Dr Jennifer Mays is a senior lecturer at the School of Public Health and Social Work in the Faculty of Health at Queensland University of Technology. She has extensive professional and academic experience working in the disability government, non-government and community sectors spanning two decades. Dr Mays is recognised as an international expert on basic income and social policy. She worked in direct service with non-government disability agencies, not-for profit community development spaces, and disability policy and program areas in government. In her roles with government, Dr Jennifer Mays was involved in, and led, projects that shaped policy directions across disability programs, quality in service delivery, program development, social action and advocacy. Her professional expertise informs her academic work and includes critical social policy, program development and evaluation, national and international community work and direct practice across government and non-government sectors. Dr Jennifer Mays is also Academic Lead of Education for the School of Public Health and Social Work. Plus, she is involved in the coordination and teaching of the postgraduate social work masters unit, community and policy practice. Since joining QUT she has been committed to the development of engaged teaching and learning environments to support adult learners to engage with critical concepts, apply critical theory through experiential activities and undertake critical reflection/evaluation. Dr Jennifer Mays' research is designed to enhance the social justice, citizenship and well being of all people with disabilities, especially women with disabilities across international, national and local contexts. Her areas of research expertise include disability social policy (income support) and research, disability social theory, comparative policy analysis and discourse analysis  with an emphasis on qualitative paradigms, and feminist studies (prevention of violence against women with disabilities).  She is editor of the book Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand: Perspectives from the Neoliberal Frontier.  As well as her academic duties, Dr Jennifer Mays also plays a central role in the coordination of the Basic Income Guarantee Australia(BIGA) website which provides a repository and forum for ideas discussion, information sharing and research contribution to social policy basic income.