Associate Professor Tess Lea
Director, School for Social and Policy Research
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BA (Hons)
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Anthropology & Women Studies - Australian National University |
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| PhD | Anthropology - University of Sydney | |
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School for Social and Policy Research Institute of Advanced Studies |
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+61 8 8946 7241 |
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+61 8 8946 7175 |
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Web |
http://www.cdu.edu.au/sspr/ | http://www.cdu.edu.au/sspr/tesslea.htm |
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Biography
After graduating with an Honours degree in Anthropology and Women’s Studies at the Australian National University, Tess worked as a professional bureaucrat and policy officer in Canberra. In 1995, she returned to her birthplace Darwin, eventually to work as a ministerial advisor to the Minister for Health and Community Services.
During this time, she co-authored a review of Indigenous education with the late Bob Collins (Collins and Lea 1999), before completing a PhD in Anthropology through the University of Sydney.
An invitation to work with Professor Ken McKinnon in his overhaul of the former Northern Territory University led to Tess founding the applied research school, the School for Social and Policy Research, in late 2003.
As Director, she has set the School’s agenda for a myriad of successful research projects involving education, health and social policy. SSPR is renowned for its robust methodological and progressive approach of applied research to promote and support forward-thought, action, and critique of systems and policy in northernand remote Australia.
Full biography and Research Interests
Publications
Luckman, S; Gibson, C and Lea, T (2009). 'Mosquitoes in the mix: Just how transferable is creative industries thinking?' Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 29(1).
Lea, T. (2008). 'Bureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts: Indigenous Health in Northern Australia.' UNSW Press. Sydney. (available from August)
Lea, T. (2008). ‘Housing for Health in Indigenous Australia: Driving Change when Research and Policy are Part of the Problem.’ Human Organization. 67(1) 2008: 77-85.
Lea, T; Cowlishaw, G; and Kowal, E. (eds) (2006). 'Moving Anthropology: Critical indigenous studies.' Charles Darwin University Press.
Lea, T. (2006). ‘Cars, Corporations, Ceremonies and Cash: The makings of a bureaucratic problem.’ in T.Lea, E.Kowal and G.Cowlishaw (eds) Moving Anthropology: Critical Indigenous studies. Charles Darwin University Press.
Lea, T. (2005). ‘The Work of Forgetting: Germs, Aborigines and Postcolonial Expertise in the Northern Territory of Australia.’ Social Science and Medicine, 61 (6): 1310-1319.
Lea, T. (2005). ‘Learning Lessons: A Retrospective’ in Di Austin-Broos and Gaynor Macdonald.' (eds) Culture, Economy and Governance in Aboriginal Australia. Sydney University Press. Sydney.
Lea, T and Wilson, B (eds). (2005). The State of the North Darwin. Charles Darwin University Press.
Lea, T. (2003). Between the Pen and the Paperwork: A Native Ethnography of Learning to Govern Indigenous Health in the Northern Territory Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Sydney.
Lea, T. (2001). ‘A BENIGN ARITHMETIC: Taking up facts about Indigenous health’ in the UTS Review: Cultural Studies and New Writing 7(1): 59-73. (now Cultural Studies Review)
Reports, discussion papers and consultancies
Bennett, M., C. Plummer, and T. Lea. (1996). Impact of Alcohol Limitations in Elliott. Health Promotion Program, Territory Health Services 14600755 (Australian Library Collections).
Bob Collins and Lea, T. (1999). Learning Lessons: An Independent Inquiry into Aboriginal Education in the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Department of Education: NT Government Printer.
Lea, T., W. Martin, and J. Wurm. (2006). Rongiya nhänga, ga ngathil'yurra nhänga, ga mala-djarr'yurrana (Look back, look forward and reflect) Garma 2006 Key Forum Report: Indigenous Education and Training. Charles Darwin University in association with the Yothu Yindi Foundation.CDU e-press.
Lea, T; Robinson, G; Abu-Duhou. (2006). National Accelerated Literacy Program Interim Evaluation Report. (internal report).
Lea, T. (2006). An examination of education policies, funding decisions and teaching practices based on evidence rather than ideology Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Report.http://churchilltrust.encode.net.au/res/File/Fellow_Reports/Lea%20Tess%202005.pdf
Lea, T. (1988). ‘48-88’ Northern Territory Women’s Register. UNAA Status of Women Committee: NT Government Printer.
Robert Griew Consulting with Eades, S; Lea, T; Peltola, C. (2007). Family Centred Primary Health Care: Review of evidence and models funded by the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra: November 2007.
Walsh, H. and Lea, T. (2008). The Funding of Indigenous Education through Special Purpose Supplementation School for Social and Policy Research Discussion Paper, Darwin: Charles Darwin University.
