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        Nita Alexander

        Senior Research Officer

        BA (Hons), PhD

        Dr Nita Alexander is a Senior Research Officer in the Healing Kids, Healing Families team and is Project Lead for the ARC Aboriginal Parenting Program. This project aims to design, implement, and evaluate a co-designed parenting program that is culturally safe, trauma informed, and interrupts the transmission of intergenerational trauma.

        Nita completed their PhD (Society & Culture) at James Cook University. They researched young activists' political participation, examining the activists’ use of prefigurative practice and their development of a generational radical ecological habitus. This work has implications for young people’s education, politics, and well-being.

        Nita’s research interests relate to issues affecting marginalised groups in society, and they aim to use their qualifications and experience to promote human rights and social justice for all people.

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        • Education and Qualifications

          BA Sociology and Human Services – James Cook University

          BA (1st Class Honours) Sociology – James Cook University

          PhD (Society & Culture)– James Cook University

        • Awards/Honours

          2020 – Research Training Program RTP Scholarship

          2019 – University Medal - James Cook University

          2018 – Academic Medal – James Cook University

          2018 – Douglas Fry Bursary – James Cook University

          2017 - Chris Williams Prize – Human Rights & Social Justice – James Cook University

        • Research Publications

          Alexander, N.; Petray, T.; McDowall, A. (2022). Conscientisation and Radical Habitus: Expanding Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice in Youth Activism Studies. Youth, 2, 295–308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ youth2030022

          Alexander, N., Petray, T., & McDowall, A. (2021). More learning, less activism: Narratives of childhood in Australian media representations of the School Strike for Climate. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1-16. doi:10.1017/aee.2021.28

          Alexander, N., Ashley, A., Lisciandro, R., Oleszek, R., & Petray, T. (2021). When students protest and when they don't: Challenging the apathy narrative in Australia. In Bessant, J., Mesinas, A. M., & Pickard, S. (Eds.), When Students Protest: Universities in the global north. Rowman & Littlefield.

          In review:

          Alexander, N., Petray, T., & McDowall, A.

          Book Chapter in Edited volume

          Chapter title: Prefigurative practice: Acting in the present, foreboding the future

          Volume: Routledge Handbook of Young People and Environmental Activism

        Healing Kids, Healing Families team

        The Healing Kids, Healing Families team at Telethon Kids Institute strives to improve child and family mental health and wellbeing, especially after experiencing trauma or adversity.

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