Our researchers

Dr Peyman Abkhezr

Career development, career counselling, qualitative career assessment, narrative inquiry, storytelling

Professor Dawn Adams

Autism, Intellectual disabilities, mental health and behaviour

Associate Professor Jennifer Alford

English/EAL/D and Literacy, critical literacies, policy analysis, teacher agency

Dr Sakinah Alhadad

Learning sciences, epistemic and social justice, evidence-informed Practice, teacher education

Associate Professor Jeanne Allen

Innovation in partnership, teacher education, and professional experience and mentoring

Professor Peter Anderson

Teacher Professional Development, Australian Indigenous education, curriculum and pedagogical interventions, educational systems

Associate Professor Debbie Bargallie

Researching racism for Indigenous employees in the Australian Public Service

Professor Stephen Billett

Lifelong learning, workplace learning, and vocational education and training

Dr Ana Borges

Health education, Education for violence prevention, Cross-cultural education, Violence against women

Associate Professor Jennifer Cartmel

School Age Child Care, Children's Services - Policy and Pedagogy, Intergenerational Practice

Professor Sarojni Choy

Adult and vocational education, workplace learning and continuing education training

Dr Nicole Dargue

Autism, gesture, non-verbal communication, comprehension, learning, neuropsychology

Dr Amy Kim Eun-Ji

Cross-cultural science education, global citizenship education, curriculum studies

Professor Christine-Edwards-Groves

Classroom interaction, dialogic pedagogies, English and literacy education, learning practices, action research, middle leadership

Professor Rob Ellis

Qualitative variation of outcomes, student and teacher experience, quality and innovation.

Professor Beryl Exley

English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)

Dr Kym Fry

Design research, STEM education, inquiry pedagogy, constructivism and Global citizenship education

Professor Susie Garvis

Early childhood education, quality improvement, policy, teacher competence & education

Dr Kathy Gibbs

Special needs and diverse education, teaching practices to address diverse student abilities

Dr Sarah-Jane Gregory

Student-centred learning, active learning strategies and building student learning partnerships

Professor Peter Grootenboer

Mathematics education, practice theory, action research and middle leadership

Associate Professor Brooke Harris-Reeves

Employability focused curriculum, Curriculum and pedagogy, Retention and transition initiatives

Dr Danielle H. Heinrichs

Multilingualism, multilingual public health communications, cross cultural well being

Dr Harry Kanasa

STEAM Inquiry-based learning; Integrating indigenous science; Using thinking tools to enhance thinking

Dr Yoriko Kikkawa

Curriculum and pedagogy, simulation-based training, cross disciplinary and cultural research

Dr Henry Kwok

Sociology of education, pedagogic discourse, critical literacy, post-truth

Dr Candace Kruger

Music Education, Indigenous Education (Knowledge and Pedagogical Practice)

Professor Kevin Larkin

Primary and digital technologies in mathematics education and early years STEM education

Dr Natalie Lazaroo

Cultural citizenship, decolonising methodologies and arts-based research

Dr Anh Hai Le

Lifelong learning, vocational education, industry-education, mixed-methods research

Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech

Applied linguistics, second language teaching, literacies

Dr Charmaine Logan-Fleming

Service Learning, Authentic assessment, Retention and leadership for women and girls in sport

Associate Professor Sama Low-Choy

Statistician, environmental management, maths education, data science

Associate Professor Katherine Main

Adolescent development, collaborative teaching, and junior and middle schooling

Dr Stephanie Malone

Factors that influence early academic development and autism

Associate Professor Tim Mavin

Aviation, vocational education and training, distributed cognition and joint cognitive systems

Professor Christine McDonald

Science education, nature of science, and curriculum and pedagogy

Associate Professor Glenda McGregor

Alternative and democratic schooling, curriculum, social justice and education

Dr Loraine McKay

Critical reflection, identity, inclusive education, resilience, agency

Dr Troy Meston

Gamilleroi lecturer investigating the intersections of technology and culture

Dr Sonal Nakar

Ethical awareness and understanding; Teacher education and preparation

Associate Professor Jessica Paynter

Autism, evidence-based practice, knowledge translation and emergent literacy

Professor Donna Pendergast

Middle years education, teacher efficacy, and teacher education and development

Dr Sorrel Penn-Edwards

Self-reflection, resilience, Arts, literature, writing, Leximancer, phenomenography

Dr Simon Petty

Classroom and Instrumental Music Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy

Dr Thu Pham

Indigenous student success, Indigenous students in higher education, Leadership in higher education

Professor Fran Press

Early childhood education and care (ECEC): policy, quality, workforce, leadership and Inter-professional work

Associate Professor Sarah Prestridge

Use and integration of ICT, digital literacy and online professional learning

Dr Tasha Riley

Social justice in education, diversity education and Indigenous education

Dr Michelle Ronksley-Pavia

Gifted and talented education, special and inclusive education, disability; student engagement

Dr Judy Rose

Sociology of education, innovative mixed methods, social justice, domestic and family violence

Dr Kelly Shoecraft

Plurilingualism, Translanguaging pedagogies, Second Language Acquisition, TESOL, Bilingual Education

Associate Professor Kate Simpson

Autism, participation and sensory behaviours

Professor Parlo Singh

Sociology of education, politics of curriculum, and pedagogy and teacher professional development

Associate Professor Popi Sotiriadou

Program Design, Authentic Assessment, Work Integrated Learning, Students-as-Researchers

Dr Wayne Usher

School and community health, Phys Ed, modern classroom practices, curriculum development

Dr Christa van Aswegen

Early childhood education, educational psychology, gifted and talented education, parental engagement, internationalisation

Dr Greg Vass

Culturally responsive schooling, curriculum and pedagogy, identity and education policy

Associate Professor Marleen Westerveld

Language and literacy, autism and developmental disability, early childhood to adolescence

Associate Professor Susan Whatman

Health, physical education, curriculum, pedagogy and Indigenous education

Dr Elizabeth Wheeley

Learning beyond formal education contexts, Insider voice, University teaching and learning

Associate Professor Michelle Whitford

Employability, WIL, Transferable skills, Students as partners, First Nations perspectives

Dr Benjamin Williams

Health and physical education, initial teacher education, and HPE curriculum and policy

Dr Linda Willis

Parent Engagement, Humanities, Literacy and Social Sciences Education, Inquiry Curriculum

Associate Professor Stuart Woodcock

Inclusive education, learning disabilities, attribution theory and classroom management

Dr Jason Zagami

Educational Technologies, Computing, Augmentation, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Gaming, Thinking, Cognition, Consensus, Self-study

Professor Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt

Management Education, Organisation Development and Community Engagement