People
Academic Staff
Associate Professor Thomas Cochrane
Associate Professor Gwilym Croucher
Associate Professor James Waghorne
Professor Christopher Ziguras
Professional Staff
Honorary
Graduate Researchers
The CSHE Graduate Researchers are completing graduate research (either a doctoral or master's project) or are undertaking a Doctor of Education degree and have a principal supervisor who is a CSHE staff member or Fellow. Graduate Researchers take an active role in the CSHE community, contributing to Centre events and symposiums. Graduate Researchers have access to Centre facilities, including a desk.
If you are interested in undertaking a research degree with the Centre, you can find more informatio here. Graduate researchers from other universities interested in spending a semester with the Centre can submit an expression of interest here.
Current Graduate Researchers
Mariyam Nazviya
Thesis title: The value of higher education for young adults in Australian Universities
Research interests: Higher education student experience, student mental well-being, internationalisation in education, educational technologies, and higher education policy
Supervisors: Prof. Chi Baik, Dr Tracii Ryan
Anna Russell
Thesis title: The implementation of generative artificial intelligence technologies within higher education humanities faculties for the success of graduates and the maintained relevance of the qualifications
Research interests: Higher education policy for the humanities, artificial intelligence in education, and academic integrity
Supervisors: Prof. Christopher Ziguras, Dr Mat Hardy
Võ Phan Mỹ Trà
Thesis title: From mutual understanding to mutual recognition: ASEAN's higher education regionalism through intraregional policy learning
Research interests: Sociology of higher education, higher education policies, higher education internationalisation, regionalisation and regionalism
Supervisors: Prof. Christopher Ziguras, A/Prof Gwilym Croucher
Bohan Yang
Thesis title: Student agency in higher education: Chinese students’ self-formation in the context of social inequality
Research interests: Higher education, student agency, social justice and equity
Supervisors: Dr Samantha Marangell, Dr Tracii Ryan
Edward Zhang
Thesis title: Chinese international students' transition in the Australian universities
Research interests: Higher education, international students' experience, students' well-being, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and social equity
Supervisors: Prof. Christopher Ziguras, Dr Samantha Marangell, Dr Tracii Ryan
Boya Zhao
Thesis title: International students' engagement in the Australian job market
Research interests: International students' experience, graduate outcomes, employability and student agency
Supervisors: Prof. Chi Baik, Dr Samantha Marangell
Research Associates
CSHE Research Associates are University of Melbourne staff who work closely with the Centre on projects and graduate research supervision.
