Nita Alexander
Senior Research Officer
BA (Hons), PhD
nita.alexander@thekids.org.au
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nita-alexander/Dr Nita Alexander is a Senior Research Officer in the Healing Kids, Healing Families team and is Project Lead for the ARC Aboriginal Parenting Program. This project aims to design, implement, and evaluate a co-designed parenting program that is culturally safe, trauma informed, and interrupts the transmission of intergenerational trauma.
Nita completed their PhD (Society & Culture) at James Cook University. They researched young activists' political participation, examining the activists’ use of prefigurative practice and their development of a generational radical ecological habitus. This work has implications for young people’s education, politics, and well-being.
Nita’s research interests relate to issues affecting marginalised groups in society, and they aim to use their qualifications and experience to promote human rights and social justice for all people.