BEd, MGuidCouns, MSW (Forensic Studies) PhD India Bryce began her career as early childhood educator before taking a position as a front-line Child Safety Officer in the Investigation and Assessment Team, in the Queensland Department of Child Safety, Women and Youth. India is currently undertaking her PhD, which explores the lived experience of cumulative harm and it influence on career choice. India is now a Lecturer and Academic in the School of Education, at the University of Southern Queensland and a member of the USQ Centre of Health Research (Health and Social Justice). India’s current research explores cumulative harm, trauma informed pedagogy in higher education, trauma narratives and health, vocational behavior, transgender youth and youth justice, and separated parent’s experiences of education systems. India has published books, book chapters, and journal articles from her research including two co-edited reference books, Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management, and Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management. India has presented on topics related to her research nationally and internationally.

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Counselling ( 440902 )
  
• Social Work ( 440900 )
  
• Education Systems ( 390300 )
  
• Higher Education ( 390303 )
  
• Teacher And Student Wellbeing ( 390412 )
  
• Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  
• Inclusive Education ( 390407 )
  
• Counselling Psychology ( 520303 )
  
• Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  
• Child And Adolescent Development ( 520101 )
  
• Educational Psychology ( 520102 )
  
• Educational Counselling ( 390404 )
  
• Clinical And Health Psychology ( 520300 )
  
• Industrial And Organisational Psychology (incl. Human Factors) ( 520104 )
  

Research interests
Child abuse and neglect
Cumulative harm
Child welfare
Trauma informed practice and pedagogy
Developmental victimology and life-course victimisation

Industry affiliations
Member of USQ Centre for Health Research (Health and Social Justice)
Member of the International Society for Prevention for Child Abuse and Neglect
National Organisation of Forensic Social Workers
Child Protection Practitioners Association Queensland
American Professional Society Abuse Children

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  
• Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs
EDU5325
EDU3325
EDU5335
EDU3335

Research most recent
Gildersleeve, J., Cantrell, K., Bryce, I., Daken, K., Durham, J., Mullens, A., Batorowicz, B., Johnson, R., Coping with COVID: Pandemic Narratives for Australian Children, HELIYON, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09454.

Bryce, I., Horwood, N., Cantrell, K., & Gildersleeve, J. (2021). Pulling the Trigger: A Systematic Literature Review of Trigger Warnings as a Strategy for Managing Traumatization in Higher Education. Trauma Violence and Abuse

Bryce, I., Beccaria, G., McIlveen, P., & Du Preez, J. (2022). Reauthoring: The lived experience of cumulative harm and its influence on career choice. Australian Journal of Career Development, 31(2), 93-107

Research most notable
Bryce, I., Pye, D., Beccaria, G., McIlveen, P., & Du Preez, J. (2021). The Influence of Cumulative Harm on Career Choice in the Helping Professions: A Systematic Literature Review. Trauma, Violence and Abuse

Publications in ePrints

Bryce, India ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-8003 and Collier, Simone (2022) A Systematic Literature Review of the Contribution Accumulation Makes to Psychological and Physical Trauma Sustained Through Childhood Maltreatment. Trauma Care, 2 (2). pp. 307-329.

Oberg, Glenys and Bryce, IndiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-8003 (2022) Australian Teachers’ Perception of their Preparedness to Teach Traumatised Students: A Systematic Literature Review. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 47 (2):6. pp. 76-101.

Gildersleeve, Jessica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-5615 and Cantrell, KateORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-614X and Bryce, IndiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-8003 and Daken, KirstieORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-600X and Durham, Jo and Mullens, AmyORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0939-9842 and Batorowicz, BeataORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-8357 and Johnson, RhiannanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-5954 (2022) Coping with COVID: Pandemic Narratives for Australian Children. Heliyon, 8 (5):e09454. pp. 1-9.

Bryce, India ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-8003 and Horwood, Nicola and Cantrell, KateORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-614X and Gildersleeve, JessicaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-5615 (2022) Pulling the Trigger: A Systematic Literature Review of Trigger Warnings as a Strategy for Reducing Traumatization in Higher Education. Trauma, Violence and Abuse: a review journal. pp. 1-13.

Bryce, India ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-8003 and Beccaria, GavinORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-804X and McIlveen, PeterORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1864-9516 and du Preez, JanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2077-3524 (2022) Reauthoring: The lived experience of cumulative harm and its influence on career choice. Australian Journal of Career Development, 31 (2). pp. 93-107. ISSN 1038-4162

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Research supervisor in the area of:

• Counselling ( 440902 )
  
• Education Systems ( 390300 )
  
• Higher Education ( 390303 )
  
• Teacher And Student Wellbeing ( 390412 )
  
• Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  
• Inclusive Education ( 390407 )
  
• Counselling Psychology ( 520303 )
  
• Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  
• Child And Adolescent Development ( 520101 )
  
• Educational Psychology ( 520102 )
  
• Educational Counselling ( 390404 )
  
• Clinical And Health Psychology ( 520300 )
  
• Industrial And Organisational Psychology (incl. Human Factors) ( 520104 )