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Ameena L. Payne

(she/her)
Doctoral Candidate, Deakin University

Ameena is an emerging qualitative researcher and former university educator. She has taught within the disciplines of education and business in both higher education and vocational education at Swinburne Online. Within higher education, she specialised in first year, foundation units for mature age students.

Holding a Master of Education, Ameena is currently a PhD Candidate at Deakin University’s Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE). She is a recipient of her alma mater’s Outstanding Young Alumna Award (2022) and is interested in socially just and equitable higher education. Her doctoral research explores the lived feedback experiences of Global Majority university students in Australia. Ameena is a Fellow of Advance HE and a Fellow of Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA).

Experience

  • 2018–2022
    Vocational Education Trainer and Assessor, Swinburne Online
  • 2019–2021
    eLearning Advisor, Swinburne Online

Education

  • 2022 
    Deakin University, Master of Education
  • 2019 
    Swinburne University of Technology, Graduate Certification in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education)
  • 2018 
    CBD College, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116)
  • 2016 
    Universal Institute of Technology, Diploma of Project Management
  • 2015 
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science

Publications

  • 2022
    Conceptualising and building trust to enhance the engagement and achievement of under-served students, Journal of Continuing Higher Education
  • 2022
    Mobilising screencast technology and ipsative design to transform feedback practices, Academic Voices: A conversation on new approaches to teaching and learning in the post-COVID World
  • 2022
    Humanising feedback encounters: a qualitative study of relational literacies for teachers engaging in technology-enhanced feedback, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow, Advance Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
  • Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

Honours

2022 Outstanding Young Alumnus (Illinois Institute of Technology); 2021 Dr. Alastair Rylatt Learning and Development Professional of the Year Finalist (Australian Institute for Training and Development)