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Dr Susan Rayment-McHugh
Senior Lecturer & Co-Leader of SVRPU, UniSC
About Me
Dr Susan Rayment-McHugh
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice & Co-leader of Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of Sunshine Coast (UniSC)
Dr Susan Rayment-McHugh is an established national leader in sexual violence and abuse prevention. Her academic career builds on a 28-year professional history working with youth and adults who have committed sexual offences, victims of child sexual abuse, and in community level prevention.
Her scholarly work is concerned with how we can best prevent sexual violence and abuse, challenging conventional thinking and proposing alternative evidence-informed approaches to prevention policy and practice. Her conceptual contributions have championed ‘just’, contextual, place-based, and community engaged prevention models, and the importance of secondary prevention of sexual violence and abuse, with the most at-risk populations, including in remote First Nations communities. Her research and clinical practice have also focused on improving treatment for First Nations youth and adults who engage in harmful sexual behaviour.
Dr Rayment-McHugh is Co-Leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit and a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice, within the School of Law and Society. She is also a member of the Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Susan is a criminologist and registered psychologist and is Associate Editor of the UK-based Journal of Sexual Aggression. She has a PhD in Criminology and a Masters Degree in Psychology (Forensic).
Dr Rayment-McHugh’s research has been recognised through awards including the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology David Biles Correctional Research Award (2020). She has built successful collaborations with leading national and international experts in this field and has extensive government and industry networks. She is widely recognised for her expertise, receiving many requests for expert advice and consultation, and numerous speaking invitations.
Prior to moving to an academic role, Dr Rayment-McHugh held leadership positions at Griffith University's Griffith Youth Forensic Service, focused on assessing and treating youth sentenced for serious or violent sexual offences, and at the Neighbourhoods Project, a community based contextual prevention initiative in Far North Queensland.
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice & Co-leader of Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of Sunshine Coast (UniSC)
Dr Susan Rayment-McHugh is an established national leader in sexual violence and abuse prevention. Her academic career builds on a 28-year professional history working with youth and adults who have committed sexual offences, victims of child sexual abuse, and in community level prevention.
Her scholarly work is concerned with how we can best prevent sexual violence and abuse, challenging conventional thinking and proposing alternative evidence-informed approaches to prevention policy and practice. Her conceptual contributions have championed ‘just’, contextual, place-based, and community engaged prevention models, and the importance of secondary prevention of sexual violence and abuse, with the most at-risk populations, including in remote First Nations communities. Her research and clinical practice have also focused on improving treatment for First Nations youth and adults who engage in harmful sexual behaviour.
Dr Rayment-McHugh is Co-Leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit and a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice, within the School of Law and Society. She is also a member of the Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Susan is a criminologist and registered psychologist and is Associate Editor of the UK-based Journal of Sexual Aggression. She has a PhD in Criminology and a Masters Degree in Psychology (Forensic).
Dr Rayment-McHugh’s research has been recognised through awards including the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology David Biles Correctional Research Award (2020). She has built successful collaborations with leading national and international experts in this field and has extensive government and industry networks. She is widely recognised for her expertise, receiving many requests for expert advice and consultation, and numerous speaking invitations.
Prior to moving to an academic role, Dr Rayment-McHugh held leadership positions at Griffith University's Griffith Youth Forensic Service, focused on assessing and treating youth sentenced for serious or violent sexual offences, and at the Neighbourhoods Project, a community based contextual prevention initiative in Far North Queensland.