Tiffany Vague

Thesis Title
The sexual stories of adults who have lived in out-of-home care as young people

Read article at Massey Research Online:

Young people who live in out-of-home care, and adults who have lived in out-of-home care as young people, experience trauma and stigma throughout their lives. Ms Vague used a narrative methodology to explore sexuality and relationships across the lives of this population, and to consider ways in which the political and the personal, and the public and the intimate intersected in their lives. This research was the first to explore sexuality in relation to out-of-home care in New Zealand and found that when their intimate lives became public, the public agenda is placed on to their personal lives. The results also demonstrated that romantic relationships offered connection at a personal level to those who had experienced a lack of connection, and offered inclusion at a societal level to those who had experienced a lack of inclusion.

Supervisors
Professor Mark Henrickson
Associate Professor Ksenija Napan

Research Profile

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011).   Social Work and Food:  A discussion.  Social Work Review 23(3). pp. 63-70

 

Apaitia-Vague, T.; Pitt, L. and Younger, D. (2011).  “Fit and proper” and fieldwork:  A dilemma for social work educators? Social Work Review 23(4). pp. 55-64

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011).   A Personal Analysis of Experiential Learning within the Context of Teaching Social Work.  Te Iarere: Wavelength 5. pp. 53-63

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2009).  HIV: The attention seeking infection. Te Iarere: Wavelength 4. pp. 33 -43

 

Presentations

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2014).  Popular representations of children and young people in state care. Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Melbourne, July 12th

[conference oral presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2014).  An ethical social work researcher or a social worker who does ethical research? Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Melbourne, July 9th -12th

[conference poster presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2014).  How responsive is the social work profession to the next generation of social workers?: Challenges and possibilities. Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Melbourne, July 9th -12th

[conference poster presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2014).  Listening to sexual stories: A socially just way to research sexuality. Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Melbourne, July 9th -12th

[conference poster presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2014). Sexual minority young people in state care: Challenges and alternatives. Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Melbourne, July 9th -12th

[conference poster presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2013).  A new normal: Young social workers’ responses to the Christchurch Earthquake. Presented to the Asia Pacific Social Work Regional Conference, Manila, the Philippines, June 5th

[conference poster presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2012).  Let’s talk about sex: Developing an understanding of sexuality. Presented to University of Waikato Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference, Hamilton, November 13th

[conference oral presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011).  “I don’t want to tick any box”: Not being straight in the new generation. Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Stockholm, July 10th

[conference oral presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011).  What does the next generation of social workers think about families? Presented to International Social Work and Social Development Conference, Stockholm, July 10th

[conference oral presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011).  Responding to disaster: The Veivueti project. Presented to New Zealand Council of Social Work Educators Disaster Curricula Forum, Wellington, November 18th

[conference oral presentation]

 

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011).  How do we respond to our LGBTQ students?, Presented to the Western Institute of Technology Research Forum, New Plymouth, November 10th

[conference oral presentation]

 

Other

Fronek, P. (Host). (2012, October 31). What does Generation Y social work look like?: In conversation with Tiffany Apaitia Vague [Episode 30]. Podsocs. Retrieved from http://www.podsocs.com/podcast/what-does-gen-y-social-work-look-like/

 

Invited Speaker

Apaitia-Vague, T. (2011, November 17-18). Panel discussion member. Council of Social Work Educations of Aotearoa New Zealand.