notes on Contributors ● 179community-based projects for young people in Fiji, as part of his social
service contribution.
Kate van Heugten is an associate professor in human services and social work
at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. She completed
an undergraduate degree in sociology and a master’s degree in social work.
Following her employment in child welfare, health social work, and coun-
seling/psychotherapy services, she gained a PhD in social work from the Uni-
versity of Canterbury. Her current areas of research and teaching include the
impact of neoliberalism on social science education and on work in the
human services; workplace bullying; loss, grief, and mourning; interpersonal
violence; human rights; and mental health issues. Recent publications include
Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context (Palgrave Macmillan,
2014) and Social Work under Pressure: How to Overcome Stress, Fatigue and
Burnout in the Workplace (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011).
Shayne Walker is senior lecturer in social work at the University of Otago,
Dunedin, New Zealand. His tribal affiliation is to Kai Tahu and Ngāti Kahun-
gunu, in the South and North Islands of New Zealand, as well as to Scotland
and England. Shayne is a qualified social worker and teaches in the areas of
treaty-based social work, kaupapa Māori research and practice, indigenous
family work, and bicultural practice. His research interests include all of these
and Māori fostering and adoption processes.