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Keynote Speakers  Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell is a national leader in research and advocacy in the field of domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV). Her studies paved the way for a growing body of interdisciplinary investigations by researchers in the disciplines of nursing, medicine, and public health. Her expertise is frequently sought by national and international policy makers in exploring IPV and its potential heath effects on families and communities. As a nurse educator and mentor, Dr. Campbell leads by example in inspiring new generations of nurse researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2000, Dr. Campbell also was the Institute of Medicine/American Academy of Nursing/American Nurses' Foundation Senior Scholar in Residence. She was named the Pathfinder Distinguished Researcher by the Friends of the National Institute of Health National Institute for Nursing Research and received the American Society of Criminology Vollmer award. She serves on the boards of the Family Violence Prevention Fund and the House of Ruth Battered Women's Shelter, and was a member of the congressionally-appointed U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence. Dr. Campbell is a widely published author with more than 150 articles and seven books and holds a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Professor Judy Atkinson Professor Judy Atkinson's heritage derives from the Jiman people of the Upper Dawson in Central West Queensland, and the Bundjalung of Northern NSW. Judy has focused most of her community and academic life working in the field of violence, trauma and healing. At the professional level in this field she has followed the oral tradition through her presentations as an invited keynote speaker at numerous conferences, many of which have been published. Judy is currently on the committee for the NSW Child Death Review Team and the NSW Department of Community Services Research Committee. Prior to this Judy worked as the State Women's Coordinator for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in Queensland and undertaken a variety of consultancies for State and Federal Government, including the Office of the Status of Women attached to the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Before Judy joined the College in September 2001, she held the position of Program Leader and Aboriginal Research Facilitator with the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre at James Cook University.  Professor Fairbairn-DunlopProfessor Fairbairn-Dunlop has had a distinguished career as a Pacific scholar working with all the small nation states of Oceania as well as the Pacific Regional Office of UNESCO, the Asia-Pacific Forum, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, NZAID and the South Pacific Commission. Last year Professor Fairbairn-Dunlop’s contributions to research and training in the area of Pacific development issues over the past 30 years were recognised with an Insignia of an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit. Workshop Presenter  Tau HuiramaTau has worked in child protection and family violence prevention for the past 20 years in the community and justice sectors. His past roles include counselling and group work, and support for sexually abused children, group facilitation for men who have been violent towards their children and partners. He has worked extensively within the prison system and for seven years he was the national Kaiwhakahaere for The National Network of Stopping Violence Services. For the past 5 1/2 years he has been employed as the chief executive strategic relationships of Jigsaw Family Services, an organisation that is child centered and family focused. Tau is on the Family Violence Task Force, the Pathway to Partnership Steering Group and the Maori Reference Group. |
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