People

Associate Professor Angela Page

_{Associate Professor}

Associate Professor Angela Page is an experienced educational psychologist and specialist education teacher who has worked as an inclusive education advisor in New Zealand, Australia Asia and Pacific countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, the Republic of Nauru, Tuvalu, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Vanuatu, and Samoa. Her research and practice interests are focused in addressing the needs of marginalised children and youth within new and emerging contexts within the Asia-Pacific region. Her approach to this work is to apply principles of working in partnership by promoting local knowledge and practices that are already known to be effective in each context and then to add strength to these existing methods.

• apage1@newcastle.edu.au
• (02) 4921 6410

Dr Leanne Fray

_{Senior lecturer and lead of primary literacy}

Dr Leanne Fray, is committed to making a difference in the lives of students from diverse backgrounds and improving the quality of education. By helping shift understanding, she’s enabling change.

Holistically, Leanne’s work has focused on equity and inclusion and supporting students and teachers to navigate the education system. A lot of the work Leanne has have done to date around student aspirations highlights how those from diverse and more challenging backgrounds have similar aspirations and plans for the future as everyone else.

Working with others has been key to Leanne’s work. Leanne has recently completed a research project on literacy education in Australian and New Zealand primary schools with a colleague from the University of Waikato. She also facilitates an ongoing seminar series for students, teachers and academics. Seminars include guest presentations from national and international literacy experts.

leanne.fray@newcastle.edu.au

(02) 4913 8715

Associate Professor Joanna Anderson

_{Associate Professor in Education}

Joanna Anderson (PhD) is an Associate Professor in inclusive education at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has a growing research profile and her areas of interest include inclusive education in Pacific contexts, school leadership and inclusive education, and inclusive education in new build schools, and the ethical and moral considerations of inclusive education. Joanna has worked in the Pacific alongside education departments and teachers to develop inclusive education policies and practices, and has published in this area. She is part of a committed team of academics working to support nations to develop and implement culturally responsive inclusive education policy and practice. Previously, Joanna worked for more than twenty years as a teacher and school leader across primary and secondary settings in both Australia and New Zealand.

• joanna.anderson@adelaide.edu.au
• (08) 8313 3843

Dr Tom Porta

_Lecturer

With over a decade spent teaching in both primary and secondary settings, and another four years in tertiary education, Tom now works as a lecturer and researcher in inclusive education.

His research seeks for ways to enhance instruction efficiency and effectiveness with a focus on empowering educators through robust professional development, nurturing skills and confidence in embracing diverse teaching approaches.

• tom.porta@adelaide.edu.au
• (08) 8313 0846

Professor Christopher Boyle

_{Professor of Inclusive Education and Psychology}

Christopher Boyle, Phd is a Professor of Inclusive Education and Psychology at the University of Adelaide. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was previously Editor in Chief of The Educational and Developmental Psychologist (2012-2017) and is currently the co-founding editor of the new journal Belonging and Human Connection launched in 2022. He is an internationally recognised and respected academic and author on the subjects of inclusive education, and psychology. Chris has various experiences in the Pacific region – he is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education at the University of Fiji, has collaborated on research in the Cook Islands with Dr Angela Page, is an invited member of the Fiji Higher Education Commission External Reference Group, and has been involved in the development of the Nauru Inclusive Education Policy. He is a registered psychologist in the UK and Australia.

• chris.boyle@adelaide.edu.au
• (08) 8313 4397