Gair, Susan, Zuchowski, Ines, Jebichi, Daisy, O'Reilly, Sara, Rauwerda, Raechelle, and Savoru, Nikkola (2024) At-risk youth peer researchers highlight safety and “the bonds you make with staff and peers”. Australian Social Work, 77 (2). pp. 311-323.

Gair, Susan, and Zuchowski, Ines (2023) We can't go shopping without police coming': north Queensland’s at-risk youth feel excluded and heavily surveilled. The Conversation, 23 August 2023.

Gair, Susan (2021) Book review of "Practice Research in the Human Services: a university–agency partnership model" by Michael J. Austin and Sarah Carnochan. Oxford University Press, New York 2020. ISBN: 978-0-197518-335. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 22 (2). pp. 121-123.

Gair, Susan, Hager, Tamar, and Herzog, Omri (2021) Compliance and Resistance Within Neoliberal Academia: biographical stories, collective voices. Palgrave Pivot, Switzerland.

Gair, Susan, Zuchowski, Ines, and Beddoe, Liz (2021) Open access publishing: a key enabler to research impact, informed practice and social justice. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 22 (2). pp. 25-38.

Zuchowski, Ines, Beddoe, Liz, and Gair, Susan (2021) Social work academic and industry partnerships: engagement and impact. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 22 (2). pp. 1-5.

Savuro, Nikkola, Gair, Susan, Braidwood, Lilli, D'Emden, Cindy, O'Reilly, Sara, Walsh, Emma, and Zuchowski, Ines (2021) Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery. Australian Social Work, 75 (3). pp. 331-343.

Zuchowski, Ines, Braidwood, Lilli, d'Emden, Cindy, Gair, Susan, Heyeres, Marion, Nicholls, Leah, Savuro, Nikkola, and O'Reilly, Sara (2021) The voices of “at risk” young people about services they received: a systematic literature review. Australian Social Work, 75 (1). pp. 76-95.

Savage, Dorothy, and Gair, Susan (2020) Confronting the past so we do not disempower families in the present: reflections on use of a digitised case study. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 22 (1). pp. 23-33.

Zuchowski, Ines, and Gair, Susan (2020) Cultivating practice-based research: confidence, capacity and capabilities in the non-statutory child protection sector. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 22 (1).

Bennett, Kylie, Booth, Andrew, Gair, Susan, Kibet, Rose, and Thorpe, Rosamund (2020) Poverty is the problem – not parents: so tell me, child protection worker, how can you help? Children Australia, 45 (4). 2. pp. 207-214.

Zuchowski, Ines, Braidwood, Lilli, d'Emden, Cindy, Gair, Susan, Heyeres, Marion, Nicholls, Leah, Savuro, Nikkola, and O'Reilly, Sara (2020) The Lighthouse Guide to Working with Young People. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

Baglow, Len, and Gair, Susan (2019) Australian social work students: balancing tertiary studies, paid work and poverty. Journal of Social Work, 19 (2). pp. 276-295.

Zuchowski, Ines, Gair, Susan, Henderson, Debbie, and Thorpe, Ros (2019) Convenient yet neglected: the role of grandparent kinship carers. British Journal of Social Work, 49 (3).

Gair, Susan, and Zuchowski, Ines (2019) Grandparent carers, child protection practice, and the best interests of children: a case study. Australian Social Work, 72 (3). pp. 299-311.

Gair, Susan, Zuchowski, Ines, Henderson, Debbie, Thorpe, Ros, and Munns, Lyn (2019) Grandparents battle to be key stakeholders in protecting grandchildren. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 31 (1). pp. 101-113.

Gair, Susan, Zuchowski, Ines, Thorpe, Rosamund, Henderson, Debbie, and Munns, Lyn (2019) "In the Firing Line': grandparent carers at risk of family violence. Journal of Family Violence, 34 (4). pp. 321-329.

Baglow, Len, and Gair, Susan (2019) Mature-aged social work students: challenges, study realities, and experiences of poverty. Australian Social Work, 72 (1). pp. 91-104.

Zuchowski, Ines, Miles, Debra, Gair, Susan, and Tsey, Komla (2019) Social work research with industry: a systematic literature review of engagement and impact. British Journal of Social Work, 49. pp. 2299-2324.

O'Reilly, Sara, Braidwood, Lilli, D'Emden, Cindy, Gair, Susan, Savuro, Nikkola, and Zuchowski, Ines (2019) Working collaboratively to highlight the voices of young people in Townsville. James Cook University Law Review, 25. pp. 91-106.

Gair, Susan (2018) Looking back - looking forward: past, current, and future child adoptions in Australia. In: Rice, Simon, Day, Andrew, and Briskman, Linda, (eds.) Social Work in the Shadow of the Law - 5th edition. Federation Press, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 36-53.

Gair, Susan (2018) Balancing work and tertiary study is harder now than in 2012: study. The Conversation, 16 January 2018.

Gair, Susan, and Baglow, Len (2018) Australian social work students' experiences of balancing study, work, and field placement: seeing it like it is. Australian Social Work, 71 (1). pp. 46-57.

Gair, Susan, Zuchowski, Ines, Munns, Lynn, Thorpe, Ros, and Henderson, Debbie (2018) Grandparents matter: optimizing grandparents' involvement after child safety concerns. Child and Family Social Work, 23 (4). pp. 684-692.

Gair, Susan, and Baglow, Lenn (2018) Social justice in a tertiary education context: do we practice what we preach? Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 13 (3). pp. 207-216.

Gair, Susan (2018) Upholding social justice: obligation or optional extra in social work? critical reflections on a classroom-based inquiry. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 27 (2). pp. 140-156.

Gair, Susan, and Baglow, Len (2018) "We barely survived": social work students' mental health vulnerabilities and implications for educators, universities and the workforce. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 30 (1). 470. pp. 32-44.

Gair, Susan, and Zuchowski, Ines (2017) Grandparents must be included in decisions about children in out-of-home care. The Conversation, 10 October 2017.

van Luyn, Ariella, and Gair, Susan (2017) Conclusion: showing inspiring qualitative research? Over to readers. In: Gair, Susan, and van Luyn, Ariella, (eds.) Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21 . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 271-274.

Moloney, Sharon, and Gair, Susan (2017) Empathy and transformation in organic inquiry: sharing research in partnership with spirit. In: Gair, Susan, and van Luyn, Ariella, (eds.) Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21 . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 150-162.

Gair, Susan (2017) Fixed or shifting notions of ‘bad mother’? Considering past and future Australian adoption practice. In: Hughes Miller, Michelle, Hager, Tamar, and Bromwich, Rebecca Jaremko, (eds.) Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations and Resistance. Demeter Press, London, UK, pp. 275-290.

Gair, Susan, and van Luyn, Ariella (2017) Introduction: showing and feeling community narratives. In: Gair, Susan, and van Luyn, Ariella, (eds.) Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21 . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 1-9.

Gair, Susan (2017) Missing grandchildren: grandparents' lost contact and implications for social work. Australian Social Work, 70 (3). pp. 263-275.

Gair, Susan (2017) Pondering the colour of empathy: social work students' reasoning on activism, empathy and racism. British Journal of Social Work, 47. pp. 162-180.

Gair, Susan, and van Luyn, Ariella (2017) Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21 . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK.

van Luyn, Ariella, Gair, Susan, and Saunders, Vicki (2017) 'Transcending the limits of logic': poetic inquiry as a qualitative research method for working with vulnerable communities. In: Gair, Susan, and van Luyn, Ariella, (eds.) Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21 . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 79-95.

Gair, Susan (2016) Book review of "Saltwater: an epic fight for justice in the tropics" by C. McLennan, University of Queensland Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-7022-5383. Children Australia, 41 (4). p. 308.

Nickson, Amanda, Gair, Susan, and Miles, Debra (2016) Supporting isolated workers in their work with families in rural and remote Australia: exploring peer group supervision. Children Australia, 41 (4). pp. 265-274.

Gair, Susan (2016) Activism: optional extra or essential everyday practice in Australian social work? Results of a classroom-based inquiry. In: Abstracts from the Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Symposium. 35. p. 20. From: ANZSWWER 2016: Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Symposium: advancing our critical edge in social welfare education, research and practice, 29-30 September 2016, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Gair, Susan (2016) Critical reflections on teaching challenging content: do some students shoot the (white) messenger? Reflective Practice, 17 (5). pp. 592-604.

Gair, Susan, Lehmann, Jennifer, and Sanders, Rachael (2016) Editorial. Children Australia, 41 (4). pp. 245-246.

Rigby, Erin, Gair, Susan, and Thorpe, Ros (2016) Surviving intervention: grandparents' struggle to maintain relationships with their grandchildren following contact with child protection services. Children Australia, 41 (2). pp. 98-105.

Gair, Susan (2015) Disrupted and denied contact with grandchildren: "I think it's a form of abuse". In: Jagielska, Katarzyna, Lukasik, Joanna Malgorzala, and Pikula, Norbert, (eds.) Violence Against the Elderly: challenges-research-action. European Association of Schools of Social Work, Toronto, Canada, pp. 93-106.

Moloney, Sharon, and Gair, Susan (2015) Empathy and spiritual care in midwifery practice: contributing to women's enhanced birth experiences. Women and Birth, 28 (4). pp. 323-328.

Gair, Susan, and Savage, Dorothy (2015) Book review of "Our voices: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social work" by (Eds) B. Bennet, S. Green, S. Gilbert, D. Bessarab. South Yarra, Australia, McMillan, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4202-5673-4. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 17 (1). pp. 126-127.

Gair, Susan, Miles, Debra, Savage, Dorothy, and Zuchowski, Ines (2015) Racism unmasked: the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in social work field placements. Australian Social Work, 68 (1). pp. 32-48.

Gair, Susan (2015) Literature review providing an in-depth overview of existing research on the affects of intercountry adoption on adoptees. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Miles, Debra, Zuchowski, Ines, Savage, Dorothy, and Gair, Susan (2014) Strengthening the cultural wellbeing of indigenous social work students: confronting racism and promoting cultural safety and respect. In: Abstracts from the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2014: promoting social and economic equality. p. 85. From: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2014: promoting social and economic equality, 9-12 July 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Savage, Dorothy, and Gair, Susan (2014) Hearing and understanding the past in order to strengthen the future. In: Francis, Abraham P., Pulla, Venkat, Clark, Michael, Mariscal, E.Susana, and Ponnuswami, Ilango, (eds.) Advancing Social Work in Mental Health through Strengths-Based Practice. Primrose Hall, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, pp. 172-182.

O'Neill, Cas, Ban, Paul, and Gair, Susan (2014) The changing context of adoption. In: Rice, Simon, and Day, Andrew, (eds.) Social work in the shadow of the law. Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, Australia, pp. 26-46.

Gair, Susan (2013) Students' responses to vignettes featuring cultural differences: pondering empathy gaps, value judgments, and the promotion of 'partiality' in teaching empathy. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 15 (2). pp. 26-38.

Gair, Susan, and Moloney, Sharon (2013) Broadening notions of 'missing persons' to increase social inclusion, public empathy and healing: considering the case of children missing through adoption. Journal of Social Inclusion, 4 (1). pp. 90-109.

Zuchowski, Ines, Savage, Dorothy, Miles, Debra, and Gair, Susan (2013) Decolonising field education: challenging Australian social work praxis. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 15 (1). 5. pp. 47-62.

Gair, Susan (2013) Inducing empathy: pondering students' (in)ability to empathize with an Aboriginal man's lament and what might be done about it. Journal of Social Work Education, 49 (1). pp. 136-149.

Gair, Susan (2013) Recognition of prior learning (RPL) in Australian Social Work Field Education: a standpoint promoting human rights and social justice? Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 10 (1). pp. 72-85.

Muller, Lorraine, and Gair, Susan (2013) Respecting knowledge: circular movement in teacher/learner roles to advance Indigenous social work education and practice. In: Noble, Carolyn, Henrickson, Mark, and Han, In Young, (eds.) Social Work Education: voices from the Asia Pacific. Sydney University Press, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 29-53.

Gair, Susan, and Moloney, Sharon (2013) Unspeakable stories: when counter narratives are deemed unacceptable. Qualitative Research Journal, 13 (1). pp. 49-61.

Gair, Susan (2012) Documenting practice so we're all on the same page. Upholding the creativity. power and meaningfulness of writing. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 14 (1). 1. pp. 7-27.

Gair, Susan (2012) Haiku as a creative writing approach to explore empathy with social work students: a classroom-based inquiry. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 25 (2). pp. 69-82.

Gair, Susan (2012) Re-writing Australia's history of forced adoption. The Conversation, 28 February 2012.

Gair, Susan (2012) Feeling their stories: contemplating empathy, insider/outsider positionings, and enriching qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research, 22 (1). pp. 134-143.

Gair, Susan (2011) Creating spaces for critical reflection in social work education: learning from a classroom-based empathy project. Reflective Practice, 12 (6). pp. 791-802.

Gair, Susan (2011) Exploring empathy embedded in ethics curricula: a classroom inquiry. Advances in Social Work, 12 (2). pp. 329-344.

Gair, Susan (2010) Social justice, human rights, past adoption discourse and inter-country adoption. Australian Journal of Adoption, 2 (2). pp. 1-9.

Gair, Susan (2010) Social work students' thoughts on their (in)ability to empathise with a birth mother's story: pondering the need for a deeper focus on empathy. Adoption and Fostering, 34 (4). pp. 39-49.

Gair, Susan (2009) More on empathy: considering students' responses and Edith Stein's framework for a fuller, transformative empathy. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 11. pp. 51-69.

Courtenay, Patricia, and Gair, Susan (2009) Towards critical mass: work in progress at James Cook University. In: Frawley, Jack, Nolan, Maggie, and White, Nerada, (eds.) Indigenous Issues in Australian Universities. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, NT Australia, pp. 29-35.

Gair, Susan, and Muller, Lorraine (2009) Circular movement in the teacher/learner roles for advanced Indigenous social work education. In: Noble, Carolyn, Hendrikson, Mark, and Han, In Young, (eds.) Social Work Education: voices from the Asia Pacific. Vulgar Press, Bayswater, VIC, Australia, pp. 125-148.

Gair, Susan (2009) Hearing the voices of social workers in past adoption practice with mothers and their babies for adoption: what can we learn? In: Spark, Ceridwen, and Cuthbert, Denise, (eds.) Other People's Children: adoption in Australia. Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, pp. 73-94.

Gair, Susan (2008) The psychic disequilibrium of adoption: stories exploring links between adoption and suicidal thoughts and actions. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 7 (3). pp. 1-10.

Gair, Susan, and Pagliano, Paul (2008) "Don't we already do that?" In search of an Indigenous and non-Indigenous academic symbiosis. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 11 (3). pp. 3-18.

Gair, Susan, and Thomas, Yvonne (2008) Ensuring safe passage: identifying the threat of workplace violence against tertiary students. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, 24 (1). pp. 43-51.

Gair, Susan (2008) Missing the 'flight from responsibility': tales from a Non-Indigenous educator pursuing spaces for social work education relevant to Indigenous Australians. In: Gray, Mel, Coates, John, and Bird, Michael Yellow, (eds.) Indigenous Social Work Around the World: towards culturally relevant education and practice. Contemporary Social Work Studies . Ashgate , Hampshire, UK, pp. 219-230.

Gair, Susan (2008) Walking a mile in another person's shoes: contemplating limitations and learning on the road to accurate empathy. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 10 (1). pp. 19-29.

Gair, Susan, and Croker, Felicity (2007) Missing voices about a foreign place: exploring midwifery practice with midwives who cared for single mothers and babies/or adoption in Queensland (1960-1990). Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, 10 (2). pp. 56-67.

Gair, Susan (2007) Pursuing Indigenous-inclusive curriculum in social work tertiary education: feeling my way as a non-indigenous educator. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36 (2007). pp. 49-55.

Gair, Susan, Miles, Debra, and Thomson, Jane (2005) Reconciling indigenous and non-indigenous knowledges in social work education: action and legitimacy. Journal of Social Work Education, 41 (2). pp. 179-190.

Gair, Susan, Thomson, Jane, and Savage, Dorothy (2005) What's stopping them? exploring barriers hindering Indigenous Australians from completing a social work degree at a regional Queensland university. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 7 (1). pp. 54-66.

Gair, Susan, Thomson, Jane, Miles, Debra, and Harris, Nonie (2003) It's very 'white' isn't it!: challenging monoculturalism in social work and welfare education. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 5 (1). pp. 37-52.

Gair, Susan, Thomson, Jane, Miles, Debra, and Harris, Nonie (2003) It’s very white isn’t it! Challenging mono-culturalism in social work and welfare education. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 5 (1). pp. 37-55.

Gair, Susan, and Camilleri, Peter (2003) Attempting suicide and help-seeking behaviours: using stories from young people to inform social work practice. Australian Social Work, 56 (2). pp. 83-93.

Gair, Susan, and Frangos, Rosemary (2002) Honing skills: an evolving model for teaching welfare 'skills' appropriate to the North Queensland context. Women in Welfare Education, 5. pp. 3-8.

Gair, Susan (2002) Pearls, pith, and provocation. In the thick of it: a reflective tale from an Australian social worker/qualitative researcher. Qualitative Health Research, 12 (1). pp. 130-139.

Gair, Susan, and Camilleri, Peter (2000) Attempted suicide: listening to and learning from young people. Queensland Journal of Educational Research, 16 (2). pp. 183-206.

Gair, Susan (1996) Adoption: a different road to mothering: adoptive mothers' experiences of negotiating and maintaining the mothering role at significant points across the adoption life cycle. PhD thesis, James Cook University.