Dr. Louise Horstmanshof - BA (UniMelb) Grad Dip App Psych (Swinburne) MOrgPsych (Griffith) PhD (Griffith) Dr Louise Horstmanshof is a registered psychologist and higher education teaching and learning specialist. She has extensive experience working with teams to deliver teaching and training materials tailored to a range of learning needs. She has also worked with groups, and independently, to assess curricula, programs and interventions and to report on these. She is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Human Sciences working on a Health Workforce Australia Simulated Learning Environment Grant focused on providing clinical placement opportunities for students in Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Clinical Exercise Physiology in Primary Health Care for Older People. She has lectured at Bond University in the Communications Faculty in Intercultural Communications and at Griffith University and Southern Cross University in the Health, Education and Business Faculties. She ran workshops for the Griffith Institute for Higher Education on postgraduate supervision, student engagement and communication in the multicultural classroom and was involved with the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education at both Griffith and Southern Cross Universities. Louise has been researching and publishing for the past 15 years. Her research interests and publications cover a range of topics that include the management of loneliness in Aged Care Residents, Deaf people communicating via SMS, wellbeing among final year school students, homesickness, the transfer of training for workplace health and safety officers, adjustment and transition among sojourners, peer support for postgraduate students and their supervisors and internationalisation of the curriculum. She has presented peer reviewed conference papers both nationally and internationally in the areas of Psychology and Higher Education and also supported colleagues in their attempts to publish and present at conferences. She is also a regular reviewer for several international peer reviewed journals.
Journal articles
Creating the conditions for self-fulfilment for aged care residents (with Sonya Brownie), Nursing Ethics (2012)
In 1991 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Principles for Older Persons as a...
A scaffolded approach to Discussion Board use for formative assessment of academic writing skills (with Sonya Brownie), Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (2011)
Mastery of academic writing skills remains one of the greatest challenges for university students, especially...
The management of loneliness in aged care residents: an important therapeutic target for gerontological nursing (with Sonya Brownie), Geriatric Nursing (2011)
Social engagement and meaningful relationships are critical determinants of the quality of life of older...
Environmental correlates of wellbeing among final-year high school students (with Renee Punch and Peter A. Creed), Australian Journal of Psychology (2008)
In Australia there is widespread community concern about the wellbeing of adolescents, particularly at the...
Deaf people communicating via SMS, TTY, relay service, fax, and computers in Australia (with Mary R. Power and Des Power), Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education (2007)
Despite the expansion of Deaf people's use of communication technology little is published about how...
Editorials, book reviews, commentaries, repsonses etc.
Response to Petersen on ‘staying or going?’ Australian early career researchers’ narratives (with William E. Boyd), Australian Universities' Review (2013)
A response to Eva Bendix Petersen’s commentary on ‘Australian early career researchers’ narratives of academic...
Conference publications
A matter of time: temporal influences on engagement of first year university students (with Craig Zimitat), Engaging Students: 9th Pacific Rim Conference First Year in Higher Education (2006)
This paper confirms the influence of temporal orientation on student engagement as investigated in a...
Gender differences in style and usage in SMS as discussed in an on-line chat forum (with Mary R. Power), Empowerment, creativity and innovation: challenging media and communication in the 21st century: Australian & New Zealand Communication Association International Conference (2006)
This paper summarises data on attitudes and use of SMS from an on-line interactive group...
Deaf people's use of SMS and other text-based communication: a brave new world (with Des Power and Mary R. Power), Communication at work: showcasing communication scholarship: Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association (2005)
Maintaining connection with those you know in a virtual world (with Mary R. Power), Communication at work: showcasing communication scholarship: Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association (2005)