Audrey Mullender Explained

Audrey Mullender FAcSS FRSA
Workplaces:	Ruskin College, Oxford
Education:	University of Warwick
Main Interests:	Social work
Major Works:	Children Living with Domestic Violence

Audrey Mullender FAcSS FRSA is a British academic who was Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, from April 2004 to November 2013.^{[1] [2]}

Education

Mullender was educated at the University of Sheffield, as well as the University of Bordeaux, University of Nottingham, and the University of Warwick, where she obtained a PhD and a DLitt.

Career

From 1996 to 2004, she was Professor of Social Work and chair of the School of Health and Social Studies and the Faculty of Social Studies and director of the Centre for the Study of Safety and Well-being at the University of Warwick.

She is a prolific writer, with more than 120 publications in the social work field, including 20 books. She is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was Vice-Chair of the Social Policy and Social Work Sub-Panel in the last Research Assessment Exercise.^[3]

Mullender has carried out research on domestic violence, post-adoption issues, and group work theory.^[3]

While Principal of Ruskin College, Mullender took the controversial decision to destroy parts of the college's archives. While she took significant criticism for her decision, Mullender asserted that the College was legally required to dispose of the records because they contained personally identifying information.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Publications

Books

• Book: Mullender . Audrey . Rebecca Morley . Children Living with Domestic Violence: putting men's abuse of women on the child care agenda . Whiting & Birch . London Concord, Massachusetts . 1994 . 9781871177725 .
• Book: Mullender . Audrey . Thangam Debbonaire . Thangam Debbonaire . Child Protection and Domestic Violence . Venture Press . Birmingham . 2000 . 9781861780423 . registration .
• Book: Mullender . Audrey . Liz Kelly . Liz Kelly . Gill Hague . Challenging Violence Against Women: the Canadian experience . Policy Press . Bristol, UK . 2001 . 9781861342782 .
• Book: Mullender . Audrey . Liz Kelly . Linda Regan. Gill Hague . Umme Imam . . Children's Perspectives on Domestic Violence . . London . 2002 . 9780761971061 .
• Book: Mullender, Audrey . Rethinking Domestic Violence: the social work and probation response . . London . 2002 . 9781134894574 .
• Book: Mullender . Audrey . Dave Ward . Jennie Fleming . Empowerment in Action: self-directed groupwork . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke, Hampshire . 2013 . 9780230298170 .

Journal articles

• Mullender . Audrey . Thangam Debbonaire . Thangam Debbonaire . Liz Kelly . Liz Kelly . Gill Hague . Ellen Malos . Working with children in women's refuges . Child & Family Social Work . 3 . 2 . 87–98 . 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1998.00074.x . May 1998 .
• Mullender . Audrey . Liz Kelly . Gill Hague . Umme Imam . Ellen Malos . How do children understand and cope with domestic violence? . Practice . 14 . 1 . 17–26 . 10.1080/09503150208414289 . January 2002 . 57355820 .

Notes and References

1. News: Crace . John . Audrey Mullender: healing hand at the helm . . 19 October 2013 . 9 September 2015 .
2. News: Staff writer . Principal set to retire . Oxford Mail . 30 March 2004 . 19 October 2013 .
3. Web site: Staff . Ruskin College . 24 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080223082648/http://www.ruskin.ac.uk/staff/page.php?staff_id=7 . 23 February 2008 . dead .
4. Web site: 2012-10-04. Whose Archive? Whose History? Destruction of Archives at Ruskin College, Oxford. 2021-03-29. History Workshop.
5. News: 2012-11-30. Ruskin College, Oxford criticised for destroying archive. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-03-29.
6. Web site: Guardian Staff. 2012-10-29. Letters: Let the records show the destruction of Ruskin College archive. 2021-03-29. The Guardian.