Including LGBT Parented Families in Schools: Research to Inform Policy and Practice

About Tiffany JonesTrent Mann

Trent Mann is a casual academic and PhD student in the School of Education at Macquarie University currently lecturing in postgraduate educational psychology units and a range of educational subjects. His research explores developmental psychology educational sociology community health research inter-disciplinary approaches to research educational policy and mixed-method research designs with a focus on LGBTQ+ groups in school communities (students parents/guardians and school staff). Trent was awarded the Faculty of Human Sciences Thesis Excellence Award for his Masters of Research exploring LGBTQ+ parents experiences in Australian school contexts (Mann & Jones).Tiffany Jones is a Professor in the School of Education at Macquarie University who researches LGBTIQ+ issues in education education policy health and social policy. Her peer-reviewed books include new releases Improving Services for Transgender and Gender Variant Youth A Student-centred Sociology of Education: Voices of Experience Uplifting Gender and Sexuality Education Research and Bent Street vol. 5.1. Professor Jones liaises and constructs technical policy and data reports with UN bodies and sits on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed academic journals Sex Education LGBT Health and LGBT Youth and edits Bent Street.