People

Our People

Graduate Researchers

Project: Scaffolding in child-teacher interactions.

thanhhal@unimelb.edu.au

Project: Professional learning communities and teacher agency in early childhood education.

lsl6@unimelb.edu.au

Project: Learning in mealtime interactions in three-year-old kindergarten programs.

wyao3@unimelb.edu.au

Project: Early childhood teacher’s confidence in using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Project: Pedagogical leadership in early childhood education.

keating.r@unimelb.edu.au

Project: Teacher self-efficacy in developing effective partnerships with families.

shihuanw@unimelb.edu.au

Project: The role of professional reading for early childhood educators.

jackie.brien@education.vc.gov.au

Project: Implementing inclusive early childhood education in Australia for children with a disability aged 3-5 years old. Supervisors: Professor Tricia Eadie, Professor Jane Page, Professor Lorraine Graham REEaCh Centre scholarship with Leaper funding.

Project: Parental Involvement in Early Literacy and Numeracy: Home Practices, Educator Perceptions, and the Experiences of Bilingual Families in the Early Years

Project: Impact of a companion dog on wellbeing in early childhood education

2026
Prof Cristina McKean, Oxford University, United Kingdom.

2025
Prof Cristina McKean, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
Lisa-Marie Karlsen, University of Oslo, Norway.

2024
Prof Clare Wood, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
Prof Iram Siraj, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
Prof Cristina McKean, Oxford University, United Kingdom.

2023
Prof Frank Niklas, Professor for Educational Psychology and Family Studies at the University of Munich (LMU), Germany.
Prof Cristina McKean, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Prof Tim Jay & Dr Tilly Flint, Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
Nathalie Frey, University of Wuerzburg, Germany.
Prof Courtenay Norbury, University College London, United Kingdom.
Dr Kiera Solaiman, University of Manchester & Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Prof Shannon Jarrott, The Ohio State University, USA.
A/Prof Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

2022
Prof Sandie Wong, Macquarie University School of Education, and Goodstart Early Learning.

2019
Dr Mara Krechevsky, Research Director of Project Zero at Harvard University, USA.

Academics and Graduate Researchers seeking to visit the REEaCh Centre should contact Professor Jane Page.