Josephine Ricciuti

Bio

Josephine joined NDARC in 2022 and is currently working on the 'The Quit Smoking Study' and 'The Quit By Phone Study' with the Tobacco Research group. Josephine has obtained a Masters of Research in Anthropology (High Distinction) from Macquarie University (2019), where she also received the shared Ian Bedford 'best thesis award,' for academic excellence in the second year of the Masters of Research. Josephine researched the contested neurological illness, 'Body Integrity Identity Disorder' and focused on biomedical culture, embodiment and phenomenology, patient illness narratives and explanatory models. 

Josephine is also an experienced academic content tutor, having previously worked as tutor for Indigenous students from the 'Wuyagiba Study Hub'; a two-way learning initiative between elders and students from South-East Arnham land and Macquarie University. Josephine remains passionate about qualitative research and developing a PhD project in the areas of lived-experiences, medical and psychological anthropology, palliative care, chronicity and pain, structural violence, social determinants of disease and promoting inclusive cross-cultural models in mental health and AOD services.