JoS Editor in Chief: Helen Forbes-Mewett
Helen Forbes-Mewett is Discipline Head of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre. Helen's interdisciplinary background includes Sociology, Psychology and International Business, degrees all awarded by Monash University. Her work focuses on human security, migration, cultural diversity, and social cohesion, with a particular focus on international students. Since 2018, Helen has supervised to completion eight PhD theses. In addition, Helen is currently supervising a 12 Higher Degree Research students from 10 different countries - all undertaking work relating to migration, international education/students and social inclusion. Read on... 

HSR Editors in Chief: Karen Willis
Karen Willis is Professor, Allied Health Research, La Trobe University and Melbourne Health. Her disciplinary background is in sociology and she has expertise in qualitative methodologies and methods. Her work examines the links between individual health behaviours and broader social and policy ideas. Karen has led, and been an investigator, on a range of competitive grants (See CV). She has published a textbook on Sociology for Nursing students (two editions); various book chapters and has consistently published in high quality peer reviewed journals across both health sciences and sociology (see CV). She is a regular contributor to The Conversation and is an active user of Twitter, to disseminate current research findings and contribute to contemporary debates.

Karen has been a member of TASA since 1993; has taken part in many Annual Conferences in the Health Section and delivered a keynote address at the Health Thematic Group meeting in June 2015. She has published three articles in Health Sociology Review, has contributed book reviews, and acted as a reviewer for the journal on several occasions. Karen has peer-reviewed for a range of health and social science journals, including Social Science and Medicine, Sociology of Health and Illness, Qualitative Health Research, and BMC Journals. She is a panel member for the Steve Crook Memorial Prize (2014 and 2018). Karen is an active member of the RC15 the Health Thematic Group at ISA, organising sessions on sociological approaches to health care systems at both Vienna (2016) and Toronto (2018) ISA meetings. She organised a session at the European Sociology of Health and Medicine Society (ESHMS) in Lisbon in 2018. She is a regular attender and presenter at the annual BSA Medical Sociology Conference. Her sociology networks include the UK (with UK collaborators on funded grants), US and Scandinavia (through the Bourdieu health capital research group).

Her previous appointments have included Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University (2015-2017); Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney; Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania (2006-2012).

HSR Editors in Chief: Sarah MacLean
Sarah MacLean is a health sociologist employed as Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Social Work and Social Policy (SWSP) at La Trobe University, Sarah is highly regarded for her work exploring various forms of substance use, and the development of appropriate policy responses to reduce associated harms. Her research identifies how experiences of marginality (Indigeneity, poverty, gender and sexuality) impacts on, and is in turn affected by, substance use. A further area of her academic expertise is in collaborative methods for community- based research. She has been awarded ARC, NHMRC and other funding and is currently a named investigator on two ARC Discovery projects. She held an ARC postdoctoral fellowship from 2010-2015. Prior to working at La Trobe University, Sarah was employed as a Senior Research Fellow at the Onemda Koori Health Unit at the University of Melbourne.

Sarah has been a member of TASA since 2000. She co-convened the TASA Youth Sociology thematic group from December 2011-January 2013. Sarah has served as an Associate Editor on Health Sociology Review since 2015. In this capacity she has managed book reviews and peer review for journal articles submitted to the journal and actively contributed to discussions on the future of Health Sociology Review. She has published in journals including Sociology, Journal of Youth Studies, Addiction and Critical Public Health (see attached CV). In addition, she has edited special editions of Substance Use & Misuse and the Australian Journal of Primary Health and is a regular reviewer of papers for a range of journals.  Sarah’s involvement will ensure continuity between the incoming and outcoming editorial teams.

Digital Publications Editor (new to this term): Roger Wilkinson
"I studied undergraduate and postgraduate Sociology at La Trobe University before moving to James Cook University in north Queensland. I taught many subjects and travelled between campuses until video-conferencing offered a weak alternative to face-to-face teaching. Dissatisfaction with this mode of teaching led me to consider and develop podcasting. The rise of the iPhone and a chance meeting with a student led me to search for ways of embedding video-podcasts on smart phones. I then used this method to digitally grade essays by making movies. While there was little interactivity, it solved some problems and, in consultation with students, created other possibilities.

Recently retrenched, I decided to become a student again, completing a postgraduate qualification in Human Resource Management. Subsequently, I commenced postgraduate study in Digital Communications but have paused that study because I was frustrated with the content, teaching methods and backwardness of the literature. I may never return to that formal study but it has provided me with invaluable negative lessons about the experience of being a student in the digital age.

These desire to keep learning, reading and developing my digital literacy attracted me to the position of digital publications editor at TASA."

Immediate Past President: Dan Woodman
Associate Professor Dan Woodman is in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. As well as President of TASA he is Vice President for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania of the Research Committee for the Sociology of Youth within the International Sociological Association. His work focuses on the sociology of generations, social change, and the impact of insecure work and variable employment patterns on people’s relationships. His recent books include Youth and Generation (Sage) and the four volume collection Youth and Young Adulthood (Routledge).