Victoria Dennington
Room 256, Hughes Building Phone Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770 victoria.dennington@adelaide.edu.au |  |
Senior Appointments and Memberships
2001 - current Member of the School of Psychology Discourse and Rhetoric Unit (DARU). I have been actively involved with DARU since its inception and I was coordinator of the Research Unit in 2002. As coordinator I was responsible for all aspects of administration, selecting suitable reading materials for discussion groups, organising guest lecturers, data sessions, and presentations for the weekly group meetings.
2001 - current The University of Adelaide Postgraduate Student’s Association. In 2001 I was elected secretary. My duties involved attending to all tasks associated with Board Meetings, and Committee Meetings. The highlight of my work on this committee was working with various university committees in the process of developing a Graduate School at The University of Adelaide.
2000 – current Member of Postgraduate Student Association.
1998 - current Member of One & All Sail Training Association.
1995 - current Member of Mature Students’ Association Adelaide, The University of Adelaide. Committee Member 1996, 1998, Treasurer 1999.
1990 - current Member PEACH Housing Co-operative. Held various office bearing positions. Currently Treasurer.
Awards
April 2003 Research Abroad Scholarship – The University of Adelaide.November 2002 Post Graduate Conference Grant – The University of Adelaide.
October 2001 Post Graduate Travel Award – Murdoch University.
Post Graduate Conference Grant – The University of Adelaide.
February 2001 Australian Postgraduate Scholarship.
Jan 1999-Feb 2000 Summer Scholarship - The University of Adelaide.
Jan 1998-Feb 1999 Summer Scholarship - The University of Adelaide.
1994 Parks High School Subject Achievement Awards for High Quality Work in: English Studies; Biology; Australian History; Women’s Studies.
Recent Key Publications
Dennington, V. (2002). The social construction of ADHD. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54 (2)114.
Dennington, V. (2003). A discursive analysis of the positioning of Boys and ADHD. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55 (Supplement), 40.
Dennington, V. (2004). How to conduct a Focus Group. Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia , http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/science/index.php.
Dennington, V. (2004). How to conduct a study using the Delphi Technique. Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/science/index.php.
Dennington, V. (2004). Content Analysis for Delphi Technique and Focus Group Data. Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/science/index.php.
