Expertise spanning the full spectrum of educational research
Our members come from the School of Education and Professional Studies, other Griffith University faculties and other national and international institutions. Follow the links to our Experts staff profile pages to find out more about our individual research strengths, background, research supervision, funded research and publications.
Our team
Director
Associate Professor Steven Hodge
Associate Professor Hodge's research and teaching interests focus on three key areas:
- Adult education
- Vocational education and training
- Curriculum design and development.
Deputy Director
Associate Professor Jennifer Alford
Associate Professor Alford's research and teaching interests focus on three key areas:
- English/EAL/D and Literacy
- Critical Literacies
- Policy Analysis and Teacher Agency.
Professional Staff
Mrs Jo-Anne Sakrzewski
Administrative Support Officer
Members and expertise
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 Kerry Taylor-Leech
Applied linguistics, second language teaching, literacies
Dr Thu Pham
Indigenous student success, Indigenous students in higher education, Leadership in higher education
Dr Christa van Aswegen
Early childhood education, educational psychology, gifted and talented education, parental engagement, internationalisation
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 Linda Willis
Parent Engagement, Humanities, Literacy and Social Sciences Education, Inquiry Curriculum
Adjunct members
- Associate Professor Marit Aas
- Dr Aspa Baroutsis
- Dr Wendi Beamish
- Professor Catherine Beavis
- Dr Lori Beckett
- Professor Christopher Bigum
- Dr Ashleigh Bullot
- Dr Trevor Clark
- Dr Ian Davis
- Emeritus Professor Neil Dempster
- Professor Julie Dunn
- Dr Anna Du Plessis
- Associate Professor Jo-Anne Ferreira
- Professor Laurent Filliettaz
- Emeritus Professor Glenn Finger
- Professor Bev Fluckiger
- Associate Professor David Geelan
- Dr Lyn Gilmour
- Dr Jill Girdwood
- Mr Hugh Guthrie
- Dr Feifei Han
- Professor Hannu Heikkinen
- Dr Gayle Hemsley
- Professor Patricia Howlin
- Dr Yijun Hu
- Emeritus Professor Greer Johnson
- Emeritus Professor Deb Keen
- Dr Lisbeth Kitson
- Professor Ulrich Kortenkamp
- Dr Henry Kwok
- Professor Silke Ladel
- Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech
- Dr Sherilyn Lennon
- Associate Professor Ian Munro
- Dr Alexander Muspratt
- Dr Michelle Neumann
- Dr Lisa Palethorpe
- Associate Professor Michelle Pidgeon
- Professor Jacqueline Roberts
- Professor Jacqui Rodgers
- Dr Viviana Sappa
- Dr Kassandra Soo
- Dr Madonna Stinson
- Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech
- Dr Roberta Thompson
- Professor Tony Townsend
- Dr Madonna Tucker
- Professor Paivi Tynjala
- Professor Allan Walker
- Dr Linda Willis
- Dr Benjamin Williams