Ms Margaret Lynn
Senior Lecturer in Social and Community Welfare
Marg Lynn worked as a social worker
in Melbourne and Gippsland for twelve years before commencing teaching
in the Social Welfare Section in 1984. She has been involved in course
developments from many years, from a single diploma in social welfare
in the 80's to the present range of double degrees and graduate
diplomas. Marg has taught in many subject areas, particularly in
community development, an area acquiring greater significance in
the restructured degree, and in a new Master of Community Development,
jointly developed with the Faculty of Education, and to commence
in 2008. Marg served a three-year term as Head of the School of Humanities,
Communications & Social Sciences from late 1996 until December
1999, and enjoys her return to the 'brown coal' of academia.
Classes taught by Marg include:
- Communication & Counselling Skills
- Community Development
- Structure and Context in Human Services Management
Research Interests / Publications
Marg Lynn is interested in rural communities, the meanings of community, and the ways in which the discourse of community is changing, as influenced by, and in its influence on, government policy positions. She is undertaking a PhD on the subject, examining the capacity of social welfare work to adopt a greater community orientation. Marg's research interests are aligned with her involvement in the Centre for Rural Communities, which has a focus on the sustainability of small communities.
Publications include:
Lynn, M (2006) Discourses of Community:
Challenges for Social Work' International Journal of Social Welfare
vol 15, no 2
Lynn, M. (2005) 'Communities, Regions,
States: Accountabilities and Contradictions' in Rainnie, A. and
Grobelaar, M. New Regionalism in Australia Ashgate
Lynn, M (2004) 'The Return of Community to rural Human
Services?' Rural Society vol 14, no 3 pp228-244
Lynn, M (2004) 'A Collaborative Community Development Policy'
New Community Quarterly, vol 2, no 4.
Briskman, L. and Lynn, M. (eds.) Challenging Rural
Practice: Human Services in Australia Deakin University
Press 1999
She is an editor, with other Section colleagues, of Practice Reflexions, the e-journal of the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers, which was launched in November 2006.
Contact Details
- Phone:
- 03 9902 6326 or 5122 6326
- Fax:
- 03 9902 6359 or 5122 6359
- Office:
- 1E123
- Email:
- Marg.Lynn@arts.monash.edu.au
- Address:
- School of Humanities, Communications & Social
Sciences
Monash University, Gippsland Campus
Northways Road,
Churchill, Victoria 3842