Tiffany Jones

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A/Prof Tiffany Jones (BCA, BEd-Hons1, PhD) is a sociologist who researches LGBTIQ+ issues in education, education policy, health and social policy. Her projects have been supported by the ARC (DECRA, Linkage), UNESCO, beyondblue, governments and many other bodies. Her peer-reviewed books include new releases 'Improving Services for Transgender and Gender Variant Youth', 'A Student-centred Sociology of Education: Voices of Experience', 'Uplifting Gender and Sexuality Education Research' and 'Bent Street vol.3'. A/Prof Jones liaises and constructs technical, policy and data reports with UN bodies, including the recent report 'Bringing it Out in the Open: Monitoring school violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression in national and international surveys' (UNESCO, 2019). A/Prof Jones also works with various international and local/ state government and non-government organisations, on policy development around LGBTIQ+ issues. One recent project was a CIHR funded collaboration across Canada, Belgium and the UK towards supporting improved health care transitions for people with intersex variations. She sits on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed academic journals Sex Education, LGBT Health and LGBT Youth, and edits Bent Street. She is an active peer-reviewer for many education, health and sociology journals. She has received various awards including the 2018 AARE Raewyn Connell Award for leadership in gender and sexuality education research and 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Learning & Teaching Student Nominated Award. Her research students have achieved Chancellor's Medals and other thesis awards, publication and conference awards, and positions at top universities (USyd, UMelb, Macquarie and others).

Education/Academic qualification

Education Policy/ Interdisciplinary, PhD, La Trobe University Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society

2009 → 2011

Education, Bachelor of Education (Hons 1), Griffith University

2005 → 2006

Literature/ Cultural Studies, Bachelor of Creative Arts, Macquarie University

1998 → 2001

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Projects

3 Finished
41 Not started

2012 Travel Grant/ sponsorship for the First Colloquium on Challenging Homophobia and Transphobia in South African Schools and Promoting Good Practice by GALA and UNESCO. Full funding of travel to Africa, meals, expenses and accommodation (approx. $6K).

Jones, T.

Project: Consultancy

2012 Travel Grant/ sponsorship for the Youth Health Forum by the NSW Multidisciplinary Health Organising Committee - NSW Dept of Health, NSW Dept of Education, National Association for Youth Health and Twenty 10. Full funding of travel and accommodation.

Jones, T.

Project: Other

2012 Travel Grant/ sponsorship for the National Safe Schools Symposium Dinner, Melbourne, by Foundation of Young Australians, Safe School Coalition Victoria and Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria. Full funding of travel, accommodation and meals.

Jones, T.

Project: Other

2017 Travel Grant/ sponsorship for the Australian Homosexual Histories Conference, Adelaide, by the Organising Committee. Full funding of travel, accommodation and meals.

Jones, T.

Project: Other

2014-5 $50K MATSITI Grant – for Exit Survey for Indigenous Students. Exploratory Research Project (Jones and Takayama, UNE). Funding of approx. $50,000 through the Australian Government’s More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative via UniSA.

Jones, T.

Project: Research

Research Outputs

A student-centred sociology of Australian education: voices of experience

Jones, T., 2020, Switzerland: Springer. 346 p. (Critical Studies of Education; no. 13)

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Baby boomers’ attitudes to maintaining sexual and intimate relationships in long-term care.

Rahn, A., Jones, T., Bennett, C. & Lykins, A., Jun 2020, In : Australasian Journal on Ageing. 39, Supp. 1, p. 49-58 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

1 Citation (Scopus)

Bent street 4.1: Australian LGBTIQA+ art, writing & ideas: love from a distance: intimacy and technology in time of COVID-19

Jones, T. (ed.), Power, J. (ed.), von Doussa, H. (ed.) & Jones, T. W. (ed.), 1 Jul 2020, 1 ed. Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan. 191 p. (Bent street; no. 4.1)

Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology