Jackie Sanders

Jacqueline Ruth Sanders (born 1959) is a New Zealand social work academic, and professor in the School of Social Work at Massey University.

Academic career

Sanders completed her MA at Massey in 1984, and then spent 20 years working in health and social service planning and management. After graduating with a 2004 PhD titled Subject child : the everyday experiences of a group of small town Aotearoa/New Zealand children at Massey University, Sanders joined the School of Social Work, where she is a Professor of Children's and Youth Studies. She is Director of the Children, Youth, and Families Research Project. LtSYT examines the major transitions in the lives of high-risk young people between the ages of 13 and 17 – leaving school, higher education, employment, independence, and establishing an identity – and looks at the pathways that led to resilience and how those could be supported. Munford and Sanders have also prepared guidelines for employers working with young people, particularly helping them transition into work.

Selected works Sanders, Jackie, Mike O’Brien, Margaret Tennant, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Lester M. Salamon. "The New Zealand non-profit sector in comparative perspective." Wellington: Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (2008). Tennant, Margaret, Mike O'Brien, and Jackie Sanders. The history of the non-profit sector in New Zealand. Wellington: Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector, 2008.

Tennant, Margaret, Jackie Sanders, Michael O’Brien, and Charlotte Castle. Defining the nonprofit sector: New Zealand. Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 1998.