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Katrina McChesney

@katrinamcchesney.bsky.social
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Researcher of inclusive higher education | Co-Editor of Studies in Graduate & Postdoctoral Education | Lover of coffee ☕, Christmas lights ✨ and all things pink 🌸 orcid.org/0000-0002-3991-6265 profiles.waikato.ac.nz/Katrina.McCh…

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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#NEW #OpenAccess paper: "Academics’ perceptions and experiences of demographic influences on peer review: a qualitative study" with Kay Hammond and Julie Trafford in Higher Education Research & Development doi.org/10.1080/0729...
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#NEW: Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: A guiding framework. What could it look like for research in the field of #highereducation to be #traumainformed? And why do we (any/all HE researchers) need to think about this? doi.org/10.1080/1743... DM if you can't access it 😊
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Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: a guiding framework
Trauma-informed practice is gaining increasing prominence across a range of sectors, including education. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma has been increasingly considered in higher education se...
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#NEW: Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: A guiding framework. What could it look like for research in the field of #highereducation to be #traumainformed? And why do we (any/all HE researchers) need to think about this? doi.org/10.1080/1743... DM if you can't access it 😊
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Trauma-informed approaches for research in higher education: a guiding framework
Trauma-informed practice is gaining increasing prominence across a range of sectors, including education. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma has been increasingly considered in higher education se...
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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Universities make concerted choices about the content they put on their websites - it is their face to the world 🌍 In our new paper led by @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social, we looked to see how parents are positioned in institutional websites in Australia and New Zealand. doi.org/10.1007/s107...
White text on green background, a snip from a published paper. Text reads "Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites", shows that the article was published 6 Nov 2025, in Higher Education.
Published: 06 November 2025
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Tseen Khoo @tseenster.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Wooo! Fab publication by fab team of authors! If you don’t think you deal with distance PhD researchers, think again. #AcademicSky
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New paper: ✨ "Improving the experiences of doctoral students at a distance: Recommendations for policy and practice" ✨ co-authored with @jamesburford.bsky.social & Liezel Frick. Part of our #DistanceDoctorates project with thanks to @tseenster.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1360...
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Improving the experiences of doctoral students at a distance: recommendations for policy and practice
While some doctoral students pursue formalised ‘distance’ or ‘online’ programmes, many other doctoral students also work off-campus some or all of the time, either by choice or by necessity. These ...
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Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education @sgpejournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
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Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training
This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
In line with January decluttering / NY resolutions / general desire to have work-y things be healthier and more focused this year - farewell at last to my X/Twitter account. Happy to be here on BlueSky and also enjoying the increasing academic activity on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/katrinamc...)
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Thanks @tseenster.bsky.social - we're pleased to share our #DistanceDoctorates work with the #Bluesky community ... check it out! We've also got a Facebook group where distance (incl hybrid, temporary, 'informal'/'subterranean' distance students!) can connect: www.facebook.com/groups/49932...
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Horrible news today that the govt is unilaterally directing the disbanding of humanities and social science panels from one of the most important research funds in New Zealand. A short but on point response from Universities NZ. www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/latest-news-...
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Statement on cuts to Marsden Funds for Humanities and Social Sciences | Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara
Today's announcement from Government disbanding the humanities and social sciences panels from the Marsden Fund is very concerning. Whilst investment in STEM disciplines is important for shorter-term ...
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Blue sky for #bluesky ... A joy to be with colleagues from @waikatouniversity.bsky.social on a writing retreat in such a beautiful spot. Loving the sound of the waves and the stunning outlook while we support each other as writers and scholars. #pāpāmoabeach #mountnz #itcouldbeworse
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Kua hinga te tōtara o Te Waonui a Tāne ... moe mai rā. Acknowledging the passing yesterday of a giant in Aotearoa NZ's education and research landscape. www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/he-maim...
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He maimai aroha: Angus Hikairo Macfarlane
He tauēke, hē marere kura, he marere pae. He āpiti Nuku, he āpiti Rangi Hē whakaotinga aroha ki a koe, koutou e ngaro nei i te tirohanga kanohi E te takitākinga o ngā pūmanawa e waru o Te Arawa Waka...
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Great to be at the #NZARE2024 NZ Assn for Research in Education conference at @waikatouniversity.bsky.social this week. Yesterday I presented on how demographic/identity factors affect people's experiences of academic peer review (collaborative work with Kay Hammond & Julie Trafford of AUT).
A screenshot of our cover slide. Text reads "How do demographic aspects of identity affect academics' experiences of peer review? Kay Hammond - Auckland University of Technology; Katrina McChesney - University of Waikato; Julie Trafford - Auckland University of Technology. The right side of the slide is a cartoon image showing a researcher (drawn small, wearing a white coat, and at the bottom of the screen) looking up at much larger figures with serious faces seated behind a bench holding/reading a document. The cartoon implies a power dynamic between reviewers and researchers.
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We used the Mana model (by Melinda Webber and Angus Macfarlane) to frame a strengths-based look at what supported success for these Māori learners. Students particularly emphasised mana ūkaipō (sense of place), mana tū (sense of resilience), and mana whānau (sense of family).
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#newpaper #openaccess: "A strengths-based exploration of Māori student success at university using the Mana model" - a closer look at the stories from Māori students within a wider study of student experiences in university teaching/social work programmes. doi.org/10.1177/1177...
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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Tips for staying sane during academic writing! Particularly relevant during a PhD! #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Lovely review of our 2024 book "Doing doctoral research at a distance: flourishing in off-campus, hybrid, and remote pathways" - thanks @jennylewinjones.bsky.social 🌸
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I found this super helpful for getting my head round this new space! Thanks @nedpotter.bsky.social 💐
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Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I can has arrived 🎉 Thanks @tseenster.bsky.social for the nudge!
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