2019 SFHEA: Senior Fellow: Higher Education Academy. UK
2016 Winner Vice Chancellor’s Award: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
2016 Women’s Research Fellowship: School of Education, Western Sydney University
2015 University of Western Sydney: Centre for Educational Research: Research Fellowship Semester 1
2013 Vice Chancellor’s Professional Development Scholarship Award
2007 Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence UWS (for work in the Master of Social Science with Distinction)
2002 Award for Academic Excellence, Griffith University (for work in Graduate Diploma of Training and Development)
Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy: University of Western Sydney: The Living Curriculum: A Natural Wonder. Enhancing the Ways in Which Early Childhood Educators Scaffold Young Children’s Learning About the Environment by Using Self-Generated Creative Arts Experiences as a Core Component of the Early Childhood Program
Master of Social Science: University of Western Sydney (with Distinction): Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through the Arts: Pilot research program for PhD
Graduate Diploma Training and Development: Griffith University
Graduate Certificate Publishing and Editing: Griffith University
Bachelor of Education (Primary): Edith Cowan University
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education): University of New England
Diploma Community Services (Children’s Services): Gold Coast Institute of TAFE