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Lois is currently working part-time at CQU and is co-leader of the LIFEE Cluster of the CREATE Research Centre. She is currently working on three externally funded projects. These include:

Supporting Leadership in Inclusive Assessment Policy and Practice (CAULLT-funded)
Time for a rethink: Assessment policy to enable equity (NCSEHE funded)
English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) support for schools (Queensland Department of Education).

She also supervises RhD students and continues to build project teams and write about areas of academic interest including assessment, feedback, student engagement, and educational equity.

General

Background

Lois completed her initial teacher training in the United States at University of Arizona. She taught in middle and high schools in California before moving to Australia in 2002. She then worked in mainstream and distance education schools for Education Queensland as a secondary English and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) teacher, while simultaneously pursuing a PhD. Upon completion of her PhD, she worked with Professor Gavin Brown at University of Auckland during a two year Post-doctoral Fellowship. She has also taught diverse teacher and adult education subjects at CQU. Her HEPPP and externally funded research projects have focused on achieving greater equity via changes in teaching, learning, and assessment policy and practice. Her current role is as a Research Fellow, supporting work within the CREATE research centre and completing externally funded projects.

Universities Studied At

University of Arizona, Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education, Spanish Minor (Suma Cum Laude)

University of Arizona, Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Composition, History Minor(Honours, Suma Cum Laude)

University of San Diego, Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development Certificate

Central Queensland University, Doctorate of Philosophy

Universities Worked At

University of Auckland

Central Queensland University

Australian Catholic University

Awards

2020- 2023- Recognised as one of the top 2% of the field as measured by citations. Ioannidis, J. (2023), “October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Elsevier Data Repository, V6, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6

2017- Central Queensland University School of Education and the Arts Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research: Mid-Career Research Award

2015- American Educational Research Association Classroom Assessment SIG Distinguished Paper Award

Previous teaching

OLTC20002 Assessment for Learning

OLTC20004 Scholarship of Learning and Teaching

EDED11458 Indigenous Studies and Learning

EDED11458 Curriculum Foundations and Decision-making

LITR19056 Shakespeare: The Movie

EDED20422 Professional Project 2

EDSE12018 Senior Secondary Schooling

EDCU12014 Sustainable Communities

EDED20426 Advanced Learning Management

Recent Research Projects

Re-imagining exams: how do assessment adjustments impact on inclusion?

From: 30/10/2020 to 30/09/2021
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 2: Other Public Sector)
Funding Schemes: National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education - Student Equity in Higher Education Research Grants Program
Total Funding: N/A

Research Supervision

Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

3903 Education Systems
3999 Other Education
3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy

Current Capacity

I am currently available to supervise more research candidates

Current Supervision

Doctor of Philosophy

Student Self-Reflection: Beliefs, Motivations and Contextual Factors Shaping Secondary Classroom Music Teachers’ Implementation of Student Self-Reflection Practices in Music Performance Learning

Associate Supervisor