Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Ruth is Professor and Head of School - Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education within the Faculty of Education. Ruth is a sociologist whose research interests focus on the use of sport and active recreation as a community development resource, particularly to address social exclusion amongst acutely marginalised groups.
Ruth's research has attracted a range of external funding. She is lead investigator on a recently awarded ARC Linkage grant 'Informal sport as a health and social resources amongst diverse young people' ($250,000) with co-investigators Dr Justen O' Connor, Professor Dawn Penney and Professor Ramon Spaaij and in partnership with VicHealth, Centre for Multicultural Youth, Cricket Victoria and the Department of local governernment, sport and cultural industries. This study builds on a recently completed project also funded by the ARC Linkage scheme ($200,000) for a project 'Participation versus performance: Managing (dis) ability, gender and cultural diversity in Junior Sport'. The grant team was led by Professor Ramon Spaaij from Victoria University.
More recently, Ruth's research has examined the role of sport in assisting young homeless men to connect with support services, to support identity (re) construction amongst men experiencing mental illness, and the ways in which newly arrived and refugee committees use sport when settling in Australia. Ruth has an ongoing interest in examining the experiences of young people with disabilities in sport and leisure contexts. Internationally she has undertaken extensive research work in Zambia, examining the role of sport in HIV/AIDS education as a tool to empower young women and as means to foster hope and a sense of community amongst both men and women living in highly impoverished urban compounds.
Ruth regularly conducts evaluations examining the impact of sport and social change initiatives for national and international agencies including UNICEF, the Football Foundation and Centre for Multicultural Youth.
Ruth is a member of several journal editorial boards including the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Sociology of Sport Journal and Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. She is also Associate Editor of Leisure Sciences Journal
Research interests
- Sport and international development
- Social policy, sport and social justice
- Gender and sport
- Disability and Sport
- Sport and mental health
Supervision interests
I am interested in supervising students at PhD and masters level in the areas reflecting my research interests.
Monash teaching commitment
- EDF2172 Applied movement contexts in health and physical education 1
- EDF3172 Inclusion and Diversity in Movement contexts
- EDF3071 Community development and partnerships
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Social Inclusion
- Sport
- Equity
- Diversity
- gender
- Disability
- physical activity
- Health and Physical Education
- Sexuality
- policy analysis
- community development
- feminist poststructural theory
- Enhancing health and wellbeing
- Critical Pedagogy
- Educating for Diversity and Inclusion
- LGBTQIA+ Wellbeing
- mental health
Network
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Kids building healthier futures together in Minecraft
Leahy, D., Blannin, J., Jeanes, R., Alfrey, L., Welch, R., Perrotta, C. & Grove, C.
15/03/22 → 28/03/23
Project: Research
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Tackle Your Feelings Program Evaluation
O'Connor, J., Jeanes, R., Grove, C. & Lambert, K.
19/03/21 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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Migration, Diversity and Inclusion GRIP - Dept Job Regions and Precincts
Hay, J., Tanner, C., Jeanes, R. & Smyth, R.
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) (Victoria)
10/09/20 → 10/09/23
Project: Research
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Kids co-designing sustainable and healthy environments
Leahy, D., Jeanes, R., Duhn, I., Lindsay, J., Taylor, W., Welch, R., Tanner, C. & Cumbo, B.
3/07/20 → 1/02/23
Project: Research
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Informal sport as a health and social resource for diverse young people
Jeanes, R., Spaaij, R., Penney, D., O'Connor, J., Guerra, C. & Trew, G.
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (trading as VicHealth) (Victoria), Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) (Western Australia), Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Centre for Multicultural Youth, Carlton, Cricket Victoria, Edith Cowan University, Victoria University
1/08/19 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Community sport coaches as policy actors
Penney, D., Jeanes, R., O'Hara, E. & Magee, J., 2022, Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. Ives, B., Potrac, P., Gale, L. & Nelson, L. (eds.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Routledge, p. 45-60 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas: a review of literature
Lambert, K., Ford, A. & Jeanes, R., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Are we there yet? (Illusions of) Inclusion in sport for LGBT+ communities in Australia
Storr, R., Jeanes, R., Rossi, T. & Lisahunter, 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Challenging ableism and the ‘disability as problem’ discourse: how initial teacher education can support the inclusion of students with a disability in physical education
Alfrey, L. & Jeanes, R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Sport, Education and Society. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Correction to: The Relationship Between ‘Coming Out’ as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual and Experiences of Homophobic Behaviour in Youth Team Sports (Sexuality Research and Social Policy), (2020), 10.1007/s13178-020-00499-x)
Denison, E., Jeanes, R., Faulkner, N. & O’Brien, K. S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other
Open Access
Prizes
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AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Jeanes, Ruth (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper award for 2017 in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy journal
Alfrey, Laura (Recipient), O'Connor, Justen (Recipient) & Jeanes, Ruth (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award for Research, Social and Economic Impact
Jeanes, Ruth (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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President of the Australia and New Zealand Leisure Studies Association
Jeanes, Ruth (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
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Sociology of Sport Journal Outstanding Article of the Year
Jeanes, Ruth (Recipient) & Magee, Jonathan (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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International Sociology of Sport Association Conference
Ruth Jeanes (Speaker), Dawn Penney (Speaker), Ramon Spaaj (Speaker) & Justen O'Connor (Speaker)
Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 2017
Ruth Jeanes (Speaker), Dawn Penney (Speaker), Ramon Spaaj (Speaker) & Justen O'Connor (Speaker)
Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies (External organisation)
Ruth Jeanes (Executive Member)
5 Dec 2015 → 31 Dec 2017Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
Press / Media
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International Women's Day 2021: The realities of being a woman at the top of academia
Kelly-Ann Allen, Andrea Reupert, Marilyn Fleer, Amanda Berry, Jane Wilkinson & Ruth Jeanes
2/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Community clubs still failing to 'value' female athletes
18/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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The way of the future: is it time your school became a vibrant community hub?
4/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Pride Cup tackles homophobia in sport, but discriminatory language is still foul
Ruth Jeanes, Justen O'Connor & Karen Lambert
7/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature