Dr. Shannon Said currently works as a mental health practitioner and academic tutor. His research areas include decolonising research practice, mental health practice within minority communities, and the role of critical thought, identity politics and freedom of speech, especially via social media. He also has an interest in his Maltese-Australian diaspora community, and how notions of national identity are impacted by migration, dual citizenship and hyphenated cultural identities. As a tutor, he is focussed on creating environments of learning that are student-focussed, encouraging open discussions and developing social workers who are critically reflective, and able to address issues from various perspectives, in order to advocate and show care for service users consistently and compassionately.

Publications

• Boadu, G., Kansiime, P., Eyaa, S., & Said, S. J. (2022). Culturally Responsive Education: Reflections and Insights for Enhancing International Student Experience in Higher Education. In C. Smith, & G. Zhou (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students (pp. 37-60). IGI Global.
• Kansiime, P., Said, S. J., & Eyaa, S. (2022). “What Kind of Blackfella Are You Anyway?”: Digital Violence, Intersectional Racism, and Discrimination Against Australian Aboriginals and Black Americans. In F. Özsungur (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Cyber Approaches to Public Administration and Social Policy (pp. 420-443). IGI Global.
• Thomson, R. J., Johnston, C., Smith, L., Dawkins, R., Staples, K., Soldatic, K., Said, S.J., Rose, G., Ravulo, J., Harwood, V., Micsko, J, & Teague, M. (2022). Individual-Based Measure of Socio-Economic Disadvantage: Making Identification "Agile". https://doi.org/10.26183/k26y-kb88
• Ravulo, J., Said, S., Winterstein, U. & New South Wales Ministry of Health. (2021). Mental health Talanoa (MHT) research and resources : collaborative community engagement enhancing mental health and wellbeing across Pacific communities. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2949412205.
• Said, S. (2021). White Pop, Shiny Armour and a Sling and Stone: Indigenous Expressions of Contemporary Congregational Song Exploring Christian-Māori Identity. Religions, 12(2), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12020123
• Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J. & Purchase, G. (2020). Social value and its impact through widening participation: A review of four programs working with primary, secondary & higher education students', Cogent Social Sciences 6(1), 1722307, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2020.1722307.
• Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J. & Purchase, G. (2020). Promoting widening participation and its social value amongst Pacific people in Australia, Pacific Dynamics: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 4(1), 42-60
• Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J. & Purchase, G. (2019). Utilising the social return on investment (SROI) framework to gauge social value in the fast forward program, Education Sciences 9 (4), 290. DOI: 10.3390/educsci9040290.
• Said, S. (2018). A shell and a stone: Pacific chaplaincy practice at Western Sydney University, Pacific Dynamics: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 2(1), 4-11.
• Said, S. (2018). Knowing through being known: reflections on Indigenous epistemology and participatory consciousness. Interventions, 1124-1138. DOI: 10.1080/1369801X.2018.1558091
• Said, S. (2013). The Line in the Sand: Negotiating the flow of composition, collaboration and local community engagement in new Maori-Christian popular music in South West Sydney. International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) 2012 Conference Proceedings, pp.146-158.