Ann Carrington
Ann Carrington
PhD, BSW (Hons)
Dr Ann Carrington, Ph.D., BSW (Hons), is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at JCU. Ann has worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault in either practice, teaching or research for 20 years. She developed the ‘Vortex of Violence’ practice model for working with women who have experienced domestic violence as published in the British Journal of Social Work. She continues to work in the area of domestic violence, violence against women, integrated responses and other social and gendered issues. She is currently working across a number of disciplines to integrate discipline specific domestic violence curriculum within undergraduate professional degrees. Ann has been involved in collaboratively designing, implementing and evaluating the award winning Dentists and Domestic Violence – Recognise, Respond and Refer program since its inception in 2015.