Rate My Professor Mary-Anne Kate

Dr Mary-Anne Kate is a Lecturer in Psychology within the School of Health and Human Sciences, Faculty of Health, at Southern Cross University. She earned her PhD from the University of New England in 2018, with a thesis titled 'The prevalence of dissociation and Dissociative Disorders, and trauma and parent-child dynamics as etiological factors: implications for the validity of the Trauma Model and Fantasy Model of dissociation.' For this work, she received the Chancellor's Doctoral Research Medal from the University of New England in 2018 and the David Caul Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) in 2019. In 2021, she was awarded the ISSTD Morton Prince Award for Scientific Research. Prior to academia, Kate spent over a decade as a policy analyst and program manager in Canberra, Cairo, and Brussels, enhancing quality of life outcomes, including mental health, for vulnerable populations such as migrants, refugees, and minorities. She holds an adjunct research fellow position at the University of New England.

Kate's research focuses on dissociation, interpersonal trauma, attachment, and post-traumatic disorders. She serves on the ISSTD Scientific Committee and teaches their introductory course on dissociation. She developed the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation – 60 item version (MID-60), a screening tool for pathological dissociation. Key publications include 'The prevalence of Dissociative Disorders and dissociative experiences in college populations: a meta-analysis of 98 studies' (2019, cited over 145 times), 'Parent-child dynamics as predictors of dissociation in adulthood' (2023), 'Childhood Sexual, Emotional, and Physical Abuse as Predictors of Dissociation in Adulthood' (2021), and the book chapter 'Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Developmental Trauma Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and the Dissociative Disorders' (2019). At Southern Cross University, she lectures on the Master of Professional Psychology, Bachelor of Psychological Science, and Master of Mental Health programs. Kate delivers national and international presentations and webinars on trauma and dissociation, advancing clinical understanding and training.