About us
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Professor William Locke
Director
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Associate Professor Chi Baik
Deputy Director &
Associate Professor in Higher Education -
Professor Sophie Arkoudis
Associate Dean (Research), MGSE & Professor in Higher Education
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Dr Arnaldo Barone
Senior Lecturer (LH Martin Programs Coordinator)
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Ms Cathleen Benevento
Senior Administrative Officer
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Associate Professor Thomas Cochrane
Associate Professor (Technology Enhanced Learning)
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Dr Gwilym Croucher
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Policy and Management
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Dr Paula De Barba
Research Fellow (Higher Education)
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Dr Chris Deneen
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Curriculum and Assessment
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Associate Professor Kristine Elliott
Associate Professor in Higher Education
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Dr Sarah French
Lecturer in Higher Education
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Ms Nina Grange
SEAMS Project Officer
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Ms Robyn Hodge
Centre Manager
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Professor Gregor Kennedy
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
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Dr Siew-Fang Law
Senior Lecturer (Engagement, Collaboration and Partnership)
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Ms Samantha Marangell
Associate Lecturer
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Ms Katherine Mott
Communications Coordinator
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Associate Professor Mike Prosser
Associate Professor in Higher Education Curriculum and Assessment
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Dr Tracii Ryan
Research Fellow (Educational Technology)
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Dr Dina Uzhegova
Program Officer
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Dr James Waghorne
History of the University Unit
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Associate Professor Karena Waller
Associate Professor in MDHS
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Mr Myron Yovannidis
Program Officer
- Dr Vernon Crew
Honorary Senior Fellow
- Professor Leo Goedegebuure
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Julie Hare
Honorary Fellow
- Lindsay Heywood
Honorary Senior Fellow
- Associate Professor Carol Johnston
Honorary Fellow
- Professor Gabriele Lakomski
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Professor Emeritus Frank Larkins AM
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Marian Mahat
Honorary Fellow
- Professor Simon Marginson
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Associate Professor Ian Marshman AM
Honorary Principal Fellow
- Professor Vin Massaro
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee AM
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Professor Andrew Norton
Honorary Fellow
- Professor Stephen Parker AO
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Associate Professor Noel Stonehouse
Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Jenny Wilson
Honorary Fellow
- Professor Frans van Vught
Honorary Senior Fellow
- Professor Christopher Ziguras
Honorary Senior Fellow
Current Graduate Researchers
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| Asma Ahsan aahsan1@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'Agenda setting and policy change in higher education research policy: A comparative analysis of the research ‘impact’ agenda in Australia and United Kingdom.' Supervisor: Professor Leo Goedegebuure, and Professor Lynn Meek Research interests: higher education and research policy, policy making process, research/policy gap, research 'impact' agenda, and research assessment. |
| James Ballard ballardj@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'Learner Enhanced Technology: Development of student engagement profiles to explore the intersection of learning design and learning technology.' Supervisors: Professor Gregor Kennedy and Dr Tracii Ryan Research interests: personalised learning, learning technologies, and learner analytics. |
| Robyn Barallon rmbarallon@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'Discursive juxtapositions in constructive misalignment: hidden impacts of implementing constructively aligned curriculum in higher education.' Supervisors: Dr Victoria Millar (MGSE), Associate Professor Chi Baik, Associate Professor Jason Lodge (The University of Queensland) Research interests: learning and teaching in higher education, higher education curriculum, the relationship between knowledge, power and learning and, linguistic bias in assessment. |
| Matthew Brett PhD 'Heredity of Australian higher education financing legislation.' Supervisor: Professor Richard James, and Professor Hamish Coates (Tsinghua University, China) Research interests: higher education financing, higher education policy. higher education policy reform. |
| Samantha Byrne samantha.byrne@student.unimelb.edu.au D.Ed 'Pre-class learning in the flipped classroom.’ Supervisor: Associate Professor Kristine Elliott, and Associate Professor Heather Verkade (MDHS) Research interests: the relationships between student preference and perceptions of different format of pre-class learning in the flipped classroom and student self-regulated learning behavior. |
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| Jiadi Cai PhD Supervisors: Associate Professor Chi Baik and Dr Tracii Ryan Research interests: internationalisation of higher education. |
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| Deborah Fitton fittond@student.unimelb.edu.au D.Ed ' "Pathway College" students and the challenges of engagement in Higher Education.' Supervisors: Professor Gregor Kennedy and Professor Sophie Arkoudis Research interests: student engagement, cultural interface, transition theory, and educational identity. |
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| Sharon Hebdon s.hebdon@student.unimelb.edu.au D.Ed 'To what extent does working with student as co-creators of course content in real time engage them with their learning?' Supervisors: Professor Sophie Arkoudis, and Associate Professor Kristine Elliott Research interests: co-creation and student as partners. |
| Ai Tam P. Le PhD 'Exploring academic work values from the perspectives of doctoral students.' Supervisor: Professor Leo Goedegebuure, and Dr Peter Woelert (MGSE) Research interests: academic profession, academic work, and academic values. |
 | Donia Malekian dmalekian@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'Temporal analytics for understanding students' study behaviours in digital educational environments.' Supervisor: Professor Gregor Kennedy, and Professor James Bailey (MSE) Research interests: machine learning, data mining, and learning analytics. |
| Samantha Marangell smarangell@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'University students' experiences of an internationalised university.' Supervisors: Professor Sophie Arkoudis and Associate Professor Chi Baik Research interests: internationalisation of higher education, socialisation in education settings, language culture and identity, and second language acquisition. |
| Thomas Mathew t.mathew@student.unimelb.edu.au D.Ed 'Graduate attributes, experiences and outcomes in a (Masters) graduate entry-to-practice nursing degree course.' Supervisors: Professor Sophie Arkoudis and Associate Professor Chi Baik. Research interests: nursing education, clinical skill development, cultural safety, and student wellbeing. |
| Sadia Nawaz PhD 'Identifying students’ confusion in digital learning environments.' Supervisor: Professor Gregor Kennedy, and Professor James Bailey (MSE) Research interests: learning analytics, data mining, and machine learning. |
| Alisa (Hang) Nguyen PhD 'Continuing Professional Development for the 21st Century EFL Lecturer in Vietnam Higher Education.' Supervisor: Dr Gwilym Croucher Research interests: continuing professional development in higher education, and motivation and wellbeing. |
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| Catherine Pickett c.pickett@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'What is TAFE's mission in Australia?' Supervisor: Professor Leo Goedegebuure, and Professor John Polesel (MGSE) Research interests: public vocational education and training policy and practice, regional education and training, social partnerships, system adaptation following disruption/opportunities, and construction of narratives. |
| Claudia Rivera riverac@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'The first-year university experience of undergraduate students in Chile.' Supervisor: Associate Professor Chi Baik, and Dr Ryan Naylor (USYD) Research interests: first-year experience, student experience, teacher-student interactions, and higher education. |
| Joanne Russell jrussell3@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'Fostering self-regulated learning in Biomedicine.' Supervisor: Associate Professor Chi Baik, Professor Elizabeth Molloy (MDHS), and Associate Professor Anna Ryan (MDHS) Research interests: self-regulated learning and higher education. |
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| Brice Shen PhD 'Understanding professional skill development: evaluating practical implementation of teaching graduate attributes.' Supervisor: Professor Sophie Arkoudis, and Professor Andrew Ooi (MSE) |
| Peter Sorenson p.sorenson@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'The use of visual imagery in students' choice of international university.' Supervisors: Professor Gregor Kennedy and Associate Professor Chi Baik |
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| Ben Symon PhD 'Early career academics' translation of professional learning experiences into their teaching contexts: a longitudinal investigation.' Supervisors: Associate Professor Chi Baik and Associate Professor Mike Prosser Research interests: teaching and professional development in higher education, reflective practice, and group learning. |
| Thao Vu PhD 'Academic performance management and the nature of academic work: a proposal for Australian public universities.' Supervisor: Professor Sophie Arkoudis, Professor Gabriele Lakomski (MGSE), and Dr Emmaline Bexley (La Trobe) Research interests: academic work, learning and teaching in higher education, and higher education management. |
| S. Umesha Weerakkody sweerakkody@student.unimelb.edu.au PhD 'Reshaping perspectives on the drivers of international student mobility.' Supervisor: Professor Gregor Kennedy, Professor Hamish Coates (Tsinghua University, China), and Associate Professor Catherine Gomes (RMIT) Research interests: international student mobility, transnational migration, internationalisation of higher education, critical globalisation studies, and higher education in developing countries. |
| Tom Whitford t.whitford@student.unimelb.edu.au D.Ed Supervisor: Associate Professor Kristine Elliott and Marian Mahat Research interests: Innovative approaches to business education, e-learning, online instruction and pedagogy, social constructivism, and effective learning design. |
| Paul Wiseman PhD 'Task engagement in digital learning.' Supervisors: Professor Gregor Kennedy and Dr Tracii Ryan Research interests: psychological engagement and flow theory with application in current and emerging higher education learning environments, and work integrated learning. |
