Dorothy Andrews is a researcher, consultant and associate professor in the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts at the University of Southern Queensland. Dorothy teaches in the area of leadership and organisational theory. She is the Director of the LRI group and National Director of a School Improvement program – IDEAS. The LRI team was awarded the Australian Council for Educational Leaders Gold Medal in 2003 for excellence in research. Dorothy’s current research is focused on Leadership (including Teacher Leadership), capacity building and organisational change.
Professor Dorothy Andrews
Director Leadership Research International group (LRI)
Assoc Prof Joan Conway
Associate Director Research
Joan Conway is an educator with over 30 years of experience in teaching and administration in primary, secondary and tertiary settings of Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Since joining USQ in 2003 she has developed a strong research interest in the collaborative nature and collective intelligence of professional learning communities, enabled especially through her consultative and facilitative role in supporting schools through the IDEAS process. In particular, Joan is passionate about the emergence of teachers-as-leaders as a dynamic of building capacity for sustainable school revitalisation.
Dr Susan Carter
Research Team Member
Susan Carter is both an educational practitioner and an academic. She has been an educator for 28 years, 13 of which have been spent as a Principal or Deputy Principal in both rural and metropolitan Australia. Susan is currently the Program Director of the Master of Learning and Teaching in the School of Education (SoE) at the University of Southern Queensland. She is lecturer in special education and a researcher, involved in numerous projects with schools. Her research interests are in the area of inclusion, wellbeing, leadership, and special needs. If you would like her to work with her you are most welcome to make contact drsusankcarter@gmail.com
Dr Michelle Turner
Lecturer (Early Childhood Education)
Michelle Turner has been a practising early childhood educator for over 25 years and is currently lecturing in Early Childhood Education at the University of Southern Queensland.
Her research interests include the development and continuance of professional identity, early childhood leadership and advocacy, and early childhood literacy. Her PhD research was around the impact of reform on early childhood educators, and the implications of this for their professional practices.
Professor Karen Trimmer
Research Team Member
Karen Trimmer is Postgraduate Program Coordinator–Education, with University of Southern Queensland, and previously held roles as Assistant Dean Staffing and A/Head of School. Her scholarship and research focus is leadership for community capacity building, through research that impacts on education and social justice policy and governance through professional development and empowerment of leaders in education organisations and communities.
Dr Tania Leach
Lecturer (Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Tania Leach is a Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy at USQ with extensive experience as a Regional Project Officer in the Darling Downs South West Region for Education Queensland and member of the Leadership Research International at the University of Southern Queensland. She has taught students from Prep to year 12, worked within the roles of Education Queensland STEM Champion, Head of Department, and Head of School.
Tania has a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Pedagogy and is a current Doctoral Candidate with a focus on exploring policy coherence.
Dr Cheryl Bauman
Associate
Cheryl Bauman has been working in the education field for 25 years in Canada. She has held various roles within the educational system from principal, special education consultant, guidance counsellor and teacher at all levels from Kindergarten to Grade 12. She is currently teaching for several universities within their faculty of education departments. Cheryl joined the LRI in 2015. Her research interests are in the areas of promoting school improvement for sustainability by combining the use of both autonomy and collaboration on the part of principals and teachers. Cheryl has also extensively researched in the area of principal and teacher leadership.
Cecily Andersen
Associate
Cecily Andersen is an experienced educator with over 40 years’ involvement in teaching, school leadership and district and regional educational leadership roles within primary, secondary, inclusive education and Indigenous community settings across remote, rural and regional areas throughout Queensland. Since 2016, Cecily has worked as a casual teacher and researcher in the School of Management and Enterprise at the University of Southern Queensland, and is an associate member of the LRI. Cecily has developed short courses in Coaching, Mentoring and Providing Feedback for University of Southern Queensland UPSKILL programs, and a Master’s course in Coaching and Mentoring. Cecily is a current Executive Coach, Work Place Assessor and Trainer, with research interests in how coaching and mentoring build capacity and wellbeing in others, which is the focus of her PhD study.