Qualifications

Masters of Arts (2nd class hons) in Social Policy, Massey University

Profile

Professional and Industry Experience

• 2008 - 2010, Lecturer and Programme leader BSocP
• 2007 - 2008, Advisor for the Office of the Childrens commissioner, Part-time Lecturer Unitec, BSocP
• 2006 - 2007, UNICEF National Advocacy Manager
• 2000 - 2006, Part-time Lecturer Unitec, BSocP; Private practice, home based family work, primarily with CYFS clients; crisis intervention work with child witnesses of domestic violence; coordinating stopping violence programmes; facilitating stopping violence groups (Domestic Violence Centre)
• 1994 - 2000, Family Therapist/Social Worker/Group Facilitator West Auckland Family Services, and Copeland House Counselling Centre,Methodist Mission Northern; St Mary's Family Centre, Anglican Social Services, Otahuhu
• 1988 - 1992, Community Worker/group facilitator Weston Creek Community Service; Ainslie Village, ACT, Australia; Richmond Fellowship, Auckland
• 1978 - 1988, Medical, surgical, palliative care, geriatric and psychiatric (enrolled) nursing primarily with Auckland District Health Board and Thames District Health Board.

Areas of Research Interest

• Post-structural and socially contexted approaches to social practice education
• Future saturated policy and its impact on children's sense of self
• Identity, power and constructions of freedom in late capitalist societies
• Child advocacy and social change
• Sustainability, time and the subject
• Family violence and gender.

Publications

Kenkel, D. (2022). The anti-mandate movement: motorbike helmets and neo-liberalism. Auckland (Vol. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa).

Kenkel, D J. (2022). 'Unquiet ghosts' Neo-liberal hauntings in the reform of Aotearoa's ITP sector. QPEC forum, Wellington Via Zoom.

Dr Nguyen, H.T., & Kenkel, D.J. (2021). Taleni Seki Atagina - Te Akasakiga o Kaaiga Tuvalu Seki Nofo Tumau Iluga i Aotearoa Niusila. Hidden Gems - Lived Experiences of Tuvaluan Hope Seekers and Their Families in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland, Unitec.

Kenkel, D.J. (2021). Change and development in Glen Eden - 2017. ACDA - Aotearoa Community Development Association, Whangārei, Whangārei.

Kenkel, D J. (2021). What is academic freedom in Service to? Academic Freedom Conference - Tertiary education union, Wellington Via Zoom.

Kenkel, D J. (2021). HOW COME WE DON'T DO 'POVERTY INFORMED PRACTICE'? Auckland, New Zealand, Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand Blog site (Vol. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand March 31, 2021).

Kenkel, D.J. (2020). IMAGINING A WORLD WHERE WE NEEDED FEWER SOCIAL WORKERS. Re-imaging social work. New Zealand. Re-imaging social work.

Kenkel, D J. (2020). The Neo-Liberal Experiment at Unitec. Burning down the house! What happened - what we learnt - and ideas on guarding our future tertiary sector. Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC Forum 2020 Sat 9 May, Zoomed - NZ wide.

Kenkel, D. J. (2020). Community Development in a Fractured Future. Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development (Vol. 6(1)).

Kenkel, D J. (2019). SOCIAL WORK AT THE END OF THE WORLD: AGAIN! Posted on March, 10, 2018 by RSW Collective. Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand: Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand. http://www.reimaginingsocialwork. Auckland 0604 (Vol. Unitec).

Haigh, D., Kenkel, D., & Doswell, K. (2019). Change and development in Glen Eden 2017. Auckland, New Zealand (Vol. Unitec e-Press:Whanake, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2019).

Kenkel, D.J. (2019). Time to Fess Up. Posted on July 24th 2019 by RSW Collective. Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand: Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland 0604 (Vol. unitec).

Kenkel, D., & Grey, S. (2018). Derailing transformative education. NZARE CONFERENCE 2018 - SHAPING OUR FUTURES, Manukau Auckland.

Kenkel, D. J., & Haigh, D. (2018). Thoughts from the Glen Eden study 2017-18 Housing Symposium 24.11.2018. Housing Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.

Kenkel, D J. (2018). Celebrating Diversity! Umm? And Why the Question - Kei Hea Te Putea? Is More Important Than Ever. Posted on April 6, 2018 by RSW Collective. New Zealand, Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand (Vol. Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand).

Kenkel, D J. (2018). Reclaiming Social Work with Soul. Auckland (Vol. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand, Posted on October 19, 2018 by RSW Collective).

Kenkel, D. (2017). Social Work and Social Investment - cutting the connection between cause and consequence. Claire Margaret Dale, Proceedings: Summit - Beyond Social Investment ISBN: 978-0-9941132-8-3 © September 2017.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4274

Haigh, D., Kenkel, D., & Doswell, K. (2017). Change and Development in Glen Eden. Auckland, Report for Waitakere Ranges Local Board.

Kenkel, D. J. (2017). Social Investment - cutting the connection between cause and consequence. Beyond Social Investment - Auckland University, Child Poverty Action Group, Centre for applied economics, Lecture Theatre OGGB3, Level 0, University of Auckland Business School, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland.

Haigh, D., Kenkel, D., & Doswell, K. (2017). Change and Development in Glen Eden, 2017. Unitec Epress (Vol. November 2017).

Kenkel, D J. (2017). Placing People in Time: Musing tales of character from the land where neo-liberalism wasn't. ACDA & IACD Conference, Waitakere Campus Henderson.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3795

Kenkel, D. (2017). Prospects for Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand: Segmentation or Solidarity. New Zealand, Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand (Vol. Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand).
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4267

Doswell, K., Haigh, D., & Kenkel, D. (2016). Gentrification, Change and GlenEden (Draft). Auckland, Unitec.

Kenkel, D. J. (2016). The absent elephant in the 2016 Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel Report. New Zealand, Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand (Vol. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand).
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3688

Kenkel, D. J. (2016). Advocating for Children Domestic Violence and a voice for Children. Wiseup Conference: Anglican Trust for Women and Children, Auckland.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3531

Kenkel, D., & Prestidge, P. (2015). Community development and the 'policy governance' approach: Have we voted out democracy? WHANAKE: The Pacific Journal of Community Development (Vol. 1(2)).
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3165

Kenkel, D., and Prestidge , P. (2015). Do we really need to park democracy in the doorway of NGOs? Community Development Conference, Unitec Waitakere Campus, Auckland.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3905

Kenkel, D., & Ashley, P. (2015). Fostering creative engagement with uncertainty: Teaching the value of not knowing. National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Kenkel , D., and Ashley , P. (2014). Discourse Analysis - Values. Some Ideas for Practice - Social Constructionism. Waitemata District Health Board - Mental Health Social Workers Education Day, Auckland, 24 June.

Kenkel, D. (2014). Statement from the team. Hunt, N., Kingsnorth, P., & Wheeler, S. (Eds). Dark Mountain Volume 6. CPI Group Ltd.,Croyden, UK.

Kenkel, D., and Fletcher , T. (2014). Domestic violence - Mental Health social work. Waitemata District Health Board - Mental Health Social Workers Education Day, Auckland, 16 Dec 2014.

Kenkel, D. (2014). Update and discussion around changes to Domestic Violence Programmes. WAVES Trust Interagency Meeting, Corbans Estate Arts Centre, Auckland, 8 April.

Kenkel, D., and Ashley, P. (2014). Boundaries, Confidentiality, Safety and Managing Information. Massey Matters, Auckland, 22 May.

Kenkel, D. (2013). Supporting police in shifting focus from conviction to community engagement. WAVES network, Auckland, 12 November.

Kenkel, D., and Hyslop, I. (2013). The stubborn business of Social Work: A brief look at how Social Work recreates its art in the face of global and local change. Waitemata District Health Board Mental Health Social Workers Education Day, Auckland, 19 June.

Kenkel, D. (2011). Use of control logs, and working with some new approaches from the updated stopping violence manual. Man Alive, Waitakere, August.

Kenkel, D., and Hyslop, I. (2009). Myths about boys. Violence Free Waitakere and Waitakere City Council Focus on Fathering Week.

Kenkel, D. (2008). Why does abuse keep coming back? Robinson, B. (ed), Keeping Kids Safe Conference Findings 2008, Auckland (Vol. online).

Kenkel, D., Watson, P., and Fletcher, T. (2008). Finding the courage. Every Child Counts Conference, Wellington.

Kenkel, D. (2008). Human rights, children, and domestic violence. Global Healthcare Solutions for Vulnerable Populations Conference, AUT University and the National Nursing Centres Consortium, Auckland.

Rennie, G. J., & Kenkel, D. (2000). Social Work Political Participation in New Zealand. Presented to the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Work conference, Manukau.