Rate My Professor Susan Dennison

Dennison's contributions have been recognized with prestigious awards, including an inaugural Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2009 for her project titled 'What about the children? A study of the intergenerational consequences of paternal incarceration.' She also received the Research Leadership Award at Griffith University's Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Awards. Her prolific publication record includes key works such as 'My Life Is Separated: An Examination of the Challenges and Barriers to Parenting for Indigenous Fathers in Prison' (British Journal of Criminology, 2014), 'Family imprisonment, maternal parenting stress and its impact on child behaviour problems' (2018), 'Family member incarceration and physical health problems' (2021), 'Mental Disorders Among Mothers in Contact with the Criminal Justice System' (2024), and 'Teenage Motherhood Among Those Whose Mothers Were Incarcerated' (2025). Dennison supervises doctoral students on topics like trauma impacts and prisoner re-entry, and she contributes to major initiatives such as the Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives project. Her research has garnered over 1,800 citations on ResearchGate, underscoring her significant influence in criminology.