Associate Professor Helen Keen-Dyer
BAVE, MTD (Griffith University), PhD (CQUniversity), CSTP, SFHEAAssociate Professor, Disaster Management and Health
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE), Appleton Institute
Level 8 - 8.14
160 Ann Street, Brisbane CBD
Dr Helen Keen-Dyer, PhD, MTD, BAVE, CSTP, SFHEA is an Associate Professor, Disaster Management and Health at CQUniversity Australia and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Helen received her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from CQUniversity Australia. Her thesis explored fire and emergency services education, focusing on higher education-industry partnerships and the boundaries facing partnerships between different sectors. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s in Adult Education. Helen’s teaching interests include contemporary issues in emergency and disaster management and research literacies in emergency and disaster management. Helen's research interests are aligned with her teaching and focus on resilience and the role adult and professional education (including Higher Education) and social theories of learning can play in enhancing resilience.
Universities Studied At
CQUniversity Australia
Griffith University
Professional Memberships
American Education Research Association (AERA)
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
Professional Interests
My professional interests span a range of areas related to fire and emergency services and emergency and disaster management in a climate-changing world. I am also keenly interested in the role education and learning can play in individuals and communities preventing, preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergency and disaster events.
From an education perspective, I am interested in what the different education sectors, for example, community education, vocational education and training and higher education, offer and how different approaches to curriculum and pedagogy can support learning and teaching. With that in mind, from a theoretical perspective, I am particularly interested in social theories of learning and social learning systems.
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3904 Specialist Studies in Education
- 3903 Education Systems
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- 4206 Public health
At the level of Associate Supervisor
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Curriculum and Pedagogy - Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified
Other Education - Education not elsewhere classified
Climate change impacts and adaptation - Climate change impacts and adaptation not elsewhere classified
Health services and systems - Health systems
