Dr Elisabeth Duursma

Position

Research Theme Fellow

Biography

Elisabeth is a Research Theme Fellow in Work and Education at TeEACH/School of education and joined WSU in 2023. She has worked in the Netherlands and the U.S. and previously worked at UOW as a senior lecturer in Education. She received her PhD in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University. Her research focuses on father involvement and impact on child development, in particularly language, literacy and cognitive development. Elisabeth is an active member of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium and collaborates with colleagues from UON, Deakin, QUT and UniSA. Her work is largely disciplinary focusing on education, psychology, sociology and nursing.

Research Interests

• Father involvement
• Fathers in prison
• Parental leave
• Early language and literacy development

Qualifications & Recognition

• EdD Harvard University

Research & Publications

• For a complete list of my publications please see my publications page (opens in a new window)

Recent publications:

• Hanley, N., Duursma, E., Conley Wright, A., & Simpson, H. (2023). What can the development of video visitation in Australian correctional centres tell us about organisation transformation. (opens in a new window) Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 35(4), 545-472.
• Ho, C. J., Duursma, E., & Herbert, J. S. (2023). Mother–infant shared book reading in the first year of life. (opens in a new window) Infant and Child Development, 32(6).
• Blog on fathering during COVID-19 pandemic (opens in a new window)

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