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Associate ProfessorJoanna Tai

Associate Professor

Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic/Centre for Research Assessment and Digital Learning/Research for Educational Impact

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  • Associate Professor
    Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic/Centre for Research Assessment and Digital Learning/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 43780 (Work)
  • Deakin Downtown, Collins Square Tower 2 Level 12/727 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3008

BIO

Joanna has a background in higher and health professions education. Joanna's research interests include student perspectives on learning and assessment from university to the workplace, assessment for inclusion, peer-assisted learning, feedback and assessment literacy, developing capacity for evaluative judgement, and research synthesis.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, Centre for Research Assessment and Digital Learning

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Deakin University, Australia1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2024
  • Research Fellow
    Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia16 Nov 2015 - 31 Dec 2019
  • Associate Editor, Curriculum & Assessment
    Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, Australia1 Dec 2023 - present
  • Deputy Editor
    Medical Education, United Kingdom1 Sep 2024 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Monash University
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
    Monash University

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Senior Fellowship Higher Education Academy
    Advance HE31 Oct 2018 - present
  • Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
    Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, Australia26 Aug 2025 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning and Teaching
    Deakin University, Australia

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Education systems
  • Specialist studies in education
  • Curriculum and pedagogy
  • Education policy, sociology and philosophy
  • Higher education
  • Education assessment and evaluation
  • Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Research for Educational Impact

AREAS OF EXPERTISE