Tamara Lipscombe
Senior Research Officer
BSc (Hons), PhD Candidate
tamara.lipscombe@thekids.org.au
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-lipscombeshe/her/hers
Tamara is a Wadjella (non-Indigenous) Senior Research Officer with a research background in inter-cultural and community psychology, and with a particular focus on Indigenous-settler relations. Tamara is passionate about research that seeks to improve issues of Indigenous inequality.
Tamara is currently working with Professor Helen Milroy and her team on the project ‘Building a culturally safe mental health system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’. This project works with key stakeholders and Aboriginal communities to ensure the research project and its findings are embedded within community needs, perspective, and culture.
Tamara is also completing her PhD, under Dr Carrington Shepherd, which seeks to deconstruct the socio-cultural tensions associated with Australia day. Tamara has extensive experience with diverse qualitative research methods.
Projects
Building a culturally safe mental health system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
The impact of colonisation, genocide, and continuing discriminatory policies have created a context for ongoing disadvantage, trauma, and high rates of mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
Education and Qualifications
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honors); Curtin University
- Emotion-Focused Therapy - Individual Therapy (Level One), International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy
Publications
- Lipscombe, T. A., Hendrick, A., Dzidic, P. L., Garvey. D. C., & Bishop, B. (2021). Directions for research practice in decolonising methodologies: Contending with paradox. Methodological Innovations, 14, 1-14. doi:10.1177/20597991211006288
- Lipscombe, T. A., Dzidic, P. L., & Garvey, D. C. (2019). Coloniser control and the art of disremembering a “dark history”: Duality in Australia Day and Australian history. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 30(3), 322-335. doi:10.1002/caso.2444
Grey Literature Research Reports:
- Lipscombe, T., McCausland, K., & Lobo, R. (2022). Evaluation of the ACE (Access, Care, Empowerment) mobile app: Final report. Western Australia: SiREN, Curtin University
- Bullen, J., Roberts, L., Davis, C., Hill, B., Lipscombe, T., & Cox, D. (2021). Comfort with discomfort: Exploring Wadjella educators' engagement with Indigenous students (Report for: Nati0onal Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education). Western Australia: Curtin University
Active Collaborations
- Member of Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, Curtin University