Our team

The Children’s Voices Centre brings together a diverse team of passionate researchers who undertake transformative research using interdisciplinary approaches.

We are a team of interdisciplinary researchers who are experts in education, nursing, allied health (speech-language pathology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, paramedicine), communications, media, data science, and more.

Children are active co-researchers and participants in designing solutions to personal and societal issues ensuring that children have a direct say in their futures.

Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod

Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod

Centre Director, Children's Voices Centre
smcleod@csu.edu.au
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Tamara Cumming

Associate Professor Tamara Cumming

Associate Director Workforce and Policy, Children’s Voices Centre
tcumming@csu.edu.au
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Kathy Cologon

Associate Professor Kathy Cologon

Associate Director, Children, Families and Communities, Children’s Voices Centre

kcologon@csu.edu.au
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Dr Carolyn Gregoric

Dr Carolyn Gregoric

Research Manager, Children's Voices Centre
cgregoric@csu.edu.au
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Emma Hayes

Senior Administrative Officer, Children's Voices Centre
cvc@csu.edu.au

Charles Sturt Affiliates

Dr Ryan J Al-Natour

School of Education

Dr Donnah Anderson

School of Psychology

Dr Leena Awawdeh

School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Sarah Bartlett

School of Education

Dr Helen L Blake

School of Education

Tana Cuming

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Associate Professor Michael Curtin

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Dr Jessamy Davies

School of Education

Dr Lysa Dealtry

School of Education

Dr Will Dobud

School of Social Work and Arts

Dr Belinda Downey

School of Education

Professor Tina Du

School of Information and Communication Studies

Dr Jenny Dwyer

School of Education

Natalie Ellis

Three Rivers Department of Rural Health

Elizabeth Elwell-Cook

Dr Kate Freire

Three Rivers Department of Rural Health

Suzanne Garrett

School of Education

Dr Kasey Garrison

School of Information and Communication Studies

Katrina Gersbach

School of Social Work and Arts

Dr Leanne Gibbs

School of Education

Professor Julian Grant

Rural Health Research Institute

Hannah Greig

School of Psychology

Dr Joanne Grimmond

School of Education

Kasey Hillyar

School of Education

Dr Laura Hoffman

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Dr Rachel Hogg

School of Psychology

Associate Professor Suzanne C. Hopf

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Mohammad Alamgir Hossain

School of Education

Cyrena Hunt-Madden

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Associate Professor Brendon Hyndman

School of Education

Dr Nicola Ivory

School of Psychology

Stacey Jones

School of Education

Sara Kablaoui

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Janine Krecko

School of Education

Dr Kiprono Langat

School of Education

Paige Lee

School of Education

Dr Kate Margetson

Rural Health Research Institute

Professor Jillian Marsh

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Kristina Maximous

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

Holly McAlister

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Dr Oli Meredith

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Associate Professor Elizabeth (Libbey) Murray

School of Education

Professor Dominic O'Sullivan

School of Social Work and Arts

Carolyn Palmer

School of Education

Dr Isobel Paton

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Professor Manohar Pawar

School of Social Work and Arts

Professor Azizur Rahman

School of Engineering

Associate Professor Mehdi Rassafiani

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Zoe Rodwell

School of Information and Communication Studies

Dr Goutam Roy

School of Education

Dr Nicholas Ruddell

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Dr Jessica Sears

School of Education

Dr Shukla Sikder

School of Education

Jennifer Simmonds

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

Dr Lindsay Smith

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

Sarah Stenson

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

Dr Sabrina Syed

School of Education

Dr Natalie Thompson

School of Education

Professor Sarah Verdon

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Dr Deborah Wise

School of Information and Communication Studies

Dr Lucia Wuersch

School of Business

Salima Yeung

School of Education

Cherie Zischke

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Adjunct Staff

Dr Kelly Bittner

Research Interest: Education

Altaituya Burnee

Research interest: Education

Associate Professor Kathryn (Kate) Crowe

Research interest: Education, Speech Pathology

Dr Lisa Furlong

Research Interest: Speech Pathology

Dr Travis Holland

Research interest: Communication

Dr Marie Ireland

Research interest: Education, Speech-Language Pathology

Dr Olivia Karaolis

Research Interest: Education

Dr Rena Lyons

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Associate Professor Jinjin Lu

Research Interest: Education

Dr Olebeng Mahura

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Dr Michelle Malan

Research interest: Education, Speech-Language Pathology

Emeritus Professor Lindy McAllister

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Professor Jane Margaret McCormack

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Dr Amanda Niland

Research Interest: Early Childhood Education

Associate Professor Ben Phạm

Research interest: Education

Dr Camilla Porsanger

Research Interest: Education, Language and Identity

Dr Gill Rutherford

Research Interest: Inclusive Education and Disability Studies

Associate Professor Mari Saha

Research Interest: Education

Aliza Salvador

Research Interest: Inclusion, Advocacy and Social Justice

Matthew James Stapleton

Research Interest: Education

Professor Carol Kit Sum To

Research Interest: Speech and Language Development

Dr Van H. Tran

Research interest: Education, Linguistics

Dr Audrey Wang

Research interest: Education, Psychology

Dr Karla Washington

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Professor Lynn Williams

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Emily-Jane Woodhead

Research Interest: Speech-Language Pathology

Professor Katie Therese Wright

Research Interest: Children's Rights

Current Higher Degree Research Students

Sarah Bartlett

Education, Rural Health Research Institute

Stephanie Chukwudi

Laura Delli-Pizzi

Psychology

Melanie Elderton

Suzanne Garrett

Kasey Hillyar

Mohammad Hossai

Alam Hossain

Sara Kablaoui

Felicity Laurence

Paige Lee

Deborah Magee

Holly McAlister

Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Ryan McGrath

Arifa Rahman

Education

Sarah Stenson

Mehedi Tajrian

Harsharan Thethi

Louise Wells

Salima Yeung

Graduated Higher Degree Research Students

Dr Josephine Bampoe

Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences

Dr Jenny Dwyer

School of Education

Dr Cathie-Anne Matthews

Education

Dr Goutam Roy

Education

Current Higher Degree Research Students: Other Universities

Ibrahim Althagafi

University of Tasmania

Íris Ösp Bergþórsdóttir

University of Iceland, Iceland

Karen Foster

Edith Cowan University

Kathryn Gregory

University of Tasmania

Sarah Olson

University of Newcastle

Anniek Van Doornik

University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Louise Wightman

Flinders University

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