Sally Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 161131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sally Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sally |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nagasaki University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8999-4448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How to ‘juggle all the competing demands’: Advice to PhD mums from the lived experiences of other PhD mums
Doctoral research is not an easy undertaking for anyone, but the challenges of doing this while also navigating the complexities and gendered expectations of motherhood can be intensely and inequitably demanding. Mothers have been historically marginalised in higher education, yet still remain missing from many institutional initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Considering current demographic trends, ‘PhD mums’ are a potenti…
Japanese elementary teachers’ learning about culturally responsive communication with immigrant parents regarding physical education through online professional development
Background: Involvement of parents in their children’s academic learning is important, yet some Japanese elementary school teachers face challenges in involving linguistically, culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse immigrant parents. Strong parental involvement is essential for the success of the child and the school and should be an ongoing, comprehensive, and purposeful process that ensures parents’ connection to the school culture, p…
Prominence, Promotion and Positioning of the ‘Thesis by Publication’ in Six Countries
The international nature of doctoral education creates interesting tensions where national systems, institutional policies, disciplinary customs, individual supervisor preferences, and doctoral researcher needs meet. The Thesis by Publication (TBP), a model where published works are included within the thesis, is available to doctoral researchers in many disciplines and institutions, but it is not a universally accepted format or approached in a …
Work environment factors affecting foreign early-career researchers’ intention to stay, sense of belonging, and stress
Amid increasing globalization, higher education institutions are expected to support staff members who relocate from their home countries. However, few studies have focused on factors exclusively contributing to the engagement of foreign early-career researchers, who are often in challenging and precarious situations. Guided by the job demands – resources model, this study examined how the significant factors of the work environment (workload con…
Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites
Exclusion through (in)visibility: What parenting-related facilities are evident on Australian and New Zealand university campus maps
A range of structural, interpersonal and individual factors contribute to the extent to which people can access higher education and experience inclusion and equity once there. This paper considers the experiences of parents in higher education settings, and examines the extent to which universities in two countries support parents’ inclusion through the facilities and services evident on their campus maps. The inclusion of such parent-related fa…
What makes a Thesis by Publication? An international study of policy requirements and restrictions
The thesis by publication is expanding across countries, institutions and disciplines, and so a more in-depth understanding of the format across contexts is warranted, to ensure that all stakeholders understand the implications of this format and implement it in a fair and transparent manner. This paper provides a cross-sectional analysis of policies related to the Thesis by Publication in six countries, investigating requirements and restriction…
Bringing light to a hidden genre: The peer review report
While early career researchers (ECRs) often read and produce articles for peer reviewed journals, they are of ten less familiar with peer review reports (PRRs). Most ECRs learn about the genre of PRRs by reading reports written about their authored manuscripts, and through hands-on experience crafting their own PRRs, albeit often with little guidance or exposure to exemplars. To demystify this ‘hidden’ academic genre, this article reports on a ge…
Foreign early career academics’ well-being profiles at workplaces in Japan: A person-oriented approach
Reporting and discoverability of “Tweets” quoted in published scholarship: Current practice and ethical implications
Twitter is an increasingly common source of rich, personalized qualitative data, as millions of people daily share their thoughts on myriad topics. However, questions remain unclear concerning if and how to quote publicly available social media data ethically. In this study, focusing on 136 education manuscripts quoting 2667 Tweets, we look to investigate the ways in which Tweets are quoted, the ethical discussions forwarded and actions taken, an…
Communicating research in academia and beyond: Sources of self-efficacy for early career researchers
There is an increasing expectation that early career researchers (ECRs) be active in communicating their research to diverse audiences both within and beyond academia. However, with limited time and an academic environment that disproportionately values certain research outputs over others, ECRs may struggle to build their expertise and confidence in communicating research to a diverse array of audiences. Applying self-efficacy theory as a framew…
When a journal is both at the ‘top’ and the ‘bottom’: The illogicality of conflating citation-based metrics with quality
Demystifying the process of scholarly peer-review: An autoethnographic investigation of feedback literacy of two award-winning peer reviewers
Peer reviewers serve a vital role in assessing the value of published scholarship and improving the quality of submitted manuscripts. To provide more appropriate and systematic support to peer reviewers, especially those new to the role, this study documents the feedback practices and experiences of two award-winning peer reviewers in the field of education. Adopting a conceptual framework of feedback literacy and an autoethnographic-ecological l…
Early career researchers’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of sharing research with academic and non-academic end-users
Contemporary early career researchers (ECRs) must share their research findings with both academic and non-academic audiences in order to advance their careers. With university organisational factors potentially both demanding and inhibiting ECR research dissemination, more needs to be known about ECRs’ perceptions and experiences of the benefits and challenges of sharing research for diverse audiences. This article investigates ECRs’ perceptions…
A ResearchGate-way to an international academic community
Institutional and supervisory support for the Thesis by Publication
The Thesis by Publication is garnering increasing interest across nations and disciplines. However, more needs to be learned about institutional and supervisory support for this thesis mode to ensure that doctoral candidates pursuing this approach enjoy the best possible outcomes. This paper draws on data from 246 recent successful doctoral candidates who took part in the 2018–2019 PhD candidates’ motivations, experiences, and opinions of the the…
Italian Language Education in Australia: Public Perceptions through the Eyes of the Press
The teaching of the Italian language represents a valuable opportunity for young English-speaking people to engage with the Italian language and culture. However, due to a growing apathy towards learning languages other than English and the succession of policies supporting Asian languages, the position of Italian in schools and universities is at risk in many English-speaking countries. Using a mixed-methods media content analysis approach by me…
Teachers’ perceptions of their preparedness for supporting struggling literacy learners in secondary English classrooms
The initial and ongoing professional education of teachers to prepare them to support students’ literacy development warrants research attention. The importance of meeting the needs of struggling literacy learners in secondary school does not diminish as students move through the years of schooling. This paper reports on data from the 2019 Supporting Struggling Secondary Literacy Learners mixed-methods project, which sought to explore the challen…
Adoption and usage of Academic Social Networks: A Japan case study
Should Google Scholar be used for benchmarking against the professoriate in education
In the neoliberal environment of contemporary academia, an individual’s research rankings and outputs can shape their career security and progression. When applying for ongoing employment and promotional opportunities, academics may benchmark their performance against that of superior colleagues to demonstrate their performance in relation to their discipline. The H-index and citation rates are commonly used to quantify the value of an academic’s…
Stigma as experienced by children of HIV-positive parents: A narrative review
The world language teacher shortage: Taking a new direction
Since the end of World War II, international leaders have made calls addressing the world language teacher shortage. For almost 70 years, such rhetoric has been advanced, yet world language teacher shortages remain in many countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In this article, the authors discuss the past and current state of affairs of the shortage before advancing ideas for languag…
Like being in a cage”: Stigma as experienced by adolescents whose mothers are living with HIV
Stigma affects not only the person living with HIV, but also, by association, their family members. Stigma-by-association may contribute to adverse outcomes for children of parents living with HIV. We interviewed 27 African-American adolescents, 13–18 years old, who were not HIV-positive but whose mothers were living with HIV. As part of a broader study, adolescents responded to four open-ended questions regarding their experience of HIV stigma-b…
Validation of a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with HIV/Aids-affected youth in South Africa
This study validated a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with South African youth (adapted from the HIV Stigma-by-Association Scale for Adolescents). Participants were 723 youth (364 male, 359 female) from poor urban communities around Cape Town. Youths completed the brief stigma-by-association scale and measures of bullying victimisation and peer-problems, as well as inventories measuring symptoms of depression and anxiety. Exploratory a…
Para-social work to address most vulnerable children in sub-Sahara Africa: A case example in Tanzania
The world language teacher shortage: Taking a new direction
Since the end of World War II, international leaders have made calls addressing the world language teacher shortage. For almost 70 years, such rhetoric has been advanced, yet world language teacher shortages remain in many countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In this article, the authors discuss the past and current state of affairs of the shortage before advancing ideas for languag…
Social Work Research: Is There a Feminist Method
This article examines whether social work feminist researchers have reached a consensus about the "best" method for upholding feminist principles by reviewing the research literature for the application of those principles, especially in methodology. The author concludes that no one method seems to take precedence and suggests how social workers can further the use of feminist principles in their research
Para-social work to address most vulnerable children in sub-Sahara Africa: A case example in Tanzania
Developing a Measure of Stigma by Association With African American Adolescents Whose Mothers Have HIV
Objectives: African American urban adolescents are one of the fastest growing groups of children affected by their mother’s HIV status. These children experience HIV stigma by association with their HIV-positive mothers. Stigma may contribute to adverse outcomes for these teens. Methods: The authors describe a multistage process of scale construction, cognitive interviewing, and pilot testing to develop a measure reflecting an African American ad…
Italian Language Education in Australia: Public Perceptions through the Eyes of the Press
The teaching of the Italian language represents a valuable opportunity for young English-speaking people to engage with the Italian language and culture. However, due to a growing apathy towards learning languages other than English and the succession of policies supporting Asian languages, the position of Italian in schools and universities is at risk in many English-speaking countries. Using a mixed-methods media content analysis approach by me…
Like being in a cage”: Stigma as experienced by adolescents whose mothers are living with HIV
Stigma affects not only the person living with HIV, but also, by association, their family members. Stigma-by-association may contribute to adverse outcomes for children of parents living with HIV. We interviewed 27 African-American adolescents, 13–18 years old, who were not HIV-positive but whose mothers were living with HIV. As part of a broader study, adolescents responded to four open-ended questions regarding their experience of HIV stigma-b…
Social Work Research: Is There a Feminist Method
This article examines whether social work feminist researchers have reached a consensus about the "best" method for upholding feminist principles by reviewing the research literature for the application of those principles, especially in methodology. The author concludes that no one method seems to take precedence and suggests how social workers can further the use of feminist principles in their research
Identified Problems and Service Utilization Patterns Among Kinship Families Accessing Mental Health Services
This study examined the mental health problems and service utilization patterns of kinship families who accessed services in an urban outpatient child psychiatry clinic. A random sample of children who completed the intake process during a calendar year yielded 47 children, or 19% of the sample, whose primary caregiver was a relative, other than a biological parent; approximately half of those families were involved with the child welfare system.…
Developing a Measure of Stigma by Association With African American Adolescents Whose Mothers Have HIV
Objectives: African American urban adolescents are one of the fastest growing groups of children affected by their mother’s HIV status. These children experience HIV stigma by association with their HIV-positive mothers. Stigma may contribute to adverse outcomes for these teens. Methods: The authors describe a multistage process of scale construction, cognitive interviewing, and pilot testing to develop a measure reflecting an African American ad…
Para-social work to address most vulnerable children in sub-Sahara Africa: A case example in Tanzania
Validation of a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with HIV/Aids-affected youth in South Africa
This study validated a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with South African youth (adapted from the HIV Stigma-by-Association Scale for Adolescents). Participants were 723 youth (364 male, 359 female) from poor urban communities around Cape Town. Youths completed the brief stigma-by-association scale and measures of bullying victimisation and peer-problems, as well as inventories measuring symptoms of depression and anxiety. Exploratory a…
Like being in a cage”: Stigma as experienced by adolescents whose mothers are living with HIV
Stigma affects not only the person living with HIV, but also, by association, their family members. Stigma-by-association may contribute to adverse outcomes for children of parents living with HIV. We interviewed 27 African-American adolescents, 13–18 years old, who were not HIV-positive but whose mothers were living with HIV. As part of a broader study, adolescents responded to four open-ended questions regarding their experience of HIV stigma-b…
The world language teacher shortage: Taking a new direction
Since the end of World War II, international leaders have made calls addressing the world language teacher shortage. For almost 70 years, such rhetoric has been advanced, yet world language teacher shortages remain in many countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In this article, the authors discuss the past and current state of affairs of the shortage before advancing ideas for languag…
Stigma as experienced by children of HIV-positive parents: A narrative review
Teachers’ perceptions of their preparedness for supporting struggling literacy learners in secondary English classrooms
The initial and ongoing professional education of teachers to prepare them to support students’ literacy development warrants research attention. The importance of meeting the needs of struggling literacy learners in secondary school does not diminish as students move through the years of schooling. This paper reports on data from the 2019 Supporting Struggling Secondary Literacy Learners mixed-methods project, which sought to explore the challen…
Adoption and usage of Academic Social Networks: A Japan case study
Should Google Scholar be used for benchmarking against the professoriate in education
In the neoliberal environment of contemporary academia, an individual’s research rankings and outputs can shape their career security and progression. When applying for ongoing employment and promotional opportunities, academics may benchmark their performance against that of superior colleagues to demonstrate their performance in relation to their discipline. The H-index and citation rates are commonly used to quantify the value of an academic’s…
Demystifying the process of scholarly peer-review: An autoethnographic investigation of feedback literacy of two award-winning peer reviewers
Peer reviewers serve a vital role in assessing the value of published scholarship and improving the quality of submitted manuscripts. To provide more appropriate and systematic support to peer reviewers, especially those new to the role, this study documents the feedback practices and experiences of two award-winning peer reviewers in the field of education. Adopting a conceptual framework of feedback literacy and an autoethnographic-ecological l…
Early career researchers’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of sharing research with academic and non-academic end-users
Contemporary early career researchers (ECRs) must share their research findings with both academic and non-academic audiences in order to advance their careers. With university organisational factors potentially both demanding and inhibiting ECR research dissemination, more needs to be known about ECRs’ perceptions and experiences of the benefits and challenges of sharing research for diverse audiences. This article investigates ECRs’ perceptions…
A ResearchGate-way to an international academic community
Institutional and supervisory support for the Thesis by Publication
The Thesis by Publication is garnering increasing interest across nations and disciplines. However, more needs to be learned about institutional and supervisory support for this thesis mode to ensure that doctoral candidates pursuing this approach enjoy the best possible outcomes. This paper draws on data from 246 recent successful doctoral candidates who took part in the 2018–2019 PhD candidates’ motivations, experiences, and opinions of the the…
Italian Language Education in Australia: Public Perceptions through the Eyes of the Press
The teaching of the Italian language represents a valuable opportunity for young English-speaking people to engage with the Italian language and culture. However, due to a growing apathy towards learning languages other than English and the succession of policies supporting Asian languages, the position of Italian in schools and universities is at risk in many English-speaking countries. Using a mixed-methods media content analysis approach by me…
Reporting and discoverability of “Tweets” quoted in published scholarship: Current practice and ethical implications
Twitter is an increasingly common source of rich, personalized qualitative data, as millions of people daily share their thoughts on myriad topics. However, questions remain unclear concerning if and how to quote publicly available social media data ethically. In this study, focusing on 136 education manuscripts quoting 2667 Tweets, we look to investigate the ways in which Tweets are quoted, the ethical discussions forwarded and actions taken, an…
Communicating research in academia and beyond: Sources of self-efficacy for early career researchers
There is an increasing expectation that early career researchers (ECRs) be active in communicating their research to diverse audiences both within and beyond academia. However, with limited time and an academic environment that disproportionately values certain research outputs over others, ECRs may struggle to build their expertise and confidence in communicating research to a diverse array of audiences. Applying self-efficacy theory as a framew…
When a journal is both at the ‘top’ and the ‘bottom’: The illogicality of conflating citation-based metrics with quality
Bringing light to a hidden genre: The peer review report
While early career researchers (ECRs) often read and produce articles for peer reviewed journals, they are of ten less familiar with peer review reports (PRRs). Most ECRs learn about the genre of PRRs by reading reports written about their authored manuscripts, and through hands-on experience crafting their own PRRs, albeit often with little guidance or exposure to exemplars. To demystify this ‘hidden’ academic genre, this article reports on a ge…
Foreign early career academics’ well-being profiles at workplaces in Japan: A person-oriented approach
Exclusion through (in)visibility: What parenting-related facilities are evident on Australian and New Zealand university campus maps
A range of structural, interpersonal and individual factors contribute to the extent to which people can access higher education and experience inclusion and equity once there. This paper considers the experiences of parents in higher education settings, and examines the extent to which universities in two countries support parents’ inclusion through the facilities and services evident on their campus maps. The inclusion of such parent-related fa…
What makes a Thesis by Publication? An international study of policy requirements and restrictions
The thesis by publication is expanding across countries, institutions and disciplines, and so a more in-depth understanding of the format across contexts is warranted, to ensure that all stakeholders understand the implications of this format and implement it in a fair and transparent manner. This paper provides a cross-sectional analysis of policies related to the Thesis by Publication in six countries, investigating requirements and restriction…
Japanese elementary teachers’ learning about culturally responsive communication with immigrant parents regarding physical education through online professional development
Background: Involvement of parents in their children’s academic learning is important, yet some Japanese elementary school teachers face challenges in involving linguistically, culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse immigrant parents. Strong parental involvement is essential for the success of the child and the school and should be an ongoing, comprehensive, and purposeful process that ensures parents’ connection to the school culture, p…
Prominence, Promotion and Positioning of the ‘Thesis by Publication’ in Six Countries
The international nature of doctoral education creates interesting tensions where national systems, institutional policies, disciplinary customs, individual supervisor preferences, and doctoral researcher needs meet. The Thesis by Publication (TBP), a model where published works are included within the thesis, is available to doctoral researchers in many disciplines and institutions, but it is not a universally accepted format or approached in a …
Political science (21 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Public relations (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Higher education (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Business (7 works)