Associate ProfessorLucinda McKnight

Lucinda has received extensive media coverage of her research across all platforms, including print, digital, radio and television. She has been on the front pages of The Weekend Australian and the Herald Sun! Lucinda has also been interviewed by, or featured in Times Higher Education, DeepNewsAI (Brussels), Sputnik News (Edinburgh, Moscow), ABC Radio, ABC Science, The Conversation, EduResearchMatters, Education Review, national drive-time radio including 3AW, Radio Adelaide, 2CC Canberra, 2SER Sydney and nightly news on television Channels 7, 9 and 10.

Watch her discuss her Digital Writing project on the Channel 7 evening news.

Listen to her call for English to be brought into the 21st century on ABC radio.

Read her Opinion pieces on teacher autonomy and creativity in industry publication Australian Teacher Magazine.

Australian Association for Research in Education

Gender and Education Association

Australian Association for the Teaching of English

Australian Literacy Educators' Association

Victorian Association for the Teaching of English

2022-24 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)

2016 Australian Literacy Educators' Association Inaugural Award for an outstanding doctoral thesis with impact on English curriculum or Literacy teaching and learning

http://www.alea.edu.au/grantsawards/alea-awards-2/alea-award-recipients (link to citation)

2015 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Early Career Researcher Award

2015 Deakin University School of Education nominee for AARE Ray Debus Award for an outstanding doctoral thesis

2014 Deakin University Naomi and Isi Leibler Award for best PhD thesis in the social sciences

2014 Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education nominee for the Alfred Deakin Medal for best thesis across the university

2008 Winner Wimbledon Bookfest Enter Stage Write competition for best dramatic script for Mother Country, performed by Encore Youth Theatre, London, 11/10/2008

2005 ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) finalist for Best Secondary Education Resource for Voices and Visions from India CD-ROM

2003 ATOM award for Best Secondary Education Resource for Voices and Visions from China CD-ROM

2003 Winner, Secondary Teacher Reference Category, Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing, for Film Asia

2002 Technology Showcase Winner, Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing, for Voices and Visions from Indonesia CD-ROM

1999 Silver Award, Summit Creative Awards, for Giving Feedback CD-ROM

1997 ATOM finalist for Best Training Multimedia Production, for Giving Feedback CD-ROM

1997 Finalist, Best Educational Product, International Digital Media Awards, Canada, for Michio Teaches Japanese CD-ROM

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