Katrina McChesney

Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: a guiding framework Trauma-informed practice is gaining increasing prominence across a range of sectors, including education. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma has been increasingly considered in higher education se...

#NEW: Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: A guiding framework. What could it look like for research in the field of #highereducation to be #traumainformed? And why do we (any/all HE researchers) need to think about this?

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Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: a guiding framework Trauma-informed practice is gaining increasing prominence across a range of sectors, including education. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma has been increasingly considered in higher education se...

#NEW: Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: A guiding framework. What could it look like for research in the field of #highereducation to be #traumainformed? And why do we (any/all HE researchers) need to think about this?

doi.org/10.1080/1743...

DM if you can't access it 😊

White text on green background, a snip from a published paper. Text reads "Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites", shows that the article was published 6 Nov 2025, in Higher Education. Published: 06 November 2025

Universities make concerted choices about the content they put on their websites - it is their face to the world 🌍 In our new paper led by @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social, we looked to see how parents are positioned in institutional websites in Australia and New Zealand. doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites - Higher Education Student parents, staff/faculty who are also parents, and parents of prospective or current students all form part of university communities, yet these groups have each received relatively little atten...

Loved working on this project with @shanmason.bsky.social and 3 fab research assistants. Universities are places for everyone - but it takes deliberate work to make sure people know that!

doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Wooo! Fab publication by fab team of authors!

If you don’t think you deal with distance PhD researchers, think again.

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Improving the experiences of doctoral students at a distance: recommendations for policy and practice While some doctoral students pursue formalised ‘distance’ or ‘online’ programmes, many other doctoral students also work off-campus some or all of the time, either by choice or by necessity. These ...

New paper: ✨ "Improving the experiences of doctoral students at a distance: Recommendations for policy and practice" ✨ co-authored with @jamesburford.bsky.social & Liezel Frick. Part of our #DistanceDoctorates project with thanks to @tseenster.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1360...

Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin

www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

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In line with January decluttering / NY resolutions / general desire to have work-y things be healthier and more focused this year - farewell at last to my X/Twitter account. Happy to be here on BlueSky and also enjoying the increasing academic activity on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/katrinamc...)

Thanks @tseenster.bsky.social - we're pleased to share our #DistanceDoctorates work with the #Bluesky community ... check it out! We've also got a Facebook group where distance (incl hybrid, temporary, 'informal'/'subterranean' distance students!) can connect: www.facebook.com/groups/49932...

Horrible news today that the govt is unilaterally directing the disbanding of humanities and social science panels from one of the most important research funds in New Zealand. A short but on point response from Universities NZ.

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Blue sky for #bluesky ... A joy to be with colleagues from @waikatouniversity.bsky.social on a writing retreat in such a beautiful spot. Loving the sound of the waves and the stunning outlook while we support each other as writers and scholars. #pāpāmoabeach #mountnz #itcouldbeworse

He maimai aroha: Angus Hikairo Macfarlane He tauēke, hē marere kura, he marere pae. He āpiti Nuku, he āpiti Rangi Hē whakaotinga aroha ki a koe, koutou e ngaro nei i te tirohanga kanohi E te takitākinga o ngā pūmanawa e waru o Te Arawa Waka...

Kua hinga te tōtara o Te Waonui a Tāne ... moe mai rā. Acknowledging the passing yesterday of a giant in Aotearoa NZ's education and research landscape.

www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/he-maim...

Screenshot of our cover slide. Text reads "How visible are parents and parenting on Australian and New Zealand university websites? Katrina McChesney, University of Waikato | Shannon Mason, Nagasaki University." The left side of the slide is a clip art-style graphic of a grid pattern of graduation hats, with some of the hats replaced with coloured icons representing parents and parenting: a woman carrying a child (pink), a man holding hands with a child (green), a woman with a pram (yellow), a child holding a balloon (red), a man leaning over a baby on a change table (blue), and a family with two adults and two children all holding hands (purple). NZARE Conference 2024

2/2 Today I'm presenting on our analysis of Australian (n=37) and NZ (n=8) university websites, where we looked for representation and visibility of parents. "You can't be what you can't see" - so where are all the parents on these carefully curated websites? Collab w/ @shanmason.bsky.social

A screenshot of our cover slide. Text reads "How do demographic aspects of identity affect academics' experiences of peer review? Kay Hammond - Auckland University of Technology; Katrina McChesney - University of Waikato; Julie Trafford - Auckland University of Technology. The right side of the slide is a cartoon image showing a researcher (drawn small, wearing a white coat, and at the bottom of the screen) looking up at much larger figures with serious faces seated behind a bench holding/reading a document. The cartoon implies a power dynamic between reviewers and researchers.

Great to be at the #NZARE2024 NZ Assn for Research in Education conference at @waikatouniversity.bsky.social this week. Yesterday I presented on how demographic/identity factors affect people's experiences of academic peer review (collaborative work with Kay Hammond & Julie Trafford of AUT).

We used the Mana model (by Melinda Webber and Angus Macfarlane) to frame a strengths-based look at what supported success for these Māori learners. Students particularly emphasised mana ūkaipō (sense of place), mana tū (sense of resilience), and mana whānau (sense of family).

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#newpaper #openaccess: "A strengths-based exploration of Māori student success at university using the Mana model" - a closer look at the stories from Māori students within a wider study of student experiences in university teaching/social work programmes.

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Tips for staying sane during academic writing! Particularly relevant during a PhD! #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Lovely review of our 2024 book "Doing doctoral research at a distance: flourishing in off-campus, hybrid, and remote pathways" - thanks @jennylewinjones.bsky.social 🌸

I found this super helpful for getting my head round this new space! Thanks @nedpotter.bsky.social 💐

I'd love to be added to this starter pack ✨ Thank you!

Hi Ali, I'd love to be added to the Outreach and Widening Participation in HE starter pack 🌸 Thanks for putting it together!

I can has arrived 🎉 Thanks @tseenster.bsky.social for the nudge!