Rate My Professor Samuel Teague

Dr. Samuel Teague is a health sociologist and Associate Dean of Engagement (Domestic) in Murdoch University’s School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. He also serves as the Academic Chair of Sociology, overseeing the Sociology major and teaching units on contemporary lifestyles, the history of mental illness, the body, surveillance, and power. Holding a PhD, Teague’s research specializations include applied social care, relational wellbeing, and the social and cultural dimensions of mental health in contemporary life. His work examines how mental health is shaped by social, cultural, and relational forces, with particular focus on cultural narratives of mental illness, relational forms of care, and emerging challenges in digital and datafied life. These interests align with keywords such as health sociology, mental health stigma, wellbeing, mental illness and violence from his university profile.

Teague contributes to industry and community partnerships beyond academia. He collaborates with faculty and stakeholders in Australia’s care sector to design, review, and update Humanities and Social Sciences curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is involved in PLACE’s Workforce Impact Network, which is building Australia’s first National Workforce Strategy for Place-Based Work. Additionally, he provides sociological expertise to Richmind (formerly Richmond Wellbeing) and Third Story on the design of a Youth Mental Health Creative Intervention, strengthening its evidence base and real-world impact. Key publications include “Useful, not just in the professional world but in everyday life: Exploring a non-STEM student’s experience in a tertiary-level data analytics unit” (2024, Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, co-authored with Kim Hudson), “Slow Dancing in a Microsoft Teams Room: A Sociology of Leadership in the Age of Geographic Dispersal” (2025, co-authored with Kim Hudson and Noraisha Oyama), “The History of Unreason: Social Construction of Mental Illness” (2020), and “Violence: Mental Health, Family, and Media Reporting” (2019, co-authored with Peter Robinson). Teague received the Excellence in Service Award (Academic) from Murdoch University’s School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. His work influences curriculum sustainability, workforce strategies, and mental health interventions through sociological perspectives.