I conduct research about inequalities of educational opportunities and outcomes, especially as they appear between schools, and the systems, structures and policies that shape them. My research interests include educational marketisation and the causes and consequences of school socioeconomic segregation. I draw on the disciplinary areas of education policy, comparative education and sociology of education.
Experience
2021–present
Professor, Murdoch University
2015–2020
Associate professor, Murdoch University
2010–2014
Senior lecturer, Murdoch University
2005–2009
Lecturer, Murdoch University
Education
2003
Loyola University Chicago, PhD
2001
University of Michigan, B.A.
Publications
2016
How do learning environments vary by school sector and socioeconomic composition? Evidence from Australian students. , Australian Journal of Education
2014
Access to academic curriculum in Australian secondary schools: A case study of a highly marketised education system, Journal of Education Policy
2014
Explaining the achievement gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students: An analysis of PISA 2009 results for Australia and New Zealand, Educational Research and Evaluation
2014
How do school learning environments differ across Australia’s rural, regional and metropolitan communities?, Australian Educational Researcher
2013
School socioeconomic status and student outcomes in reading and mathematics: A comparison of Australia and Canada, Australian Journal of Education
2013
Democratic aspects of communist and post-communist schooling, in Griffiths, Tom G. & Millei, Zsuzsa (Eds). , Logistics of Socialist: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty
2013
How do school resources and academic performance differ across Australia’s rural, regional and metropolitan communities? , Australian Educational Researcher
2012
What do we know about the causes and effects of school socio-economic composition? A review of the literature. , Education and Society
2011
Developing intercultural understanding and skills: Models and approaches, Intercultural Education
2010
Does the SES of the school matter?, Teachers College Record
2010
Socio-economic status, self-efficacy and mathematics achievement in Australia, Educational Research for Policy and Practice
2010
School socio-economic composition and student outcomes in Australia, Australian Journal of Education
2010
Science and mathematics achievement in Australia, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
2009
Conceptualizing education policy in democratic societies, Educational Policy
2009
Characteristics of equitable systems of education, European Education
2008
Using PISA to examine educational inequality, Orbis Scholae
Grants and Contracts
2010
How is school socio-economic composition associated with student outcomes?