Notes on Contributors
Kate Anderson
is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University. Kate is a qualified speech pathologist who completed her PhD on telepractice support for families of children with disability (Sydney University, 2015). She conducts research in assistive technology and inclusive online learning.
Alison Baker
is an Associate Professor at Victoria University. Her research aims to understand how inequality impacts young people from marginalised backgrounds, focusing on social identities, sense of belonging and socio-political development.
Tim Corcoran
practiced for a decade as a Psychologist in two Queensland government departments (Education and Corrective Services). His research is dedicated to creating sensible theory~practice options supporting psychosocial ways of knowing/being. He tweets @TimCorcoran10
Edwin Creely
is a lecturer in education at Monash University. He has published in literacy, creativity, inclusive education and phenomenological research. He also has an interest in theatre and performance studies, as well as poetry and creative practices.
Jennie Duke
has over 25 years’ experience in schools In Queensland and over a decade in initial teacher education within a number of Australian Universities. Jennie’s research spans inclusion, leadership, curriculum, assessment and policy.
Peng-Sim Eng
is a special needs education teacher. She is especially interested in AAC as a means to interpersonal communication that facilitates building relationships required for supporting behavioural needs of students and adapting pedagogical documents to meet situated pedagogical challenges.
Leechin Heng
(PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Her other publications can be found in the Studies in Inclusive Education book series (2016, 2017) and the International Journal of Inclusive Education.
Anna Kilderry
(PhD) is Associate Professor in Education (early childhood) at Deakin University. Researching from a critical perspective, Anna has published internationally in the areas of early childhood curriculum, policy and teacher practice.
Sarah Lambert
manages student equity programs at Deakin University, Australia after a career in technology-enhanced learning. Motivated by social justice concerns, Sarah’s recent research explores how online education programs are used to widen educational participation for under-represented learners and communities.
Bec Marland
is a specialist primary and secondary teacher and PhD candidate at Victoria University, Melbourne. She gained a Master’s in Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) from University College London and is an Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association.
Julianne Moss
is Alfred Deakin Professor at Deakin University. She is Director of Deakin University’s strategic research centre in Education – REDI (Research for Educational Impact). Her research interests are in innovative post qualitative approaches and pedagogical and curriculum change.
Philippa Moylan
(PhD) has worked in research and administration officer roles at Victoria University since 2017. Her most recent publication appeared in Journal of Applied Youth Studies (2018).
Mia Nosrat
is a teacher and researcher who has worked in an Indigenous Primary School in the Northern Territory for the last two years. She is completing a Masters of Primary Teaching and has an interest in Indigenous Education.
Joanne O’Mara
is an Associate Professor in Education at Deakin University, Australia. Her research and scholarship focuses on emergent literacies and new textual practices; digital games; drama pedagogy; and the spatial, social and temporal dimensions of teachers’ work.
Jo Raphael
is Senior Lecturer in Drama Education at Deakin University and Artistic Director of Fusion Theatre, an inclusive community-based theatre company. Her PhD and subsequent research and publications traverse the fields of inclusive education, applied drama, and teacher education.
Bethany M. Rice
(BA, MEd, EdD) is the Director of Assessment, the Associate Director of Graduate Education, and an Assistant Professor at Endicott College in the United States. Her research interests include reading and literacy, inclusive education, and assessment in education.
Andrew Riordan
has a Masters in Special Education (2012) Griffith University, is Head of Inclusive Education at Victoria Point State High School QLD and is currently completing a Masters of Education, focussing on inclusive education practices and their implementation within Queensland State Schools.
Amathullah Shakeeb
is a PhD candidate at Deakin University, focusing on research around early childhood education (ECE) and inclusive education policies and practices. Amath is passionate about ECE and inclusion and has been in the field for over two decades.
Roger Slee
is a Visiting Professor in the Centre for Disability Studies in the School of sociology and social policy at the University of Leeds. He has formerly held posts as Dean of Education and was the Chair of Inclusive Education at the Institute of Education in London. He is the Founding Editor of the International Journal of Inclusive Education and was Chair of the Board of Directors for Children with Disabilities Australia. He is the author of The Irregular School (Routledge, 2011) and Inclusive Education Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells Funny (Routledge, 2018). Roger was Deputy Director General of Education in Queensland, Australia.
Kitty te Riele
is Professor and Deputy Director in the Peter Underwood Centre at the University of Tasmania. Kitty’s research projects and publications are focused on ways in which schooling can better support the most disadvantaged young people in our community.
Matthew Krehl Edward Thomas
(PhD, SFHEA) is a Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum at Deakin University. Matthew’s research explores time, power, human rights and technology. He tweets @whoseprivacy
Peter Walker
is a former principal with 20 years in diverse educational settings across Australia. He has presented at TedX, promoting inclusive education, and in 2018 was an invited guest of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. He lectures at Flinders University.
Scott Welsh
(PhD, 2014, Victoria University) is a Doctor of Philosophy (Education) at that university. He has written plays, published papers and articles, including many on the educational value of creative practice.
Ben Whitburn
is Senior Lecturer of Inclusive Education at Deakin University and the Course Director of the Master of Specialist Inclusive Education. Dr Whitburn’s research interests are aligned with critical disability studies and inclusive education. He tweets @BenWhitburn
Julie White
works at Victoria University inquiring into inclusive education. She is completing a large study examining education in youth justice systems. She has written more than 60 scholarly publications about educational inclusion, research methodology and the modernised university.
Michalinos Zembylas
is Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus. He is also Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation.