JMJacqui Macdonald — no licensed photograph is available, so the academic plate is shown instead.

Academic

Jacqui Macdonald

Associate Professor at Deakin University, convener of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Women's health & gynaecology

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Jacqui Macdonald: key facts

Kind of voice
Academic
Role
Associate Professor at Deakin University, convener of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium
Quoted on
Women's health & gynaecology
Press citations held
1
Most recently quoted
29 Sept 2026

“We don't have a community where we wrap our arms around fathers in the same way that we do around mothers in the early stages. Instead the language is around fathers being a support for the mother. There's not a discussion about who the support is for fathers.”

Where Jacqui Macdonald has been quoted

  1. ‘Men are not expected to be interested in babies’: how society lets new fathers – and their families – downtheguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026

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