Caitlyn Egan

PhD Candidate

Caitlyn Egan is a PhD candidate, HDR Teaching Fellow, and Research Assistant at Griffith University, researching problem debt and financial hardship amongst formerly incarcerated persons. She has publications in the areas of courts, sentencing and community corrections, and has presented work at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC), Annual Conference.

Caitlyn is serving a second term as Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Representative within the School of Criminology and Criminology (CCJ). In this role, Caitlyn coordinates with CCJ Leadership and the HDR Convenors to advocate for her peers and support the enhancement of the candidate experience. Caitlyn further facilitates regular HDR forums, organises professional development and social events, and represents the CCJ HDR cohort at committee and staff meetings.

Caitlyn teaches undergraduate courses within the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, convening courses and facilitating student tutorials/workshops. In 2023, Caitlyn supervised a Criminology Undergraduate Research Internship Program (CURIP), mentoring two undergraduate students in research practice and processes, developed their skills in literature searching, academic writing and qualitative research.

Beyond academia, Caitlyn has worked in Allied Health administration where she developed procedures and managed employee training. She also completed an internship at Queensland Corrective Services, creating performance frameworks in line with relevant legislation requirements.

Caitlyn has skills in:

• Quantitative and qualitative research
• Semi-structured interview design and analysis
• Survey design and analysis
• Systematic Literature Reviews
• Data collection
• IBM SPSS
• STATA
• Performance frameworks
• Project management