Sarah Wayland Explained

Sarah Wayland is an Australian social worker and health researcher.[1] Her research focuses on the areas of missing persons, ambiguous loss, grief and suicide bereavement.[2] [3] [4] She is Associate Professor in the School of Health at the University of New England and a Senior Research Fellow for Manna Institute.[5]

Education and career

Wayland worked as a social worker from 1998-2010 in the fields of child protection and victims of crime. In 2005, she received a Churchill Fellowship to study "the international approach to counselling for families of missing persons focusing on the concept of unresolved loss".[6]

She obtained her PhD from the University of New England in 2015, studying hope and ambiguous loss, and was awarded the Chancellors Medal for Doctoral Research.[7]

In 2019, she collaborated with the Australian Federal Police National Missing Persons Coordination Centre to publish "Acknowledging the Empty Space", a resource for those supporting people whose loved one is missing.[8]

She is a regular contributor to The Conversation, ABC News and Radio, and SBS.[9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-01-20 . Sarah Wayland . 2024-07-25 . The Conversation . en-US.
  2. News: 2024-06-29 . 56,000 people were reported missing in Australia last year. The families of those who haven't come home never stop searching . 2024-07-25 . ABC News . en-AU.
  3. Web site: ORCID . 2024-07-25 . orcid.org.
  4. Web site: Suicide bereavement – when and how to help . 2024-07-25 . Manna Institute . en-AU.
  5. Web site: England . University of New . Sarah Wayland . 2024-07-25 . www.une.edu.au . en-AU.
  6. Web site: Sarah Wayland - Churchill Trust . 2024-07-25 . www.churchilltrust.com.au . en-AU.
  7. Wayland . Sarah Louise . Maple . Myfanwy . McKay . Kathryn . Glassock . Geoffrey . 2015 . "I still hope, but what I hope for now has changed": A narrative inquiry study of hope and ambiguous loss when someone is missing . Thesis Doctoral . en.
  8. Web site: 2019-03-04 . AFP launch updated framework to support those with a missing loved one . 2024-07-25 . National Missing Persons Coordination Centre . en.
  9. Web site: 2014-03-18 . In limbo: the pendulum between hope and grief . 2024-07-25 . ABC listen . en-AU.
  10. Web site: 2023-07-30 . Inside the 'ambiguous loss' felt by families of missing people . 2024-07-25 . ABC listen . en-AU.
  11. Web site: Welcome home: Here's why we need to hear from missing persons who return . 2024-07-25 . SBS Voices . en.

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