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Kathleen Rose Funder completed her postgraduate education at The University of Melbourne, receiving an MA in 1983 and a PHD in 2001.[1][2]
After graduating, Kathleen taught English at the Geelong West Technical School and at the Emily McPherson College, before joining the Department of Education as a psychologist.
In 1983 Kathleen joined the Australian Institute of Family Studies as a Principal Research Fellow.[3] This marked the beginning of a fifteen year career at the Institute. During this time she led and participated in research that determined family wellbeing - including divorce, single parenthood, care of children, and property rights. Kathleen was an influential voice in public debates and contributed to scholarly journals, mainstream press and government inquiries.[4]
Among her many publications were books Images of Australian Families: approaches and perceptions, and Remaking families: adaption of parents and children to divorce.[5][6] Kathleen also contributed to Family Matters; a research journal of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.[7]
Kathleen was an observer on the Family Law Council of Australia and a member of the Australian Law Reform Commission Reference on Children and the Law. She was also a member of the Committee on Family Research of the International Sociological Association and the National Council on Family Relations in the United States.[8]
The Kate Funder Scholarships were established in 2008. The scholarships provide support for two medical students at the University of Melbourne's Newman College.
- ^ Funder, Kathleen R (1982). Relationships between expressed and inventoried career choices in adolescence : a cross-lagged panel correlation analysis (MA thesis).
- ^ Funder, Kathleen R (1993). Adaptation to divorce : a longitudinal study of parents and children (PhD thesis).
- ^ "Obituary - Kate Funder". Australian Institute of Family Studies. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Melbourne, National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of. "Funder, Kathleen Rose - Woman - The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Funder, Kathleen R; Studies, Australian Institute of Family; Funder, Kathleen (1991). Images of Australian families : approaches and perceptions. South Melbourne : Longman Cheshire. ISBN 0582870755.
- ^ Funder, Kathleen R; Studies, Australian Institute of Family (1996). Remaking families : adaptation of parents and children to divorce. Melbourne, Vic. Australian Institute of Family Studies. ISBN 0642258422.
- ^ "Family Matters". Australian Institute of Family Studies. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ "Obituary - Kate Funder". Australian Institute of Family Studies. Retrieved 2017-08-25.