Research staff and students
A key strength of the Graduate School lies in its outstanding staff and students, comprising a number of internationally renowned researchers and practitioners. The Graduate School has more than 130 academic staff and over 500 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students supporting its research programs. Many of our academic staff are leaders in their fields. Below you will find the details of our current HDR students.
If you would like to contact an academic staff member regarding their research expertise or are an intending Higher Degree Research (HDR) student seeking a supervisor or please refer to our research areas and staff where you will find a brief listing of keywords and the staff who specialise and conduct research in these areas. For a more advanced search, go to the Academic Profiles database.
If you cannot find your area of interest below, please contact the Research Services Unit and we will put you in touch with the relevant supervisor.
Information about candidature and resources for current Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Students can be found on the HDR Student Resources page.
Current HDR students
| Name |
Degree |
Topic |
More info |
Supervisor |
| Helen Edith Aberton |
PhD |
Informal adult learning through participation in community organisations |
More |
Dr. Dianne Mulcahy and Associate Professor David Beckett |
| Jenny Arnold |
PhD |
Learning in science as a holistic process: a case study of student participation in project-based curriculum. |
More |
Dr Sherie McClam &
Dr Christina Hart |
| Hernan Cuervo |
PhD |
The meaning of social justice for rural school participants |
More |
Professor Johanna Wyn |
| Cornelia DeBrincat |
PhD |
Curriculum provision for post compulsory students in Victoria |
More |
Professor Richard Teese |
| Joy Doherty |
DEd |
Successful of a K-12 independent school in
Melbourne, Victoria |
More |
Dr.David Gurr |
| Fion Lim Choon Boey |
PhD |
Quality Assurance in Australian Offshore Education in Malaysia and Singapore |
|
Professor Richard James |
| Nola Firth |
PhD |
The role of perceived control in effective coping: Intervention programs for students with learning disabilities |
More |
Dr. Daryl Greaves & Associate Professor Erica Frydenberg |
| Julie Green |
PhD |
Investigating the role of literacy, language, education and culture for equitable health promotion |
More |
Professor Johanna Wyn & Professor Joseph lo Bianco |
| Andrew Leonard Hill |
PhD |
Distributed Leadership in Schools |
More |
Professor Gabriele Lakomski |
| Debra Ives |
PhD |
Post new arrival ESL students in mainstream primary classrooms |
More |
Professor Joseph Lo Bianco |
| Chamnong Kaewpet |
DEd |
Meeting the needs of engineering students in an ESP EFL Thai University context. |
More |
Dr. Kieran O'Loughlin |
| Brendan Moloney |
PhD |
The impact of Australian English in Japan |
More |
Dr. Kieran O'Loughlin and Dr. Joseph Lo Bianco |
| Brian Mundy |
PhD |
Personalising the curriculum |
More |
Dr. Julie White |
| Dawn Ng |
PhD |
Thinking, Small Group Interactions and Interdisciplinary Project Work |
More |
Dr. Gloria Stillman & Professor Kaye Stacey
|
| Basyariatul (Basha) Othman |
PhD |
Parent-Professional Relationships in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Impairment: The Malaysian Experience |
More |
A/P Margaret Brown, Dr Dianne Toe
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| Kevin John Smith |
PhD |
Exploring the Dialogical Potential in Chinese EFL Contexts |
More |
Dr. Michele De Courcy |
| Joel Windle |
PhD |
Quality of educational experience of young people of non-English speaking backgrounds. |
|
Professor Richard Teese |
| Li Hua Xu |
PhD |
Artefacts and Distributed Cognition: Towards a New Perspective on Learning in Science Classrooms. |
More |
Professor David Clarke |
Please note that this page is currently 'under construction'. If you are a current HDR student and would like your details listed here please contact Philippa Moylan
If you would like information regarding staff research please visit our Research areas and staff page. If you have trouble locating material on a particular topic, please go to our A to Z Research Index.
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