Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Social Work and Social Policy, Bendigo

Dr Jan Pascal B.Ed (Psych),UniMelb; BSW (Hons), La Trobe; PhD, La Trobe. Lecturer Ph: 5444 7573 Fx: 5444 7977 Email: j.pascal@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching profile for 2008:

SWP3IFG, SWP3RES, SWP2RES

Research Interests:

psychosocial well-being, cancer care, the lived experience of health and illness, phenomenology and social work practice.

Publications:

Pascal, J. and MacKay, G (2003). Our narratives of rural undergraduate and postgraduate social work. Proceedings of Rural Social Work 6th National Conference. Mildura: AASW.

Pascal, J (2003, Spring). Reflections on the Rural Social Work Action Group Conference. The Victorian AASW Branch Newsletter (reference incomplete).

Pascal, J (2004). Emotionally involved: The impact of researching rape [book review]. Australian Social Work, 57, 1 p 98-100.

Pascal, J (2004). The lived experience of cancer survival. Proceedings of the Oncology Social Work National Conference [online] www.aasw.asn.au

Pascal, J (2005). The lived experience of cancer survival: Heideggerian perspectives. Proceedings of the Rural Social Work 7th national Conference, Geelong: AASW

Pascal, J (2005). My story/their story of cancer survival: Reflections from inside the rural research fieldwork experience. Journal of Rural Social Work and Community Practice, 10, 1 p 10-18.

Pascal, J and Brown, G. (2006) Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate research methods. International Journal of Qualitative methods (in press)

Western, D and Pascal, J. (2006) Co-operative inquiry and phenomenology: Opportunities for exploring transition and change. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (in press)

Brown, G, Western, D and Pascal, J (2006) Feminist epistemology: Qualitative ways of doing doctoral research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (in press)

Pascal, J. (2006). A blessing or a curse? [book review]. Children Australia (in press).

Pascal, J. (2007). Psychosocial experiences of breast cancer at an environmental retreat. Psycho-Social Update: Newsletter of the Central QLD University IPP-SHR.

Pascal, J and Brown, G. (2008) Teaching undergraduate research methods. In M. Garner et al Teaching Research Methods (working title-). U.K: Ashgate (in press)

Pascal, J. Endacott, R and Lehmann, J. (2008) For the time being: Exploring the temporality of cancer survival. Austral-Asian Journal of Cancer. (in press)

Pascal, J (2008) Concepts of space and place. Forthcoming in the Australian Institute of Architecture Journal (in press).

Community involvements:

Collaborative research projects with the Otis Foundation rural retreat for people with breast cancer and their families

Memberships:

Australian Association of Social Work; Rural Social Work Action Group; Australian Association of Oncology Social Workers