Research Higher Degree students
Recent Completions
PhD and DEd completions
Matthew Holt
Thesis: Teacher advocacy for LGBTIQ equality: teacher perspectives, changes and supports 2017.
Supervisor: Associate Professor Helen Stokes and Associate Professor Kylie Smith
Eric Jun Fu
Thesis: A study of online citizenship practices of Chinese young people (2017).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Hernan Cuervo
Chalukulu Bilinzozi John
Thesis: Sport and youth development: the practice of sport-oriented youth development programs in Tanzania (2017).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Hernan Cuervo
Babak Dadvand
Thesis: Participation on the margins: young people’s citizenship experiences in schools (2017).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Hernan Cuervo
Bruce Hurst
Thesis: “Eat, play, go, repeat”: Researching with older primary-age children to re-theorise School Age Care (2017).
Supervisors: Associate Professor Kylie Smith and Professor Helen Cahill
Siobhan Hannan
Thesis: My Italian kindergarten: an investigation of preschool language teaching (2016).
Supervisors: Professor Joseph Lo Bianco and Professor Johanna Wyn
Sue Mentha
Thesis: Being, becoming and potential: thinking coexistence and coproduction in early childhood education (2016).
Supervisors: Dr Jane Page and Professor Johanna Wyn
Monique Dalgleish
Thesis: Art, schizophrenia and becoming (2016).
Supervisors: Dr Helen Cahill and Dr Richard Chenhall
Vaoiva Siaosi-Ponton
Thesis: An investigation of Samoan student experiences in two homework study groups in Melbourne (2015).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn
Sangay Jamtsho
Thesis: Implementing a Whole-School Approach to Student Wellbeing: A Study Examining the Challenges Experienced by Bhutanese and Australian Teachers in Wellbeing Leadership Roles (2015).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Helen Cahill
Jessica Crofts
Thesis: New femininities: young women and education in late modernity (2015).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Hernan Cuervo
Kirsten Courtney
Thesis: Young Children’s perceptions of bullying/relational aggression (2015).
Supervisors: Professor Julie McLeod & Dr Kylie Smith
Fruma Sara Rosenfeld
Thesis: A needs assessment regarding program for Russian adolescents in Orthodox Jewish day schools: a comparative case study (2014).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Helen Stokes
Cassandra Kotsanas
Thesis: Children's participation in theory and practice: (re)theorising the everyday enactment of children's participatory rights with early childhood educators (2014).
Supervisors: Dr Kylie Smith & Margaret Coady
Samantha Ratnam
Thesis: Global Citizenship Education: An exploratory study of constructions of global citizenship and civic identity (2014).
Supervisors: Dr Ani Wierenga & Professor Johanna Wyn
Sophie Rudolph
Thesis: Rethinking Indigenous Educational Disadvantage: A Critical Analysis of Race and Whiteness in Australian Education Policy (2012).
Supervisors: Dr Hernan Cuervo & Professor Julie McLeod
Rosalyn Black
Thesis: Making a difference at the sharp end: student participation in low socioeconomic schools (2012).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn & Dr Ani Wierenga
Julia Coffey
Thesis: Exploring body work practices : bodies, affect and becoming (2012).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn & Dr Tim Marjoribanks
Merlyne Cruz
Thesis: “I don’t have a choice. I’m compelled to just keep going.” Early childhood educators’ commitment to cultural diversity (2012).
Supervisors: Professor Glenda MacNaughton & Margaret Coady
Prasanna Srinivasan
Thesis: Contesting identities: in othered voices (2012).
Supervisors: Professor Glenda MacNaughton & Margaret Coady
Masters by research completions
Leanne Higham
Thesis: Becoming Boy: Affecting Identity in a Catholic Boys’ School (2015).
Supervisors: Professor Johanna Wyn and Dr Dianne Mulcahy
Rebecca Simpson-Dal Santo
Thesis: Thinking about ‘Identity’ in the Early Years Learning Framework (2014).
Supervisors: Dr Kylie Smith