Audrey Mullender

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Audrey Mullender, FRSA, AcSS, PhD, MA, BA, CQSW, is Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford. She has been Principal since April 2004.

[edit] Education and career

Mullender was educated at the University of Sheffield, as well as those of Bordeaux, Nottingham and Warwick. From 1996 to 2004, she was Professor of Social Work and chair of three programs[1] at the University of Warwick from 1996 to 2004. She is a prolific writer, with over 120 publications in the social work field including 19 books. She is a member of several honorary and professional societies.[2] [3]

Mullender has done research on domestic violence, post-adoption issues, and group work theory.[4]

Mullender's publications have included treatises on Self-directed Groupwork and Children Living with Domestic Violence.

Mullender has made several groundbreaking moves with and within Ruskin College, Oxford; her mission to 'build on Ruskin's History whilst giving it a secure future' has made many significant improvements, and caused some controversy.

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ The School of Health and Social Studies, Chair of the Faculty of Social Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of Safety and Well-being
  2. ^ The Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Vice-Chair of the Social Policy and Social Work Sub-Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise.
  3. ^ Ruskin College web site. Accessed January 24, 2008.
  4. ^ Ruskin College web site. Accessed January 24, 2008.