Garfield Hunt

Garfield is module leader for the Psychological Approaches to Human Behaviour and Lifespan Development and Preparation for Social Work Practice modules (both at level 4). He also supervises Year 3 dissertation students and contributes his expertise across other modules on the social work programme, as well as midwifery/nursing modules (child protection/safeguarding).

Garfield has particular interests in outcomes for fostered and adopted children and care leavers. He also has interests in student feedback and engagement; however, his main focus at this time relates to ‘black’ history and the decolonisation of the education curriculum.

SWAN conference (2018) – Essex University, Southend. Co-presented research findings “Anti-racist social work practice” with Dr. Sue Hollinrake.

‘Early Interventions’ – in: Boggis, A. (Ed) (2018) Dis/abled Childhoods: A Transdisciplinary Approach. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 141-161

Hollinrake, S., Hunt, G., Dix, H. and Wagner, A. (2019) "Do we practice (or teach) what we preach?" Developing a more inclusive learning environment to better prepare social work students for practice through improving the exploration of their different ethnicities within teaching, learning and assessment opportunities. Social Work Education (international Journal), 38 (5) pp.582-603.

Garfield is an active member of his local community, residing on panels related to equality and diversity, contributing to Black History events in recent years, advocating for equal rights and sharing his knowledge on local radio.

Garfield and a small team are currently in collaboration with an assistant professor at Sacramento University, California, planning an international conference in relation to the decolonisation of the curriculum.

Fellow HEA

Social Work England