Sarah Wayland is an Australian social worker and health researcher.[1] Her research focuses on the areas of missing persons, ambiguous loss, grief and suicide bereavement.[2][3][4] She is Associate Professor in the School of Health at the University of New England and a Senior Research Fellow for Manna Institute.[5]
Education and career
editWayland worked as a social worker from 1998-2010 in the fields of child protection and victims of crime.[3] In 2005, she received a Churchill Fellowship to study "the international approach to counselling for families of missing persons focusing on the concept of unresolved loss".[6]
She obtained her PhD from the University of New England in 2015, studying hope and ambiguous loss, and was awarded the Chancellors Medal for Doctoral Research.[3][7]
In 2019, she collaborated with the Australian Federal Police National Missing Persons Coordination Centre to publish "Acknowledging the Empty Space", a resource for those supporting people whose loved one is missing.[8]
She is a regular contributor to The Conversation, ABC News and Radio, and SBS.[1][2][9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sarah Wayland". The Conversation. 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ a b "56,000 people were reported missing in Australia last year. The families of those who haven't come home never stop searching". ABC News. 2024-06-29. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ a b c "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Suicide bereavement – when and how to help". Manna Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ England, University of New. "Sarah Wayland". www.une.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Sarah Wayland - Churchill Trust". www.churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ Wayland, Sarah Louise; Maple, Myfanwy; McKay, Kathryn; Glassock, Geoffrey (2015). ""I still hope, but what I hope for now has changed": A narrative inquiry study of hope and ambiguous loss when someone is missing". Thesis Doctoral.
- ^ "AFP launch updated framework to support those with a missing loved one". National Missing Persons Coordination Centre. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "In limbo: the pendulum between hope and grief". ABC listen. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Inside the 'ambiguous loss' felt by families of missing people". ABC listen. 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Welcome home: Here's why we need to hear from missing persons who return". SBS Voices. Retrieved 2024-07-25.