Amy completed her PhD in 2020, awarded an APA Scholarship for her project entitled "Preparing to succeed at school: Investigating the role of parents".
Amy has worked in a range of roles relating to education and social welfare of children and families previous to this research project, including policy, politics and research. Amy received First Class Honours for her Honours thesis, which explored perfectionism in children and how it related to parental goals.
Amy is now employed by the Gonski Institute for Education at the University of NSW as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, and has a research focus of improving educational equity for all students. Amy also conducts specialty research as a Research Specialist for the Parenting Research Centre.
Experience
2019–2019
Research Fellow, Gonski Institute for Education
2016–2019
PhD Candidate, Charles Darwin University
2012–2018
Facilitator, My Time support groups- SA Health
2016–2017
Education Consultant, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
2010–2011
Policy Adviser, Association of Independent Schools of South Australia
2008–2010
Ministerial Adviser, Minister for Education
2007–2008
Research Associate, Charles Darwin University
Education
2019
Charles Darwin University, Doctor of Philosophy (Early Childhood and Education)
2006
University of South Australia , Bachelor of Education (Junior Primary and Primary) With Honours
Publications
2019
Australian Educational Leader, Giving parents a voice: Strategies to enhance parent capacity to support transition to school
2018
Family and Relationship Services Australia, Understanding and measuring the role of parents in preparing a child for school
2008
Journal of Educational Psychology, Maternal goal factors in adaptive and maladaptive childhood perfectionism