Associate Professor Joanne Dargusch researches and teaches in the area of assessment and pedagogy. Much of this research work has included a focus on equity, particularly in relation to how students from equity groups experience assessment in undergraduate courses. In addition to two multi-year Higher Education and Participation Program-funded projects, Supporting Students’ Assessment Success (2015-2017) and Smoothing Assessment Transitions for VET Students (2019-2020), Jo has worked recently on research into the experiences of students with disabilities completing exams and other timed assessments in higher education, and the experiences of post-graduate initial teacher education and graduates of post-graduate ITE courses as they transition to the classroom. Jo's current projects further investigate higher education students' experiences with assessment policies, an examination of assessment policies' influence on practice in relation to equity and inclusion, with a focus on time (NCSEHE and CAULLT-funded projects).  Jo’s research has been disseminated through publications, conference presentations, professional development workshops and has informed curriculum development in Assessment and Reporting units in the CQUniversity Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education and the Bachelor of Education (Secondary). Jo is the CQUniversity Lead as part of a national consortium of universities (led by Australian Catholic University) implementing the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment.