Carolyn is a mother, grandmother and midwife with qualifications in adult education, counselling, lactation, primary health care, reproductive and sexual health. She has been at the leading edge of midwifery practice and education for four decades. Now a midwifery lecturer at Griffith, having wide-ranging national and international experience in diverse settings, including commissioning and managing a quality award-winning stand-alone midwifery service in NSW, her work is well known. Her passion is strengthening midwifery and improving care for childbearing women, partners and babies; her focus is on the neurophysiological intersection of growth, development and relationships. Areas of interest include neuroscience, epigenetics, the Polyvagal Theory, Barker’s Theory, teamwork, social, emotional and spiritual intelligence, labour, birth, breastfeeding and attachment. She has researched, taught and written extensively on midwifery related subjects. A core aspect of Carolyn’s work is finding ways to optimise students' teamwork skills so midwives, women and families can thrive.

Some of her published research: 

https://www.academia.edu/675921/Midwifery_women_history_and_politics?fbclid=IwAR2lJ6D7C3xrvLxgUonSx2OmkTVZiWmu8GcQdEF3zHXnemWs0okbvhf7suM

https://www.academia.edu/5124477/The_Birthing_Environment_A_sustainable_approach?fbclid=IwAR3cyRMhml7n9sQ_YF-MWdI3rbdBmMYMBAozsDBFfHDATHZGkncpvzLR3pk

https://www.academia.edu/21765916/The_spiritual_and_emotional_territory_of_the_unborn_and_newborn_baby_NOVA_The_University_of_Newcastles_Digital_Repository?fbclid=IwAR3I4YoqceMeJINmRYLOMr-jA-uMk35g-WHE3s-392e1KDtnNF5nl2gzwlM

https://www.academia.edu/7281520/Language_how_understanding_semantics_helps_us_be_with_women?fbclid=IwAR0G24SI3EjuTqkUs6Tro2D4TPGvS5RkJHNYipFPbvwev5IHmLdXfQnMJfA