Education and the arts supervisors

Dr Tracy Woodroffe

Dr Tracy Woodroffe is a Lecturer and Course Coordinator in the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts & Society. She welcomes inquiries from prospective Master by Research and PhD students for supervision in her areas of interest.

Research Interests:

• Indigenous education and leadership
• knowledge systems
• classroom practice and assessment
• teacher education

Dr Sue Erica Smith

Dr Sue Erica Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Education.  In both her research and teaching she seeks to elevate compassion and wisdom into all sectors of education. She also explores meditation, as a broad and rich construct where mindfulness is but one aspect. This work seeks to promote the wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Research Interests

• Education
• Indigenous education'
• Buddhism
• Wisdom, compassion', wellbeing
• Ethics

Dr Ania Lian

Dr Lian coordinates the Master in Education (International) course, through to the development of the Higher Degree Research supervision culture, building Higher Degree Research students’ capacity, as well as develops international links with South-East Asian countries, especially Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Research interests:

• language teaching pedagogy
• literacy education
• educational neuroscience.

Dr Georgina Nutton

Dr Nutton’s research focuses on the effectiveness and design of early childhood and primary programmes that improve learning and developmental outcomes in contexts that can be challenging to service systems such as remote, regional and disadvantaged communities.

Research interests:

• school readiness
• academic success
• interpersonal relations
• health, child protection, education and community development policy.

Dr Cris Edmonds-Wathen

Cris has research expertise in language in mathematics education, with a focus on how different languages express mathematical ideas.

Research interests:

• Mathematics education 
• Mathematics and language 
• Indigenous education  
• Indigenous languages in education  

Professor Jennifer Deger

Jennifer is co-director of the Centre for Creative Futures. She is an award winning filmmaker, author and occasional curator working between anthropology, art and the environmental humanities.

Research interests:

* collaborative and experimental social research
* Yolngu future-making
* visual ethics and aesthetics
* photography and documentary studies
* Anthropocene studies

Dr Farha Sattar

Dr Farha Sattar is a Lecturer in Education (Mathematics) at the Faculty of Arts and Society. With an exceptional background in mathematics, and geospatial science and a passion for advancing STEM education, Dr. Sattar's expertise spans various disciplines, including mathematics and geoscience education, STEM education, cognitive development, experiential learning, inquiry-based learning, drone technology, GIS and remote sensing.

Research interests:

• Mathematics Education
• STEM Education
• Experiential Learning
• Inquiry-based Learning
• Cognitive Development
• Integrated STEM Approaches
• Augmented, Virtual and Mixed reality
• Sustainable Development and Quality Education
• Women in STEM
• Digital technologies
• Geographic Information System
• Remote Sensing
• Photogrammetry
• 3D Image Processing
• Spatial Data Infrastructure

Dr Nicola Rolls

Dr Rolls has significant experience in managing, researching and developing higher education and transition programs in response to the climate of diversity, the academic challenges faced by university students and approaches to overcoming these from a systemic functional linguistic and socio-cultural perspective. 

Research Interests

• Applied Linguistics
• Language, communication and learning
• Equity and access for marginalized groups
• Academic literacies
• Sustainability
• Transition Pedagogies
• First Year University Experience
• Learning and empowerment for remote Indigenous communities

Dr Khalid Khan

Dr Khalid Khan has a strong track record of research publications and presenting papers on topics ranging from Differential Geometry to Data Literacy, Questioning, 21st-Century Skills, Sense-making in Mathematics, and STEM Education. His work under pure mathematics has been cited in a World Scientific monograph on Wrapped Product Manifolds. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and as a referee for numerous research periodicals.

Research Interests

• Data Literacy
• Questions and Questioning
• Sense Making
• AI and Mathematics Education
• STEM Education
• Educational Frameworks
• 21st Century Skills
• Differential Geometry and Wrapped Product Submanifolds

Associate Professor Jon Mason

I have an extensive publication record spanning nearly 30 years. My primary research focus is engagement ‘with and within’ the digital environment and the implications this has for education and society. By necessity, this spans several disciplines.

Research interests:

•  Artificial Intelligence
•  Data Literacy
•  Open Educational Practices
•  Inquiry-Based Learning
•  Sense-Making
•  Scaffolding Student Questioning
•  Education 4.0
•  Global Competency Frameworks
•  International Standardization
•  The Metaverse
•  Ethics and wisdom

Dr Claire Bartlett

Dr Bartlett's research focuses on the implementation of programs and practices to improve the developmental and educational outcomes of children, particularly First Nations children. She employs social research methods to uncover and understand the ways reformers’ beliefs about the program or practice—and the conditions and contexts in which implementation occurs—shapes the process and outcomes. 

Research Interests:

• The implementation of programs and practices to improve the developmental and educational outcomes of children
• The implementation of education reform
• Pre-service teacher professional experience
• Teacher performance assessment
• Online teacher education

Dr Khyiah Angel

Dr Angel’s research interests include gamification and game-based learning, technology pedagogy, and multimodal storytelling. She is also interested in exploring multimodal storytelling in education for Autistic / neurodivergent students. She has published creatively, including young adult novels and researched and published the use of multimodality as an authorial competency. Her current research is investigating the efficacy of using Virtual Escape Rooms and the Minecraft Classroom as a means of facilitating synchronous and asynchronous tertiary education modules. 

Research Interests:

• Game-based learning and teaching 
• Microlearning Neurodiversity 
• Digital Fluency 
• Technology pedagogies

Stephen Bolaji

My research focuses on educational psychology, with a particular emphasis on students' wellbeing, workplace diversity, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) educational aspirations, education policy, online learning, digital engagement, and the use of AI in enhancing student learning.

I am actively seeking research students interested in educational psychology, diversity, policy development, and the integration of digital technologies in learning. Research students will have the opportunity to engage with impactful projects that aim to improve educational experiences and outcomes for diverse student populations, contributing to both academic theory and practical policy solutions.

Research Interests

• Educational Psychology 
• Students' Wellbeing 
• Workplace Diversity 
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Educational Aspirations 
• Education Policy
• Online Learning and Digital Engagement 
• The Use of AI in Enhancing Student Learning 
• Psychological Wellbeing in Education
• Diversity and Inclusion in Educational Settings 
• Impact of Technology on Educational Outcomes 
• Personalised Learning through Digital Tools
• Educational Equity and Access for Diverse Populations

Dr Felicity McLure

Dr McLure is a Senior Lecturer in Education and a member of the Northern Institute. She has published extensively in the fields of Learning Environments, Science Education and Integrated STEM education and 21.1% of her publications are in the top 10% most cited documents in education worldwide. Her research includes quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods frameworks, using Rasch modeling, Structural Equation modeling and other multivariate analyses.

Research Interests:

• Learning Environments
• Science Education (multiple representations and conceptual change)
• Integrated STEM education

Dr. Angelica Carlet

Angelica Carlet is a lecturer in education at Charles Darwin University whose research sits at the intersection of second language acquisition, phonology, and English language teaching methodologies.

Research Interests:

My research is situated within the field of second language acquisition, with a particular focus on the acquisition of the phonological system in an additional language. I am especially interested in the role of High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) in enhancing learners’ perception and production of non-native sounds. HVPT, which exposes learners to a wide range of phonetic input from multiple talkers and contexts, is central to my work as a promising method for improving segmental and suprasegmental accuracy in second language pronunciation. 

In addition to HVPT, my research spans the interconnected areas of speech perception and production, English as a foreign language, and the practical applications of phonetic training in classroom settings. I am also deeply interested in the psycholinguistic mechanisms that underlie how learners process, store, and retrieve phonological information in a second language. Ultimately, my work aims to bridge theory and practice by informing evidence-based approaches to pronunciation teaching and learning.