Wendy is an Associate Professor and Research Director at Murdoch University’s School of Education. For more than two decades, her research has highlighted diversity, equity and inclusion. Starting her career as a classroom teacher, Wendy has supported students from early childhood to doctoral levels. She values collaboration with community stakeholders to develop equitable learning and teaching environments. Both overseas and in Australia, Wendy’s research has been disseminated extensively through books, peer reviewed journals and creative/media outputs. Her latest book from Routledge, is LGBTQI+ Allies in Education, Advocacy, Activism, and Participatory Collaborative Research (2023).
Experience
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2014–presentAssociate professor, Murdoch University
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2006–2014Senior lecturer, Murdoch University
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2001–2006Lecturer, Murdoch University
Education
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2001The University of Queensland , PhD
Publications
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2024LGBTQI+ allies and activism: past, present and future perspectives. , Journal of Media and Cultural Studies
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2023Towards Gender Diversity and Gender Equity: The Politics of School Dress Codes and Uniform Policies. Towards gender diversity and gender equity in schools., International Journal of Educational Research
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2022Aboriginal perspectives matter: Yarning and reflecting about teaching literacies with multimodal Aboriginal texts, Issues in Educational Research
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2021YouTube as a site of desubjugation for trans and nonbinary youth: Pedagogical potentialities and the limits of whiteness., Pedagogy, Culture and Society
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2019New approaches to literacy problems: Multiliteracies and inclusive pedagogies, Australian Journal of Teacher Education
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2018Countering heteronormativity and cisnormativity in Australian schools: Examining English teachers' reflections on gender and sexual diversity in the classroom. , Teaching and Teacher Education
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2018The policyscape of transgender equality and gender diversity in the Western Australian education system: A case study, Gender and Education
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2017"Effeminate arty boys and butch soccer girls": Investigating queer and trans-affirmative pedagogies under conditions of neoliberal governance, Research Papers in Education
Grants and Contracts
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2024Transforming LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, intersectionality, and allyship in Western Australian Schools
- Role:
- co-researcher
- Funding Source:
- Curtin University
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2021Animating cultural institutions for social inclusion.
- Role:
- co-researcher
- Funding Source:
- Murdoch University
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2020Perceptions of online spaces for teaching and learning in preservice teacher education: opportunities, challenges and innovations during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Role:
- co-researcher
- Funding Source:
- WAIER
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2015Supporting transgender and gender diverse youth in the school system
- Role:
- international researcher
- Funding Source:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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2012Developing Inclusive Educational Communities: Supporting Diversity in Gender and Sexuality, Literacy and Use of Technology
- Role:
- lead researcher
- Funding Source:
- Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre
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2010Engineering Education for Social and Environmental Justice. Chief Investigator
- Role:
- co-researcher
- Funding Source:
- Australian Teaching and Learning Council
Professional Memberships
- AARE
- AERA
- BERA
- Gender and Education Association
- WAIER
- HERDSA
Honours
Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Murdoch University; APA (Australian Postgraduate Award; UQ, Commonwealth Gov't).
- Western Australia, Australia
- Website
- @PotvinW2
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
