Dr Chris Laming
Lecturer in Social and Community Welfare
Chris Laming has taught at the Gippsland campus since 2002. He recently completed his PhD A Constructivist Approach to Challenging Men's Violence Against Women through the University of Melbourne Department of Social Work.
Chris currently teaches in the following areas:
- Field education and practice
- Foundations of interpersonal practice
- Teams, groups and community networks
Chris's research interests include:
- Men's violence against women and children
- Men's behaviour change programs
- Police and community integrated responses to family violence
- Group work and the application of Personal Construct Theory
- Responses to men's violence in developing countries, particularly using the following link: http://www.networklearning.org/
- Encouraging reflection in the Welfare Field about issues and concerns arising from practice situations, using the following link:http://www.aiwcw.org.au/practicereflexions/
Research Interests / Publications
His publications include:
- Laming, C. and Davies, L. 2007: ‘The Aboriginal Men’s SHED (YAMS)’ in Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Vol 10. No 4 pp. 15-30
- Laming, C. and Fontana, M. 2007: ‘Men’s Behaviour Change in a Regional and Rural Context’ in New Community Quarterly. Vol 5. No 4. pp. 36-39
- Laming, Chris (2006) ‘Shedding Violent Expressions of Anger Constructively' in Peter Cummins (ed). Working with Anger. Chichester : John Wiley and sons.
- Laming, Chris (2005) “'What if?' Learning from the past and looking to the future” in Charlotte Roseby (ed) Journeys in Fatherhood:an anthology. Richmond : No To Violence.
- Crinall, Karen and Laming, Chris. (2005) Evaluation of the Gippsland Family Violence Service Coordination Pilot Project. Churchill: GRIS. pp 1-82
- Laming, Chris. (2005) SHED Manual: For workers engaging in men's behaviour change to shed abusive beliefs and violence. Churchill: CeLTS. (ISBN:0 7326 2224 7) pp1-160
- Laming, Chris (2000a) ‘The SHED Project: A Rural Intervention Project to Prevent Men's Violence Against Women and Children.' In Weeks,W. and Quinn, M.(eds). Issues Facing Australian Families. (3rd Edition) Sydney : Longman. Pp 307-315.
- Laming, Chris. (2000b) ‘Developing Group Alternatives for Reconstructing Personal Behaviour's in Taylor , K., Marienau, C. and Fiddler, M. (eds),Developing Adult Learners: Strategies for Teachers and Trainers. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass. Pp 253-257
Contact Details
- Phone:
- 03 9902 6324 or 5122 6324
- Fax:
- 03 9902 6400 or 5122 6359
- Office:
- 1E121
- Email:
- Chris.Laming@arts.monash.edu.au
- Address:
- School of Humanities, Communications & Social
Sciences
Monash University, Gippsland Campus
Northways Road,
Churchill, Victoria 3842