NCSEHE people
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Prof
Trevor Gale
Director
Professor Gale holds a PhD and Master of Educational Administration from Queensland University and a Bachelor of Education from Monash University. He joins UniSA from the role of Associate Professor of Education within the Education Faculty at Monash University where he was also the Associate Dean (Research Degrees).
Professor Gale has a strong interest in issues of social justice and he has researched and published on these matters in areas of higher education and schooling. He has been Chief Investigator in a number of industry and public sector research projects and has contributed to debates about the nature of education policy and its production, particularly in the context of higher education policy and schooling. He has published as an author and co-author in books, refereed journals and conference proceedings and has presented at international conferences.
Professor Gale is currently Editor of the journal Critical Studies in
Education; a member of the Editorial Panel for the International
Journal for Inclusive Education and a member of the Editorial Board for
the International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning.
Dr Lalita McHenry
Centre Manager
Lalita McHenry holds a PhD from the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland, a Master of Social Science (by research) from the University of South Australia and a Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Queensland. She has a background of working in the community services sector as a disability advocate, community development worker and team leader and experience as both a professional and academic at the University of South Australia and University of Queensland. Lalita has published in the journal Performance Paradigm and in Realtime arts magazine.
Lalita's research has been strongly informed by her own work in the
community services and disability sectors. Her PhD 'Beyond the visible:
disability and performing bodies' explores the ways that performance works
by people with disabilities are shifting the focus and insisting on the
centrality, rather than marginality, of the disabled body. Her MA
concentrated heavily on policy and politics as they relate to questions of
difference and equity issues for people with disabilities. Dr McHenry has a
long-standing interest in issues of equity and questions of difference.
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Sam Sellar has recently completed his PhD - Visceral pedagogies and other ways of knowing: exploring ethical responsibility in relationships at the periphery of institutional schooling—at the University of South Australia, and also holds a Bachelor of Education (with Honours) from the University of South Australia. He has worked as a doctoral student and research assistant on the ARC funded Redesigning Pedagogies in the North project, and as a research assistant in the Hawke Research Institute.
His research interests include the visceral and ethico-affective dimensions of pedagogy, as well as social justice issues in schooling and higher education. He completed his Honours thesis in the area of policy sociology, critically examining the production of the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework. Sam has contributed to research projects undertaken for State and Federal government departments, in areas such as pedagogy, middle years, and university outreach. He also has experience in pre-service teacher practicum supervision and in research student supervision.
He has recent publications in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education and Pedagogy, Culture & Society, and has also published in Curriculum Perspectives and presented at a range of national and international conferences.
Stephen Parker
Research Support Officer
Stephen Parker holds a Master of International Studies (by coursework) from the University of South Australia and an honours degree in history from the University of Adelaide. He is currently nearing completion of his PhD on theories of human rights at the University of South Australia.
Stephen has been affiliated with UniSA since 2000 as both a postgraduate student and research assistant in the School of International Studies. His main fields of study have included social theory, public policy, welfare provision, housing and homelessness, and political philosophy.
Stephen has a strong interest in social justice issues and public policy. His Masters thesis analysed mutual obligation policy, and he has contributed to projects on affordable and public housing. Stephen has also authored and co-authored several refereed journal articles as well as reports for projects commissioned by government and the private sector.
Adrijana Asceric
Research Support Officer
Adrijana Asceric holds an honours degree in International Studies from the University of South Australia. Her thesis investigated 'honour' killings in Jordan as an entwined issue of culture, religion and state laws. Currently, Adrijana is undertaking a PhD at UniSA on the role and use of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 conflict. Her research explores the role of women in furthering extreme forms of nationalism and constructing ethnic and national identities. Her particular concern is with women who were able to overcome victimisation and ethnic differences, empower themselves and organise to build peace.
Adrijana has a particular interest in the following areas of research:
social justice and equity, ethnic conflict, women's rights and nationalism,
peace studies, gender and militarism.
Adrijana is also an
editorial assistant for the journal
Critical Studies in Education.
Sophie Relf
Project Coordinator
Sophie Relf works 0.5 as a Project Coordinator on the equity101 site for the NCSEHE. She has worked at the University of South Australia since 2001, where she has worked in a range of teaching, academic and professional staff positions. Sophie was the first Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences (Div EAS) Transition Coordinator from 2007. Working with the Div EAS Dean: Teaching, Learning & International, her role was to support transitioning students through establishing and maintaining a range of programs and initiatives including the Div EAS Mentor Program. That program now spans three campuses and supports thousands of commencing students. Sophie is interested in equity spaces and access to education, and has a range of project management, media and communication skills she brings to the project coordination of equity101.
Jennifer Stokes
Project Coordinator
Jennifer Stokes works 0.5 as a Project Coordinator on the equity101 site for the NCSEHE. She has worked at the University of South Australia since 2001, specialising in teaching screen studies, film and multimedia production. She recently course coordinated Introduction to Tertiary Learning in the UniSA Foundation Studies program and Documentary Production Forms and Techniques for the Singapore Media Arts program. Jennifer and Sophie Relf received a 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation based on their exemplary team-teaching and innovative approach to Media Arts. In 2009, Jennifer co-convened the Australian Screen Production, Education and Research Association (ASPERA) conference held at UniSA. She has been a member of the ASPERA Executive Board for the past year and is currently the ASPERA Secretary. As an early career academic, she has published in her field and is working towards further publications in the future. Jennifer and Sophie's recent paper 'This is how we roll: Contemporary engagement techniques for undergraduate Media Arts students' is due for publication in a special journal edition in January 2010.