistic Dominance, Family Values and Traditional Gender Roles in Australia. Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences, 8(1), 78-99. https://doi.org/10.33422/jarss.v8i1.1367.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Dorji, T., Rinchen, K., Morrison-Saunders, A., Blake, D., Banham, V., Pelden, S. (2024). Understanding How Indigenous Knowledge Contributes to Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Environmental Management, 74(6), 1101-1123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02032-x.
  • Rezaei, O., Banham, V., Adibi, H. (2024). Afghan immigrants in Western Australia: Divisions within the community and integration within the society. Ethnicities, 24(6), 967-984. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968231181421.
  • Bentum, H., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2024). Violence and Abuse Towards Grandparent Kinship Carers in Informal Kinship Care Context. Ageing International: information bulletin of the International Federation on Ageing, 49(3), 568-592. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-024-09574-9.

2023

Journal Articles

2022

Journal Articles

  • Simpson, W., Robinson, D., Bennett, E., Strange, C., Banham, V., Allen, J., Marriott, R. (2022). Health promotion in an Australian Aboriginal community: the Growing Strong Brains® toolkit. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 23(e9), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423622000020.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Bennett, E., Simpson, W., Cooke, D., Banham, V., Strange, C., Munns , A. (2021). Sustaining an interprofessional culture of research and evaluation within a community parenting and early childhood organisation. Journal of Children and Young People's Health, 2(1), 19-26. https://doi.org/10.33235/jcyph.2.1.19-26.
  • Boateng, JS., Banham, V., Kosi, I., Ayentimi, DT. (2021). Socialisation and women's participation in governance: exploring important themes from Ghana. International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies, 4(1), 75-94. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGSDS.2021.112142.
  • Nyarkoh, BJ., Banham, V., Larsen, A. (2021). Rights-Based approach to poverty reduction: The Ghanaian experience. Forum for Development Studies, 48(3), 495-517. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2021.1984303.
  • Rezaei, O., Adibi, H., Banham, V. (2021). Integration experiences of former Afghan refugees in Australia: What challenges still remain after becoming citizens?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), Article Number: 10559. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910559.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Pelden, S., Banham, V. (2020). Counselling Placements Caught up in the Mismatch of Standards And Realities: Lessons From COVID-19. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 17(4), Article Number: 12. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/8728.

Conference Publications

  • Banham, V. (2020). The Right to be Listened to: Acknowledging the Child’s Voice in Family Court Processes. Proceeding of the International Conference on Emerging Social Work Practices and Education (55-68). Royal University of Bhutan. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/11460.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Banham, V. (2019). A Signature Pedagogy for the emerging Human Service and Community Work Profession. Australian Journal of Community Work, 1(2019/2020), 1-9. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/8442.
  • Simpson, W., Cooper, T., Banham, V. (2019). From Criminalisation to Individual Choice: Policy Responses to Changing Constructions of Intellectual Disability in Western Australia. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 21(1), 100-110. https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.571.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Banham, V., Allan, A., Bergman, J., Jau, J. (2017). Acknowledging Children’s Voice and Participation in Family Courts: Criteria that Guide Western Australian Court Consultants. Social Inclusion, 5(3), 155-163. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v5i3.964.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Bennett, E., Hauck, Y., Bindahneem, S., Banham, V., Owens, M., Priddis, LE., Wells, G., Sinclair, W., Shields, L. (2012). The development of an interdisciplinary research agenda at Ngala: An innovative case study. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 15(1), 20-25.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Guilfoyle, A., Banham, V., Cavazzi, T., Napolitano-Lincoln, R. (2011). An Ecological Approach to Supporting Children after Parental Separation: Resilience, Social Capital and Sense of Community in the School Classroom. The International Journal of Learning, 18(1), 315-335.
  • Banham, V., Guilfoyle, A., Napolitano-Lincoln, R., Cavazzi, T. (2011). Parental separation and the right of the child to have their views listened to and considered: Reality or wishful thinking?. International Journal of Learning, 17(11), 495-508.

2007

Journal Articles

  • Banham, V. (2007). Determining a Fair Outcome: The role of the review process in ensuring the Accreditation Decision accurately reflects the practices of the child care centre. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 1(1), 85-93.

Research Projects

  • RISE UP – Transforming Criminality to Contribution, Department of Justice WA, Criminal Property Confiscation Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $20,000.
  • Building a Future-Ready Organisation: Evaluability Assessment of Tenacious House , Tenacious House, Grant, 2021 ‑ 2022, $31,742.
  • Growing Strong Brains: Communities nurturing Aboriginal children in the Midwest/Gascoyne regions of Western Australia , Ian Potter Foundation, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2020, $103,251.
  • Sponsorship of Research Fellow, Ngala Community Services, Grant, 2019 ‑ 2020, $19,472.
  • What criteria do Family consultants consider when deciding to conduct a Child Inclusive Conference in the FCWA?, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $6,088.
  • Supporting Children After Separation Programme, Anglicare WA, Grant, 2009 ‑ 2010, $28,640.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Lullabies in Lock-Up: A Phenomenological Study of Women's Experiences of Pregnancy in a Western Australian Maximum Security Prison and its Impact on Maternal-Foetal Attachment
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Grandparent Kinship Care in Ghana: Family Violence and Cultural Myths on Witchcraft Accusations
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A GNH-Inclusive Counselling Education: Bridging Educational Practices with GNH Philosophy
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A Witches’ Rite: A phenomenological study of Wiccan Ritual
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Experiences, Discourses and Practices of Patriarchy Before and After Change in Cultural Field: A Case Study of Married Pakistani Women in Perth, Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The effects of COVID-19 in Bhutan: Retrospect and prospect for people, progress and prosperity.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Unravelling ground realities of Australia's International Development Aid in the Pacific Region: The Case of the Solomon Islands

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Social Science, It’s just the way it is: A single case study of silence in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
  • Master of Social Science, The story speaks for itself: A thematic information analysis of an intended phenomenological study of the lived experiences of spouses and parents bereaved by the death of special forces members killed in combat.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Transformative Career Theory: A Grounded Theory Study into the Long-term Careers of Australian Youth Workers
  • Master of Social Science, An examination of the mentoring process: A study of the interaction between mentor and mentee in the context of an adolescent mentor program
  • Master of Social Science, Social work is what social workers do: A study of hospital social workers' understanding of their work and their professional identity.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Thinking differently about reflective practice in Australian social work education: A rhapsody
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Their sorrow, their story: The lived experience of individuals impacted by the death of special forces members in the 1996 black hawk accident
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Comprehensive analysis of integration experiences of Afghan immigrants in Australia: Their challenges and policy implications
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Women in district assemblies in Ghana: Gender construction, resistance and empowerment.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The aftermath of domestic violence: Listening to the women's voices of their experiences
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Deconstructing motherhood and fatherhood: An exploration of same-sex parents' experiences and construction of their parenting roles
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Rights-based approach to poverty reduction: The Ghanaian experience

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Punishment or respite? - women's voices - an insider's perspective of women's imprisonment in Western Australia
  • Master of Social Science, Accommodation for adults with intellectual disability: Exploring the lived experiences of ageing parent carers and the reasons behind their decision to continue to care in the family home
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Siblings with intellectual disability: Relationships and decision making across the life span
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Towards active ageing: A comparative study of experiences of older Ghanaians in Australia and Ghana

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The dilemmas of regional development in Ghana: An ethnographic analysis of the North
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Perceptions of Family Support and Youth Crime Prevention in a South Sudanese Community in Regional Australia
Skip to top of page