Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences
This award recognises an EAS researcher who has consistently demonstrated:
Research achievement
Research leadership
Community engagement
Research impact and influence
Roger is the epitome of the engaged academic and a shining example of what true research leadership means in our Division the practice of servant leadership.
Roger has sustained a high level of excellence and demonstrated a strong commitment to vocational education and training (VET) research for over 20 years. In total, Roger has successfully lead teams who have completed over $1 million dollars of funded research projects. He has also been responsible for the publication of over 150 scholarly publications and his policy and position papers have framed the VET debate in Australia for the last 20 years.
Through his work, Roger has worked tirelessly to bring credibility and rigour to research in the VET sector and has steadfastly promoted the value and significance of VET as an important but under recognised element of the education sector.
Roger is a scholar of the highest repute. In 2006 he was recognised for his service to VET Research as the inaugural winner of the Ray Barker Award for distinguished service to VET research, awarded by the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA).
But more than this, Roger provides leadership in an unassuming way. In a way that shifts the limelight - in a way that encourages and inspires those around him to see the value of teamwork, the value of his discipline and its importance to the Australian community.
This award recognises Early Career Researchers who have demonstrated excellence in research achievement in the 5 years after their doctorate was awarded.
Brenton is a lecturer (Middle Years) in the School of Education and is already recognised as a national leader in ADHD and education research. In 2006 alone, he has published two research books and five research-based papers for peer-reviewed journals.
Julia is a lecturer in the School of Communication. She was recently accepted as a member of the Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies. In 2006, despite a workload that most of would faint at the prospect of, she has published two papers and submitted a further five papers for review. Julia is also a board member for the Community Arts Network.
Amanda is Studio Head, Painting and Drawing. Her research focuses on the notion of drapery as a second skin/boundary. In 2006, Amanda has conducted a solo exhibition, What Lies Beneath (Tin Sheds, Sydney) and was invited to exhibit in Chinese Whispers an exhibition curated by Mike Esson for the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
This award recognises EAS Researchers with 5 to 15 years post-doctoral experience who have demonstrated a consistent commitment to high quality research achievement.
Andy is Associate Research Professor in Forensic Psychology. During his career he has published forty peer-reviewed papers, five book chapters, eight refereed conference papers and co-edited two books to support the introduction of the Year 11 and 12 psychology curricula in South Australia. He has also been Chief Investigator on six Category 1 nationally competitive grants.
Tony is Associate Professor in applied linguistics. He has recently secured more than $160K in linkage grants, $2.2m in ILTLP and $88K in industry support. Tony is in the process of preparing two books, three book chapters and two journal articles.
Mark is the Studio Head of Photography and New Media. His work was recently selected for inclusion in the 2006 Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Award (Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld) and currently has work on exhibit in the City of Perth Photomedia Award (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA). His work is held in many major collections including the National Gallery of Australia.
Greg received this award for achieving the highest number of Supported Researcher points in 04/05 (31: ~6 times the SR average for EAS). This is an especially significant achievement given that he is still within 5 years of completing his PhD.
John has supervised to completion the equivalent of 11 Masters by Research since 2003.
Barbara has supervised to completion the equivalent of 7.5 Doctorates by Research since 2003.
Natalie received this award for her publication: Effect of supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids and micronutrients on learning and behaviour problems associated with child ADHD in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics, which has an impact factor of 2.
While this was exceptional for such a young researcher, what really impressed the committee about Natalie was her ongoing commitment to promoting her work to the broader community. During her PhD, Natalie also conducted 38 radio interviews, was featured in 16 media articles and appeared in 11 television interviews. She is a great example of the type of post-grad student that gives UniSA a great name.
Anne received this award for her chapter: Designing materials for language self-instruction: A case study of Middle Egyptian in Current Research in Egyptology VI, Proceedings. Anne, through her PhD is revolutionising the teaching and learning of ancient Egyptian because she is recommending the use of the phonetic alphabet.
Linda Patterson received this award for her artefact: Drawing threads, which has drawn national attention to the possible new relations between performance art and new media with existing conventions of contemporary craft and visual art. It has involved a series of solo performances and exhibitions at seven major venues around Australia between 2004 and 2006.
This award recognises researchers who have forged strong relationships with the community through their research or equivalent activities.
For his sustained contribution to educational research with high impact, conducted with a wide range of partners and with significant effort to ensure its accessibility to a wide range of audiences. In particular his recent work on the SACE review which will have profound implications for senior secondary education in SA.
Lis received this award for her publications: Researching conflict in Africa: Insights and experiences and Activating human rights. Both of these publications demonstrate Liss dedication to cross-disciplinary and collaborative research. The first book examines the ethical and practical issues of researching violent and divided societies and brings together twelve authors from varied academic and geographical locations. The second book explores the connections between theory and practice in human rights including refugees and grew from papers presented at an international conference, Activating Human Rights and Diversity, in 2003.
Along with our last PVC Research, Ian Davey, Alison will be remembered as one of the ancestral elders of the Hawke Institute, she will be remembered for helping us to recruit Alan Mayne and for just being Alison.
I only hope we can all live up to her dream for Hawke, EAS and UniSA as a vibrant driving force centre for research and scholarship in the Humanities, Arts, Social and Creative Sciences in Australia.
