MICRO-BIO

• Ms Carla Kennedy is a PhD candidate specialising in school community studies. Her PhD coalesces palliative care and educational research.

  Ms Carla Kennedy is a PhD candidate specialising in school community studies. Her PhD coalesces palliative care and educational research. Less

EXPERIENCE

• La Trobe University

  • Present

• La Trobe University

  • PhD Candidate
  • Education
  • P.O. Box 58 Chewton
  • January 2020 to Present

EDUCATION

• La Trobe University

  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • March 2017 to Present

• La Trobe University

  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • March 2016 to Present

  Ms Carla Kennedy was awarded a scholarship for her candidature and published within the first year of her doctoral studies (see literature reference below). Carla's research has progressed quickly and she is currently formulating recommendations for primary schools based on her findings. In 2018 she presented at 'The Australian Grief and Bereavement' Conference in Sydney and was awarded funding to attend Kathy Chamaz's Master classes in Grounded Theory at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane in 2017. Kennedy, C., Keeffe, M., Gardner, F., & Farrelly, C. (2017). Making death, compassion and partnership 'part of life' in school communities. Pastoral Care in Education, RPED 1306873. doi: 10.1080/02643944.2017.1306873

DISCIPLINES

• Health Teacher Education

Interests

• Palliative Care

• Community Studies

• Education

Links

• La Trobe University staff/PhD candidate profiles