David Betts Email & Phone Number

Dr David Betts is a Lecturer in the Social Work program in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries, and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle. He coordinates undergraduate courses that focus on mental health, disability, grief and loss, and ethics, and has occupied a variety of university service roles, including Deputy Program Convenor and Research Ethics Advisor. His clinical practice background includes working as a registered social worker in Aotearoa New Zealand in health and hospital settings. His research interests include gerontology, queer studies, and social work practice. His current research agenda focuses on how queer spaces develop and change over time, how younger adults engage with queer representation within young adult literature, and how older queer adults create and develop supportive interpersonal networks.