Excelsia College | David Keegan

Senior Lecturer and Field Education Unit Coordinator

David Keegan

Bachelor Social Work & Masters Community Sector Management
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David Keegan is an expert in refugee protection and international human rights and has worked in senior leadership roles in organisations and projects operating across the Asia Pacific region for 13 years. He also has significant practice experience working in statutory child protection and youth homelessness services in Western Sydney and maintains active networks in Sydney and throughout the Asia Pacific region.

 

David is passionate about the role of social work in advocating for social justice and highlighting systemic injustices. He has leveraged senior executive roles to advise Governments on refugee and migration policy in the region as well as participating in international United Nations events relating to refugees and migrants.

 

David is the current Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN). He is also an accredited Executive Coach.

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Research interests

David is currently active in research on resilience in displaced populations of refugees in Indonesia and is also exploring the role of Artificial Intelligence in future social work practice

Publications

Nickerson, A., Hoffman, J., Keegan, D., Kashyap, S., Argadianti, R., Tricesaria, D., Pestalozzi, Z., Nandyatama, R., Khakbaz, M., Nilasari, N., Liddell, B. (2023) Intolerance of uncertainty, posttraumatic stress, depression, and fears for the future among displaced refugees, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 94, March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102672

 

Hoffman, J., Liddell, B. J., Keegan, D., Kashyap, S., Tricesaria, D., Pestalozzi, Z., Argadianti, R., Nandyatama, R. W., Khakbaz, M., Nilasari, N., Nickerson, A. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 stressors on refugee mental health and well-being in the context of sustained displacement. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(2), 144-155. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000664

 

Nickerson, A., Hoffman, J., Keegan, D., Kashyap, S., Tricesaria, D., Pestalozzi, Z., Argadianti Rachmah, R., Nandyatama, R., Khakbaz, M., Nilasari, N., Liddell, B. J. (2022).  Context, coping, and mental health in refugees living in protracted displacement. Journal of Traumatic Stress,  35,  1769–1782. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22885

 

Nickerson, A., Kashyap, S., Keegan, D., Edwards, B., Forrest, W., Bryant, R. A., O’Donnell, M., Felmingham, K., McFarlane, A. C., Tol, W. A., Lenferink, L., Hoffman, J., Liddell, B. J. (2022). Impact of displacement context on psychological distress in refugees resettled in Australia: a longitudinal population-based study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31, e51. doi:10.1017/S2045796022000324

 

Kashyap, S., Keegan, D., Liddell, B.J., Thomson, T., Nickerson, A. (2021), An Interaction Model of Environmental and Psychological Factors Influencing Refugee Mental Health. JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS, 34: 257-266. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22636

 

Posselt, M.,  Eaton, H.,  Ferguson, M.,  Keegan, D.,  Procter, N. (2019)  Enablers of psychological well-being for refugees and asylum seekers living in transitional countries: A systematic review. Health Soc Care Community.  2019; 27: 808–823. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12680

 

Nickerson, A., Liddell, B. J., Keegan, D., Edwards, B., Felmingham, K. L., Forbes, D., Hadzi-Pavlovic, D., McFarlane, A. C., O’Donnell, M., Silove, D., Steel, Z., Van Hoof, M., Bryant, R. A. (2019). Longitudinal association between trust, psychological symptoms and community engagement in resettled refugees. Psychological Medicine, 49(10), 1661–1669. doi:10.1017/S0033291718002246