Audrey Mullender

Who is Audrey Mullender?

Audrey Mullender is a British academic who has been Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, since April 2004.

Mullender was educated at the University of Sheffield, as well as the University of Bordeaux, University of Nottingham, and University of Warwick where she obtained a PhD and a DLitt. From 1996 to 2004, she was Professor of Social Work and chair of the School of Health and Social Studies and the Faculty of Social Studies and director of the Centre for the Study of Safety and Well-being at the University of Warwick.

She is a prolific writer, with over 120 publications in the social work field including 20 books. She is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was Vice-Chair of the Social Policy and Social Work Sub-Panel in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

Mullender has carried out research on domestic violence, post-adoption issues, and group work theory. Her publications have included the treatises Self-directed Groupwork and Children Living with Domestic Violence.