Meet Dr Candace Kruger

Dr Candace Kruger is a Yugambeh Indigenous elder, musician and music educator, passionately devoted to the power of song as a vehicle for transmitting Indigenous knowledges and living culture.   Read More

Meet Associate Professor Stuart Woodcock

Associate Professor Stuart Woodcock came into research pursuing answers to questions that raised more questions. Inclusion work and inclusive practices are close to his heart and his research focuses on changing perceptions and attitudes of differing student abilities and building teacher self-efficacy.  Read More

Meet Associate Professor Popi Sotiriadou

Associate Professor Popi Sotiriadou applies her elite sports background and a mindset of excellence to helping others achieve optimal learning and educational outcomes.   Read More

Meet Dr Tasha Riley

Dr Tasha Riley’s work explores the transformative potential of educational enquiry for minoritized and silenced peoples.  She has developed an international reputation for leading an integrated set of research projects that work individually and collectively to unmask sustained inequalities in educational and related settings, to possibilities for global and social justice.  Read More

Meet Dr Eun Ji Amy Kim 

Dr Eun Ji Amy Kim is passionate about using her position in academia to transcend labels and identities with a goal to do real work, that has genuine impact on communities and learning, no matter how small.  Read More

Meet Dr Greg Vass

Dr Greg Vass came into research provoked by significant changes in high school education, which were in part triggered with the introduction of standardised assessments and his involvement in professional learning related to Indigenous education.   Read More

Meet Dr Kym Fry

Dr Kym Fry's teaching and research is focused on a student centred, inquiry approach in primary mathematics education that helps learners develop problem solving and computational skills needed for a future of complexity and ambiguity.  Read More

Meet Dr Kathy Gibbs

Dr Kathy Gibbs spent a career working with young people before coming into a niche area of research in inclusive education, focused on ADHD support and differentiated instruction.   Read More

Meet Dr Anna Du Plessis

Dr Anna Elizabeth Du Plessis is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with GIER who works to support beginning teachers in their first five years of practice. Her research aims to construct new models for leadership focusing on effective management of culturally diverse contexts.  Read More

Meet Dr Jessica Paynter

Dr Jessica Paynter is a clinical psychologist whose research focuses on the development, evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based assessment and interventions for children on the autism spectrum.  She has particular interests in social cognition, academic achievement and parenting.  Read More

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