2022 Awardees

Alumni Awards

AwardRecipient

Alumni-Early Career Award

Dr Alexandre Guedes

Dean's Honours List

Award

Recipient

Dean's Honour List: Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching

Katelyn Jones

Dean's Honour List: Master of Applied Positive Psychology

Yue Pan

Dean's Honour List: Master of Applied Positive Psychology

Yuka Takao

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Kristina Allen

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Amanda Dales

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Erin Davies

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Caitlyn Pryse

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Justine Sakurai

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Cara Scobie

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Yangyue Tang

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education

Rachael Zabielski

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education in Evidence-Based Teaching

Sarah De Koning

Dean's Honour List: Master of Education in Evidence-Based Teaching

Stephanie Lomas

Dean's Honour List: Master of Educational Psychology

Sophia Hodgson

Dean's Honour List: Master of Evaluation

Katie Ronson

Dean's Honour List: Master of Instructional Leadership

Rachel McGennisken

Dean's Honour List: Master of International Education (International Baccalaureate)

Saraswati Ince

Dean's Honour List: Master of Learning Intervention

Amanda Millar

Dean's Honour List: Master of Learning Intervention

Ryan Shaw

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 2

Jay Kim Khoo

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 2

Lourdes Restrivera

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) – Year 2

Michele Teh

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) – Year 2

Sara Yim

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Primary) – Year 2

Habiba Nasser

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Primary) – Year 2

Thomas Pham

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Sabrina Baker

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Madeleine Charisis

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Holly Emslie

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Elena Fragapane

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Kai Kurashige

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Timothy Lilley

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Florence McKay

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Alasdair O'Brien

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 2

Deborah Zhang

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship – Year 2

Connor McMahon

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship – Year 2

James Tavlian

Dean's Honour List: Master of Tertiary Education (Management)

Nathan Crowne

Dean's Honour List: Master of TESOL

Norfiza Mohd Zali

Dean's Honour List: Master of TESOL

Kristin Williamson

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 1

Sarah Allan

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 1

Leslie Bokobza

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 1

Arielle Kavanagh Du Ressac

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 1

Renee Laffite Talbott

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) – Year 1

Si Ka Wong

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) – Year 1

Julia Bruce

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Primary) – Year 1

Judith Lawler

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Primary) – Year 1

Mara Moran

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Primary) – Year 1

Natalie Rambaldi

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Jennifer Balcomb

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Julia Blencowe

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Samara Clifford

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Melissa Frencham

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Scott Howard

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Fumika Matsuzaki

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Sarah Mckay

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Laura Mitchell

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Julia Musgrove

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Mitchell Neto

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Chamath Peiris

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) – Year 1

Alice Wivell

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship – Year 1

Kelvin Cheuk

Dean's Honour List: Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship – Year 1

Anthony Merlino

Graduate student research awards

Award/ScholarshipRecipient

Doctoral Research Prize

Lauren Brown

Dorothy Jean Ineke Scholarship in Education

Emily Cook

Dorothy Jean Ineke Scholarship in Education

Will Domvo

Indigenous Doctoral Research prize

Lauren Brown

Lochrie Indigenous Leadership Education Scholarship

Matthew Tomlinson

Lochrie Indigenous Leadership Education Scholarship

Luke Giblett

Freda Cohen Prize

Megan McLellan

Freda Cohen Prize

Elizabeth Stewart

Jack Keating Fund Scholarship

Will Domvo

John and Elizabeth Robertson Prize

Margaret O'Donell

John Smyth Award

Phyllis Jackson

William and Kate Herschell Scholarship

Maryam Sarrafzadeh

Special Awards

Award/ScholarshipRecipient

ACEL Excellence in Instructional Leadership Award

Rachel McGennisken

Fay Thomas Scholarship

Luke Peak

Mair Isobell Coller Award

Ryan Shaw

The Ken Rowe Scholarship

Sally Baker

The Ken Rowe Scholarship

Samarah Fletcher

Indigenous Merit Scholarship

Nicola Ingram

Beth MacLaren Smallwood Foundation Scholarship (Master of Instructional Leadership)

Sherryn Jones

MTeach Awards

Award/ScholarshipRecipient

Ada Mary A’Beckett Award

Natasha Armstrong

The Alice Taylor Scholarship

James Tavlian

Argyle Scholarship

Nicole Piatkov

Association of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies Award - Early Childhood

Sara Yim

Association of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies Award - Early Childhood and Primary

Lourdes Restrivera

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Award – Primary (Health and Physical Education)

Felicity Lim

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Award – Secondary (Physical Education)

Alexandra Jones

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Award – Secondary (Health Education)

Stacey Mastras

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Award – Early Childhood and Primary (Health and Physical Education)

Lourdes Restrivera

Australian Education Union Excellence in Classroom Teaching Award

Julia Blencowe

Australian Society for Music Education Award – Secondary

Matthew Roche

Drama Victoria Primary Award

Harry Gore

Drama Victoria Secondary Award

Susan Thomas

Dwight’s Prize (Education)

Timothy Lilley

Frederick John Gladman Prize

Thomas Pham

Future Generations Scholarship (Education)

Celine Chong

Future Generations Scholarship (Education)

Matthew Bird

Future Generations Scholarship (Education)

Jacqueline Flynn

Future Generations Scholarship (Education)

Mark Stacey

George Bryce McIndoe Prize

Katrina Burge

Graham Corr Award

Madeline Mcburnie

Harold Cohen Prize

Kai Kurashige

Hugh Childers Memorial Prize

Holly Emslie

Ian Hansen - Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE) Award

Jennifer Balcomb

The Jennifer Duggan Leaper Scholarship

Gabriella Krywult

Kerry Landman Scholarship

Shane Hong

Manuel Gelman Award for Teaching Excellence (Languages)

Trent Duan

Manuel Gelman Award for Teaching Excellence (Music)

Kevin Lam

Mathematical Association of Victoria Award – Primary

Loren Easterbrook

Mathematical Association of Victoria Award – Secondary

Sarah Mullane

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship in Education

Ngoc Bao Chau Giang

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship in Education

Jina Oh

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship in Education

Rebecca Yang

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship in Education

Namita Louis

Norman Curry Award

Melissa Frencham

Olive Battersby Scholarship

Ms Dorothy Meng

School of Early Childhood Studies Fund – Professional Practice Award

Eojin Seo

School of Early Childhood Studies Fund – Professional Practice Award

Dipashika Ramessur

School of Early Childhood Studies Fund – Research Award

Xuenan Zhao

Suzanne and Geoffrey Dawson Scholarship

Sonia Pranatha

The Wei Family Education Scholarship

Dionne Lew

Staff Awards

Award/ScholarshipRecipient

Award for Mentoring Excellence

Dr Nicky Dulfer

Award for Sustainability Practices or Education

Dr Maurizio Toscano

Award for Internationalisation of Student Experience or Curriculum

Early Childhood Education Placements Team
(Dr Sonja Arndt, Lucas Wang, Kerry Noad, Sonya Tremellen, Caroline Linus, Seda Eravsar, Dee Suvanmani, MeiMei Xu, Ori Ramunno, Helen Ferguson, Dorothy Mak)

Award for Excellence in Social Inclusion

Big Picture Project Team, Assessment Research Centre
(Sandra Milligan, Jayne Johnston, Zhonghua Zhang, Cuc Nguyen, Sadia Nawaz, Richard Xu, Daniel Jimenez Barrios, Farhan Azim)

Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher Supervision

A/Prof Neryl Jeanneret

Award for Excellence in Team-Based Research Programs

ACTRC Project, Assessment Research Centre
(Dr Pam Robertson, Professor Field Rickards, Ms Hilary Slater)

Award for Excellence in Community- or Industry- Engaged Research

Trauma Informed Education research team
(Associate Professor Helen Stokes, Ms Anne Farrelly, Ms Ruth Forster, Dr Malcolm Turnbull (Dec), Associate Professor Peggy Kern, Dr Rob Sbaglia, Associate Professor Jenny Chesters)

Early Career Academic Award

Dr Eric Fu

Highly commended: Early Career Academic Award

Associate Professor Melitta Hogarth

Mid-career Academic Award

A/Prof Jon Quach

Highly commended: Mid-career Academic Award

Dr Gavin Slemp

Research Excellence Award

Professor Nicola Yelland

Award for Outstanding Student Service

Faculty Student Experience Team
(Mrs Rosie Sjoelin, Miss Taylor Eisen, Ms Susie Reay)

Award for Excellence and Innovation in Professional Service Delivery

Ms Winnie Huang

Award for Teaching Excellence

Dr Catherine Pearn

Award for Teaching Excellence

Dr Jessica Gannaway

Award for Excellence in Digital Teaching Innovation

International Issues in Arts Education Teaching Team
(Dr Emily Wilson, Dr Fiona King, Associate Professor Mark Selkrig, Dr Jo Williams, Ms Kelly McConville)

Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Indigenous Perspectives

First Nations in Education Design, Development, Teaching and Coordination Team
(Associate Professor Melitta Hogarth, Kate Mitchell, Justin Wilkey, Dr Jayson Cooper, Dr Catherine Hamm, Dr John Doolah, Associate Professor Mark Selkrig, Associate Professor John Quay, Kath Coff, Xuan Pham, Natalie Lynch, David Seignior, Abbey Boyer, Dr Bonita Cabiles, Dr Prue Wales, Dr Catherine Smith, Dr Jessica Gannaway, Luis Gaiten, Dr Sarah French, Dr Elisa Bone)

Award for Teaching and Learning with Impact on the Community

Next Level Collaboration Team
(Ms Jessica Rowlings, Dr Matthew Harrison, Kailesh Gunesh)