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:
Academic Staff
Associate Professor Valerie Ingham
Associate Professor
Bathurst
Teaching
Research
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