Prof Mark Henrickson PhD, MSW, MDiv, BA

Contact details

• Ph: +64 9 2136350
  Location: 3.47, Quad A
  Campus: Albany

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - University of California (1996)
• Master of Social Work - University of Connecticut (1990)
• Master of Divinity - The Episcopal Divinity School (1980)
• Bachelor of Arts - Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1977)

Certifications and Registrations

• Licence, Mentor Supervisor, Massey University
• Licence, Registered Social Worker, Social Worker Registration Board

Research Interests

HIV/AIDS

Sexual minorities

Gender minorities

International social work

African new settlers

Research Opportunities

• HIV+ Black African Migrants and Refugees in NZ  (01/06/10) The HIV+ Black African Migrants study is a collaborative project with Prof Cynthia Pointdexter, Fordham University (Fulbright Fellow) and Assoc Prof Christa Fouché of University of Auckland. It is a qualitative project which recruited and interviewed a number of HIV+ migrants to New Zealand from countries with predominantly black African populations.
• AfricaNZ Health  (09/01/2012) AfricaNZ Health was funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand and the Ministry of Health. It is a two phase proposal which responds to the need for improved understanding about the health and social services needs of African migrant and refugee communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. This project was conducted in close collaboration with A/Prof Nigel Dickson at Otago University and African community partners. There are two technical reports from this project: The phase 1 report, AfricaNZ Count: An estimate of currently resident and HIV positive Africans in New Zealand; and the phase 2 report, AfricaNZ Care: A report on knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and beliefs about HIV among Black Africans living in New Zealand. Both reports can be found on the project website, http://africanz.massey.ac.nz
• Lavender Islands  (01/03/2003) Lavender Islands: Portrait of the Whole Family is the first national study of sexual minorities in Aotearoa New Zealand that includes both men and women. It was an online and hard-copy study of 2,269 participants that considered identity and self-definition, relationships, families of origin, families of choice, community connections, political viewpoints, migration/immigration, well-being and spirituality and other key demographic features.

Thematics

Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Clinical Social Work Practice (160701):
Medical And Health Sciences (110000): Public Health and Health Services (111700): Residential Client Care (111718):
Social Program Evaluation (160703): Social Work (160700): Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

Psychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS, sexuality and sexual minorities, international social work

Current Projects

Completed Projects

Consultancy

• 08/09-10/09 - Technical Support Facility-Southeast Asia/Pacific
  Produced an evaluation report of the Ninth International Congress on AIDS in the Asia/Pacific (ICAAP 9) for the AIDS Society of the Asia-Pacific. The report is titled ICAAP 9: The evaluation report. Kuala Lumpur: AIDS Society of the Asia Pacific [ASAP]. Available from HIV/AIDS Technical Support Facility-Southeast Asia and the Pacific, 246, Lorong Enau, Jalan Ampang 50450,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 06/10-07/10 - Technical Support Facility-Southeast Asia/Pacific
  Assessed the Kingdom of Tonga against UNGASS Milennium Develop Goals of Universal Access to care and treatment for people with HIV. Produced report Kou Lele Atu/On the Way: A Report on the Universal Access Review 2010 for the Kingdom of Tonga. Report completed for UNAIDS, available from HIV/AIDS Technical Support Facility-Southeast Asia-Pacific, 246, Lorong Enau, Jalan Ampang 50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 11/10-02/11 - Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
  Assessed HIV counselling training by the Pacific Counselling and Social Services (PC&SS) in Tonga, Vanuatu and Kiribati, for the Global Fund and the Response Fund. The report is titled We talk together: An evaluation of the VCCT training program implemented by the Pacific Counselling & Social Services in selected PICTs. Report completed for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, available from the Public Health Division/Division Santé Publique, Secretariat of the Pacific Community/Secretariat de la Communauté du Pacifique, B.P. D5 – 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia.

Teaching Statement

Currently teaching the following papers:

Undergraduate:

Introducing Social and Community Work Practice

Social Work Theories, Assessment and Interventions

Postgraduate:

Applied Research in Social Work and Social Policy

Courses Coordinated

• 179.110 Creating a Foundation for Social and Community Work
• 179.210 Social Work Theories, Assessment and Interventions
• 179.891 Applied Research in Social Work
• 179.930 Thesis Doctor of Social Work

Graduate Supervision Statement

My main areas of graduate supervision include gender and sexual diversity, HIV, sexuality and ageing, and related topics. I am particularly interested in international projects related to social justice and stigmatised, vulnerabilised, and marginalised communities and populations. I have done consultations for international organisations in a number of Pacific Island countries and territoriesm and am very familiar with Pasifika and Black African-related issues and topics.

I have been approved as a mentor supervisor at Massey, and I am available for consultations and support particularly in the above areas, for projects using qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. I served for six years on Massey's Human Ethics Committee-Northern, and am familiar with the challenges and issues of preparing HEC applications. I am particularly interested in challenges related to postcolonial ethics, and the ethics of research with vulnerabilised and stigmatised populations. I have carried out projects (and peer-reviewed) for the Health Research Council of New Zealand; I have a Royal Society Marsden Fund project; and I have reviewed for the Auckland Medical Research Foundation, as well as a number of international granting bodies. I peer review 25-30 papers per year for an array of social work, nursing, public health, interdisciplinary and HIV-related journals. One of my great personal and professional pleasures is seeing committed people doing great research that promotes human dignity.

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• Susan Smith - Doctor of Social Work
  Family-foster parent alliance in non-kin care
• Daryl Quah - Doctor of Social Work
  The construction of masculinity in a New Zealand male maximum security prison
• Moana Mitchell - Doctor of Social Work
  Te Koowhao, a 'teaching' social services: Making a case for a community-based organisation providing local social work education and training towards developing local social work
• Mark Barrett - Doctor of Social Work
  Effectiveness of New Zealand Government social and economic policy frameworks at reducing poverty
• Sajedul Khan - Doctor of Philosophy
  Socio-political and caste factors in waste picking and waste management in Bangladesh

Co-supervisor of:

• Ro-Ann Smith - Doctor of Philosophy
  Navigating differences in institutions to co-create value in service encounters: An investigation into social services for former refugees in New Zealand

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• 2021 - Kanamik Khan - Doctor of Philosophy
  Healthcare and the Oppression of Sexual and Gender Diverse Communities in Bangladesh
• 2021 - Jacek Kolodziej - Doctor of Philosophy
  Beyond prevention: Lived experiences of pre-exposure prophylaxis in Aotearoa New Zealand
• 2019 - Tiffany Vague - Doctor of Philosophy
  The sexual stories of adults who have lived in out-of-home care as young people
• 2017 - Alesana Pala'Amo - Doctor of Philosophy
  Fetu'utu'una'i le va Navigating relational space: An exploration of traditional and contemporary pastoral counselling practices for Samoans
• 2015 - Ram Prasad Aryal - Doctor of Philosophy
  The Reconstruction of Identity in People Living with HIV in Nepal

Other Links

• AfricaNZ Count - An estimate of currently resident and HIV positive Africans in New Zealand
• AfricaNZ Care - A report on knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and beliefs about HIV among Black Africans living in New Zealand