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Dr

Genee Marks

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 522 78258 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Course Director, Masters of Specialist Inclusive Education

Over four decades, I have taught in primary, secondary, specialist and
tertiary education, as well as having extensive policy development and
implementation experience in the community sector, and in industry. I have
also carried out consultancies for government departments, the NSW Police
Service, UNESCO, the TAFE system across Australia, and a variety of NGOS. I
see myself as an educator, adventurer and social change agent who has a
passionate commitment to social justice and equity across a variety of areas,
including dis/ability, gender and cultural diversity. Specifically, I aspire
to see changed social and educational outcomes both for people in our
community with dis/abilities (especially those with intellectual or cognitive
impairments), and for Aboriginal Australians. I see transformed policy,
pedagogy and curriculum as pivotal to this change. All my research and
curriculum development involves a deep engagement with co-design, co-research,
co-development and co-presentation, drawing on relevant communities, and is
approached with a critical edge.

Research Groups
* Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) , Deakin University (Member)
* Co-leader, Decolonising Knowledges and Practices Strand, Centre for Regenerating Futures
* Transforming Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy (TCAP) (Member)
* Being and Becoming Learners (BBL) Member
* Invited member of the international Peripheries Research Stream, coming out of the School of Education and Social Work, the University of Dundee, Scotland. The group argues: "Peripheries ruptures dominant western approaches to research in its turn to the periphery (sometimes, but not exclusively, referred to as the majority world, global South, marginal, disabled, incarcerated, banished, subaltern or displaced persons- and territories." https://www.dundee.ac.uk/esw/research/themes/peripheries/
* As an Adjunct Researcher at FederationUniversity, I am a member of SJIDE: Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity in Education, Research Focus Area- School of Education, Federation University

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer in Inclusive Education
    Deakin University, School of Education, Australia1 Jan 2018 - present
  • Research Fellow in Disability and Inclusion
    The University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences, Australia9 Nov 2016 - 8 Nov 2019
  • Senior Lecturer (STEM; Dis/ability and Inclusion)
    Federation University, School of Education, Australia1 Feb 2005 - 8 Feb 2015

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Strategic Development Coordinator (Social Inclusion)
    ScopeVic2015 - 2016
  • Special Projects Coordinator/ Project Manager
    Corio Bay Innovators Inc, Trading as dal Gourmet Cafe and Catering2003 - 2006
  • Director and Research Consultant
    Bricolage Consulting1995 - 2020
  • Senior Manager- Research, Education and Student Support
    Deakin University Student Association2002 - 2002
  • Equity and Diversity Officer
    Deakin University Student Association2001 - 2001
  • Women's Research and Development Officer
    The University of NSW1997 - 1998
  • Senior Education Officer (Transition)
    TAFE NSW, Disabilities Services, Corporate Services1995 - 1996
  • Lecturer
    Melbourne College of Advanced Education, Centre for Integration Studies, Faculty of Education1987 - 1987

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Master of Education
    Deakin University
  • Graduate Diploma of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
    Deakin University
  • Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Education)
    University of Ballarat
  • Bachelor of Arts
    Monash University
  • Bachelor of Special Education
    Monash University
  • Diploma of Community Services Management
    Geelong Adult Training and Edu
  • Diploma in Education
    La Trobe University
  • Diploma of Training and Assessment Systems
    Geelong Adult Training and Edu
  • Certificate IV in Workplace Training
    Geelong Adult Training and Edu

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read and write

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Sociology
  • Curriculum and pedagogy
  • Education systems
  • Specialist studies in education
  • Social work

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Education

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Research for Educational Impact