Marisa Paterson

Paterson graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and psychology. She completed a Masters of Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development at the Australian National University.[3] She graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from Charles Darwin University for her thesis, "From card games to poker machines: gambling in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory".[4]

Paterson worked at the Auckland University of Technology for some time, before 2017. On 25 August 2022, Paterson and the Auckland University of Technology announced an agreed position on her complaint of sexual harassment, stalking, and bullying while working there.[5]

As director of the Centre for Gambling Research at the Australian National University, Paterson's focus has been on modelling the impact of gambling on Indigenous communities.[3][6]

At the 2020 Australian Capital Territory general election, Paterson won one of the five seats in Murrumbidgee.[2] Paterson was the only new Labor member elected at the 2020 election.

• Young, Martin; Barnes, Tony; Stevens, Matthew; Paterson, Marisa; Morris, Mary (December 2007). "The Changing Landscape of Indigenous Gambling in Northern Australia: Current Knowledge and Future Directions". International Gambling Studies. 7 (3): 327–343. doi:10.1080/14459790701601497. ISSN 1445-9795. S2CID 145381409 – via Taylor and Francis.
• Fogarty, Marisa; Coalter, Nicola; Gordon, Ashley; Breen, Helen (4 August 2016). "Proposing a health promotion framework to address gambling problems in Australian Indigenous communities". Health Promotion International. 33 (1): 115–122. doi:10.1093/heapro/daw060. ISSN 0957-4824. PMID 27492826.
• Fogarty, Marisa (2 November 2017). "The place of cultural competency in 'responsible gambling' practice: challenging notions of informed choice". Addiction Research & Theory. 25 (6): 444–450. doi:10.1080/16066359.2017.1311875. ISSN 1606-6359. S2CID 151715520 – via Taylor and Francis.
• Paterson, Marisa; Taylor, Matthew; Gray, Matthew (February 2020). "Trajectories of Social and Economic Outcomes and Problem Gambling Risk in Australia". Social Indicators Research. 148 (1): 297–321. doi:10.1007/s11205-019-02194-w. ISSN 0303-8300. S2CID 255005775 – via Springer.
• Paterson, Marisa; Whitty, Megan; Boyer, Charlotte (7 May 2020). "An overview of digital and online strategies to reduce gambling harm". Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 32 (2): 248–257. doi:10.1002/hpja.341. ISSN 1036-1073. PMID 32246884. S2CID 214794282 – via Wiley.