School of International Studies and Education staff

Katherine has extensive experience in the field as a classroom practitioner and as a specialist Literacy Support Teacher from ES1-S5 (Kindergarten to Year 10). She has successfully held senior roles…

Stephen Black is a Senior Researcher in the Centre for Research in Learning and Change. His research and teaching interests for more than thirty years have been mainly in the area of adult literacy…

Jennifer works and researches in the museum and cultural heritage sectors, with a focus on issues of communication, access and public engagement. She gained her PhD in 2016 with a linguistic and…

Verity Firth is the Executive Director, Social Justice at UTS and leads the newly established Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is currently…

Sabina Groeneveld studied German Language and Literature and Educational Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney. Her doctoral…

Lesley Harbon has been involved in languages education in Australian schools and universities since the early 1970s. Lesley learned Indonesian during her high school years, then studied German…

Penny Wang Hooper began her teaching career as a teacher trainer in Shanghai, China. She also taught Mandarin Chinese as a foreign/second language as a casual academic for six years at the Western…

Mun Yee has extensive experience and lectures in both primary and secondary mathematics education in Australia and Hong Kong. She conducts research into pre-service teachers' mathematical…

Barbara Leigh is an adjunct professor who's area of interest is in Southeast Asian Studies.

Dr Sarah Loch has a background in school leadership, social work and university teaching, with an emphasis on girls' education and middle schooling. She has worked in K-12 schools and in teacher…

Alice Loda is Lecturer in Italian Studies. Her studies seat at the intersection between cultural studies, migration studies, literary theory and aesthetics. Her current research projects engage with…

Marie Manidis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Technology Sydney (UTS), B.A.,Secondary Teachers Diploma;  Graduate Diploma in Multicultural Education (Class Medal), MEd (by thesis),  PhD (…

Roger Morris has worked in higher education for more than 25 years. During that time, he has held a number of senior positions including: Director of External and Continuing Education (GTC); Academic…

I have taught in a number of primary and secondary schools, in Australia and overseas, as well as other Australian universities before starting at UTS in 2017. I have also been working in education…

Dr Elena Sheldon is a  Senior Lecturer in the School of International Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Coordinates and teaches in the Spanish Language and Culture Major and…

Robyn Staveley has taught music and movement education in schools and for professional education organisations in Australia and throughout Asia. She has presented at many conferences and teacher…

Mark was awarded his PhD in 2010 for a thesis that examined how speakers of English and French express the location of objects in different spatial settings. A revised version of his thesis was…

Fredericka is a lecturer in the School of International Studies and Education where she coordinates and teaches in German Language and Culture and Contemporary Germany (a modern German history…