Monica Short

Dr Monica Short

Social Science Researcher

Social Work and Arts

Biography

Collaboration is fundamental to Dr Monica Short's research and teaching. Monica is a senior lecturer at CSU in the school of Social Work and Arts. She has a degree in Social Work, a Master of Social Welfare (Welfare and Social Policy) and a Ph.D. by publication through Charles Sturt University (CSU). Her thesis is titled – 'The Australian Anglican Church engaging with people living with disabilities and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in rural, regional and remote communities'. Monica worked for over 20 years in large government organisations, including professional, project management, and managerial roles.

Monica currently coordinates the International Network of Co-operative Inquirers https://incinq.csu.domains She is a member of the Anglican Church of Australia Mission and Ministry Commission and is a Centre Scholar with the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture. In 2021, Monica jointly coordinated a social work and humanities teaching and learning during and post-COVID-19 think tank. From 2017 to 2018, she was co-chair of the ACT/NSW Combined Universities Field Education Group.

In 2023, Monica was one of the recipients for The Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Prize with the theme: Being Global, regional and Local in Education in Australasia and The Pacific. It was for achievement in research about collaborations between communities and education for: work-integrated learning, human services or social work. Also in 2023, Monica received the School of Social Work and Arts Award for 2023 Highest Student Experience Survey Scores.

In 2021 Monica received one of the Faculty Research Awards. She also was one of two recipients of the St Mark's National Theological Centre Greg Eather Memorial Prize for meritorious work in Christianity and Australian Society. In 2020, Monica received The Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Field-University Collaboration Award; and was one of a group of recipients who received a CSU Excellence Award. In 2016 Monica received the Australian New Zealand Social Work, Welfare and Research Field Placement Recognition Award for championing innovative models for research.

Monica is on Ngunnawal land and based in Canberra.

Research
  • Volunteering and community engagement
  • Virtue ethics, resilience and professional practice in the human services
  • The church and its agencies
  • Rurality
  • Participatory methodologies, specifically co-operative inquiry
  • Pedagogy and theology of kindness
  • Multidisciplinary approaches, specifically drawing on social work, sociological and theological epistemologies
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent publications

  • Russ, E., Petrakis, M., Whitaker, L., Fitzroy, R., & Short, M. (2024). Co-operative inquiry: Qualitative methodology transforming research ‘about’ to research ‘with’ people. Qualitative Research, 0, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941241234272
  • Duncombe, R., Russ, E., Gersbach, K., Halton, C., Jeffries, P., Whitaker, L., Short, M., & Redshaw, S. (2024). Democratizing online social work education: Addressing othering. In J. Przeperski, & R. Biakady (Eds.), English (pp. 391-412). Routledge.Short, M. (2023). A pedagogy and theology of kindness: Freedom to teach and learn. Paper presented at Sydney College of Divinity Learning and Teaching Theology Conference 2023, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Julkunen, I., Joubert, L., Fouche, C., Webber, M., Short, M., Whitaker, L., & Metteri, A. (2024). Practice research partnerships in social work: Addressing impact and credible evidence. Research on Social Work Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315241229680
  • Short, M. (2024). Reflecting on the resilience and well-being of individuals, volunteers, organisations and communities. Ethos - EA Centre for Christianity and Society. http://www.ethos.org.au/online-resources/Blog/reflecting-on-the-resilience
  • Short, M., Valentine, B., Morrissey, M., Morrissey, K., & Dixon, E. (2024). The human services: Practitioners’ experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s. Australian Social Work. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2023.2298944
Professional

Dr Monica Short is happy to be contacted by local media. Please visit 1RPH community radio for a sample of Dr Monica Short’s media contributions.