Meet the Team

Professor Sue Walker

Leader, Early Years Research Lab

Professor Susan Walker’s research interests concern children's developmental outcomes and the role of early intervention in early childhood. Susan has extensive expertise in survey methodology and quantitative data analysis.

Associate Professor Michelle Neumann

Deputy Leader, Early Years Research Lab; Honours Course Coordinator

Associate Professor Michelle Neumann (Gold Coast Campus) is an academic in the field of early childhood education, literacy, and educational technology. Michelle has had over 10 years’ experience working as a primary and secondary school teacher and is a registered Teacher with Education Queensland.

Professor Wendy Boyd

Associate Dean (Education)

Wendy Boyd joined Southern Cross University in February 2009 with professional expertise in early childhood education and care. She taught for 25 years leading a large early childhood centre that was continuously assessed as high quality.

Dr Charmaine Bernie

Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Fellow

Dr Charmaine Bernie is a Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education's Early Years Research Lab at Southern Cross University. Charmaine is passionate about early years care and research for children and their families.

Ms Lauren Brocki

Lecturer

Ms Lauren Brocki is a lecturer in the Early Years Research space.

Miss Amy Mills

Associate Lecturer

Amy is an Associate Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care

Dr Alicia Phillips

Early Childhood Course Coordinator

Alicia Phillips joined Southern Cross University in 2015 with a wealth of teaching experience in educational contexts ranging from early childhood education and care settings, primary schools and tertiary education.

Jubilee Smith

Primary Course Coordinator, Lecturer

Jubilee Smith is currently completing her PhD with Southern Cross University investigating early childhood educator decision making with digital technology. Jubilee has presented and published from the initial research which led to her PhD topic.

Kelly Simpson

Associate Lecturer

Kelly is a Higher Degree Research candidate for a PhD with Southern Cross University, investigating outcomes of initial teacher education programs for early childhood teachers. She has extensive teaching experience in early childhood and vocationally, and a deep interest in initial and ongoing teacher education.

Dr Stacey Campbell

Senior Lecturer in English, literacies and language, in the School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, QUT

Dr Anamika Devi

Program director and lecturer at School of Education in RMIT University

Professor Suzie Garvis

Co-ordinator of Internationalisation, Griffith University, School of Education and Professional Studies

Associate Professor Annette Henderson

Director, Early Learning Laboratory Chair, School of Psychology, University of Auckland

Ms Therese Lovett

Tutor and PhD candidate in Education Futures at UniSA

Professor Andrea Nolan

Professor In Education (Early Childhood), Deakin University