PhD (UWS, Centre for Cultural Research); Master of Education; Bachelor of Adult Education
Valerie lecturers in Emergency Management and supervises Doctor of Public Safety candidates at Charles Sturt University. She has extensive experience in the design and delivery of tertiary level programs in emergency management and fire services. Her recent research highlights the importance of local community organisations in building community connections for disaster resilience, with a particular focus on compound and cascading disasters leading to community disaster fatigue.
Valerie supervises Doctor of Public Safety (DPS) students and teaches the research component of the Master of Emergency Management. She teaches the following subjects:
EMG505 Workbased Project
EMG506 Literature Review
RES703 Comprehensive Literature Review
Valerie’s research interests include:
Doctoral students:
| Student | Status | Thesis Title | My Role |
| Dr Hamish Carver, PhD | Completed | The Paramedic Preceptor Experience: Improving Preparation and Support | Co-supervisor |
| Dr Dorothy Neveling, |
Completed Doctor of Psychology (Forensic) | The role of resilience in the psychoeducation of state emergency service volunteers | Co-supervisor |
| Dr Bradley Wright, |
Completed Doctor of Public Safety (DPS) | Crisis-event decision making and the influence of post-event scrutiny | Principal Supervisor |
| Anthony Bell | Current DPS | Dying for others: Altruistic suicide terrorists | Co-supervisor |
| Simon Cox | Current DPS | Predicting the Occurrence and Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Rural Fires in South Australia | Principal Supervisor |
| Russell Dippy | Current DPS student | The Australian Emergency Manager: a journey towards professionalisation | Principal Supervisor |
| Stewart Duncan | Current DPS | Corporate organisational resilience and responsibility within a multinational corporation: Increasing competitiveness whilst improving community sustainability and resilience | Co-supervisor |
| Brett Henderson | Current DPS | Sharing the responsibility for emergency management: A community case study | Principal Supervisor |
| Johanna Garnett | Current DPS | How can Australia best preserve its cultural heritage, given the increasing frequency and severity of disasters? | Co-supervisor |
| Louella Giles | Current DPS | Disaster management by the Australian Army within Australia: A retrospective study to inform organisational actions in the early twenty-first century | Principal Supervisor |
| Michael Lollback | Current DPS | The Influence of the Queensland Flood Commission of Inquiry (2011-12) recommendations on the efficacy of disaster management in Queensland | Principal Supervisor |
| Stan McLellan | Current Doctor of Policing & Security |
Is it WHO you know?
Understanding the influence of informal relationships within a police service | Co-supervisor |
| Sarah Smorhun | Current DPS | Rethinking crowded places: creating safe and healthy areas for mass gathering | Co-supervisor |
| Catherine Strods | Current DPS | Human behaviour in a university context during an emergency | Principal Supervisor |
