Dr Joan Garvan
Joan Garvan, PhD (ANU) Thesis: Maternal Ambivalence in Contemporary Australia: Navigating equity and care. She has an internet site, offered online professional development courses, and continues to work as an advocate with Maternal Health Matters. Joan is an inaugural member of Maternal Scholars Australia (formerly AMIRCI) and presented at conferences in Australia, Toronto, New York and Florence. Joan was both a mature aged student and a mature aged mum and her children have blossomed into young adults.