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)