Associate ProfessorLucinda McKnight
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
- +61 3 925 17428 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
Dr Lucinda McKnight is an internationally recognised expert in the field of
digital literacies, especially in generative AI and writing. In her recent
role as an Australian Research Council DECRA fellow, she researched how
Australian teachers conceptualise digital writing. Lucinda's research
interests also include curriculum design, postqualitative
methodologies/methods and feminist perspectives on neoliberal education.
Through her published research and extensive media presence, she aims to
change international and national conversations about meaningful and authentic
writing pedagogies in a digital, AI-driven age. Identified as one of 12 global
thought leaders in AI content creation, she sits on Turnitin's international
Advisory Board on the Future of Writing and is also on the editorial boards of
the Journal of Education for Teaching, English in Australia and Curriculum
Perspectives. Lucinda is on the Publications Committee for the International
Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies.
Lucinda's work draws on her 30+ year career in education and educational
leadership, from working as a producer for educational titles in the ed tech
industry, through establishing education services and programs for both Museum
Victoria and Anne Frank House and working as a digital project manager for
Curriculum Corporation (now Education Services Australia).
Research Groups
Transforming Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy (TCAP)
Learners in a Digital World (REDI)
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Associate ProfessorDeakin University, School of Education
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- LecturerDeakin University, School of Education, Melbourne, Australia16 Feb 2015 - present
- Sessional AcademicDeakin University, School of Education, Melbourne, Australia1 Mar 2012 - 31 Dec 2013
- Sessional AcademicMonash University, Melbourne, Australia1 Mar 2001 - 31 Dec 2001
- Sessional AcademicRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Australia1 Mar 2001 - 1 Jul 2001
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Project ManagerCurriculum Corporation, Studies of Asia, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2004
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyDeakin University
- Master of ArtsUniversity of London
- Graduate Diploma in EducationUniversity of Melbourne
- Bachelor of ArtsUniversity of Melbourne
- Teaching in Higher Education CertificateCity & Guilds of London Inst.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Education systems
- Education policy, sociology and philosophy
- Gender studies
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Specialist studies in education
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- School of Education
SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP
- Research for Educational Impact