Researcher

Thirusha Naidoo


Thirusha is a Lecturer and PhD candidate in the College of Health, School of Social Work at Massey University. Thirusha is mixed-heritage South African Indian raised in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her social work background includes Hospital Social Work and Community and Non-Government Organisations across direct practice, teaching, training, and supervision. Her PhD is focused on Digital Literacy in Social Work Education and Practice.

Professional Memberships
SWRB, ANZASW, ANZSWWER
Key areas of interest and knowledge
Action and participatory research, Evaluation, Indigenous research (and evaluation) methodologies, Literature review, meta analysis, Lived experience perspectives and narratives, Research and evaluation best practice, Statistics, quantitative data collection and analysis, Text-based methods, analysis and reporting
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