Dr Peter Ballis - Researcher Profile

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Address

Monash University
Wellington Road, Clayton

Biography

Peter (Harry) is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences. 

Qualifications

PHD
Institution: La Trobe University
Year awarded: 1996
HONOURS
Institution: Victoria University of Wellington
Year awarded: 1983

Publications

Books

Ballis, H., 1999, Leaving the Adventist Ministry: A Study of the Process of Exiting, Praeger, Westport USA.

Ballis, H., Bouma, G.D. (eds), 1999, Religion in an Age of Change, Christian Research Asociation, Kew Vic Australia.

Ballis, H., Bouma, G.D. (eds), 1999, Religion in an age of change, Christian Research Association, Kew Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Magnusson, R.S., Ballis, H.H., 2002, Doing fieldwork in the euthanasia underground, in Angels of Death: Exploring the Euthanasia Underground, eds Magnusson and Ballis, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South Vic Australia, pp. 152-173.

Magnusson, R.S., Ballis, P.H., 2002, Responding to euthanasia requests, in Angels of Death: Exploring the Euthanasia Underground, eds Roger Magnusson and Peter H Ballis, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South Vic Australia, pp. 100-127.

Ballis, H., 1999, Clergy at the Crossroads, in Religion in an age of change, Christian Research Association, Kew Vic Australia, pp. 98-115.

Journal Articles

Han, G., Chesters, J.E., Ballis, P.H., 2009, Challenge and excitement - Part one: loving and hating rural medical practice, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management [P], vol 4, issue 1, Australian College of Health Service Executives, Sydney NSW, Australia, pp. 41-46.

Han, G., Chesters, J.E., Ballis, P.H., 2009, Challenge and excitement - Part two: loving and hating rural medical practice, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management [P], vol 4, issue 2, Australian College of Health Service Executives, Sydney NSW, Australia, pp. 57-62.

Han, G., Ballis, P.H., 2007, Ethnomedicine and dominant medicine in multicultural Australia: A critical realist reflection on the case of Korean-Australian immigrants in Sydney, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, vol 3, issue 1, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-14.

Hardy, L.H., Ballis, P.H., 2005, Does one size fit all? The sacred and secular divide revisited with insights from Niebuhr's typology of social action, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol 18, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 238-254.

Hardy, L.H., Ballis, P.H., 2005, Does one size fit all? The sacred and secular divide revisited with insights from Niebuhr's typology of social action, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol 18, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 238-254.

Ballis, H., Magnusson, R.S., 1999, Health Care Worker's Responses to AIDS Patients' Requests for Euthanasia, Journal of Sociology, vol 35.3, The Australian Sociological Association / Longman, South Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 312-330.

Ballis, H., Magnusson, R.S., 1997, How AIDS challenges popular euthanasia myths, HIV/AIDS LEGAL LINK, vol 8, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 12-13.

Ballis, H., Richardson, P., 1997, Road to Damascus: Conversion stories and their implications for literacy educators, English in Australia, vol 119-20, Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Norwood SA, pp. 110-119.

Ballis, H., Richardson, P., 1997, Roads to Damascus: conversion stories and their implications for educators, ENGLISH IN AUSTRALIA, vol october 1997, Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 110-119.

Ballis, H., Magnusson, R.S., 1997, Treatment decision making at the end of life, MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, vol 166, AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 562.

Conference Proceedings

Hardy, L., Ballis, P., 2011, Socialising accountability in a religious charity organisation, Proceedings of the Sixth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, 12 July 2010 to 13 July 2010, APIRA and University of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-40.

Hardy, L.H., Ballis, P.H., Jacobs, K., 2007, The prophet and the account: Accounting in the sacred of the seventh-day Adventist church, Proceedings of the Fifth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, 8 July 2007 to 10 July 2007, UoC, AUoT, UoW and VUoW, New Zealand, pp. 1-40.

Ballis, P.H., Hardy, L.H., 2004, Auditing in heaven and order on earth: Ellen White, the protestant ethic and the spirit of adventism, Fourth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, 4 July 2004 - 6 July 2004, Singapore Management University, Singapore, pp. 1-22.

Magnusson, R.S., Ballis, H., 1997, The importance of AIDS in challenging popular euthanasia myths, Aids Impact Final Program And Abstract Book, MELBOURNE, 22-25 JUNE 1997, None supplied, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 120.

Other

Ballis, P.H., 2007, Foreword, Foreward to the self published book by Stuart Tripp "Travelling Hopefully"., Victoria Australia.

Ballis, H., 1997, Adventist X-Files: The truth is out there, Adeventist Professional, Association of Business and Professional Members d, Hornsby NSW.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
"Mind, Body, Spirit" - Narratives of traditional medicine and transformations toward sustainability in the Mt Mulanje Biosphere Reserve..
Supervisors:
Manning, D (Main), Ballis, P (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Townsend, P (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
A Study of Academic Subjectivity in Australian Higher Education.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Osbaldiston, N (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Becoming 'unsick': exploring recovery from long duration chronic illness .
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Eklund, E (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Participatory Factors of Citizen Patrols in Voluntary Police Crime Prevention.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Van Doorn, G (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Bryant, M.
Program of Study:
FROM ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE TO ORG. TALK: A STUDY OF EMPLOYEE NARRATIVES. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Wolfram Cox, J (Associate).
Student:
Connelly, J.
Program of Study:
ORDAINED MINISTRY AS A SECOND CAREER: A STUDY OF ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN VICTORIA AND TASMANIA. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Bouma, G (Main), Ballis, P (Joint).
Student:
Cross, D.
Program of Study:
Almost beyond caring: the impact of public hospital restructuring on nursing in Victoria during the 1990s. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Roy, P (Associate).
Student:
Furze, B.
Program of Study:
PROTECTED AREAS AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: THE CASE FOR PARTICIPATORY PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:
Roy, P (Main), Ballis, P (Associate).
Student:
Gaulton, R.
Program of Study:
MANAGING CULTURAL REFORM IN THE AUSTRALIAN MINERALS INDUSTRY. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main).
Student:
Kitto, S.
Program of Study:
Pedagogical machines and the governing of an Australian university. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Cooper, S (Associate), Higgins, V (Associate).
Student:
Leong, Y.
Program of Study:
Sales negotiation as social process in a Malaysian business context. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Roy, P (Associate).
Student:
Levey-Williams, J.
Program of Study:
Custodial discipline and post-release outcomes: a study of female offenders in Victoria. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main).
Student:
Manners, R.
Program of Study:
PUBLISH OR PERISH: A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF PRINT IN THE ADVENTIST COMMUNITY. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Joint-Co), Roy, P (Joint).
Student:
Sinclair, T.
Program of Study:
IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF WHOM? CHILD PROTECTION AND SYSTEMATICALLY DISTORTED COMMUNICATION. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Main), Roy, P (Associate).
Student:
Walker, C.
Program of Study:
MORE THAN A ROSTER - SHIFT WORK AND LIFE IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA. (Masters) 2001.
Supervisors:
Collis, M (Main), Ballis, P (Associate).
Student:
Wilson, S.
Program of Study:
RESEARCH AS CEREMONY: ARTICULATING AN INDIGENOUS RESEARCH PARADIGM. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Ballis, P (Joint-Co), Roy, P (Joint).