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Dr. Anitra Goriss-Hunter

Senior Lecturer, Education

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Biography

Dr Anitra Goriss-Hunter is a senior lecturer in Education in the Institute of Education, Arts and Community at Federation University Australia. She coordinates the Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching) and brings rich experience in teaching and research across both school and university contexts.  

Her expertise spans gender and education, inclusive practice and pre-service teacher education. Anitra’s multidisciplinary research focuses on the development of inclusive curriculum and pedagogical approaches for pre-service teachers, increasing the participation of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and careers, strengthening career pathways and leadership opportunities for under-represented groups in the university sector, and conducting intersectional analyses of university policies to advance equity and inclusion. 

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, James Cook University 
  • Graduate Diploma in Education, University of New England 
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Tasmania 
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania 
  • Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Teaching), University of Ballarat

Areas of interest

  • Inclusive practice 
  • Curriculum and pedagogy 
  • Scholarship of learning and teaching  
  • Intersectional analyses of regional issues 
  • Gender and intersectional analyses 
  • Higher education policy  

Areas of expertise

Anitra is a recognised expert in three interconnected areas: gender and education, inclusive teaching and pre‑service teacher education. Her research employs gender as a critical analytical lens, alongside intersectional approaches, to examine lived experience, policy and practice within the higher education sector. A second, closely related strand of her work focuses on inclusive education, which intersects with her third area of expertise – the development of pedagogical approaches that provide authentic and inclusive learning experiences for pre‑service teachers (PSTs). 

Anitra founded and leads the national Gender, Regionality and Inclusion in Teaching (GRIT) research group within the Regional University Network, collaboratively nationwide.  She is also the Australian representative in the international research consortium, Women in Higher Education Management (WHEM) Network. 

Grants

  • Peterson, H., Barnard, S., Simmonds, S., Wroblewski, A., Zippel, K., Lipinsky, A., Goriss-Hunter, A., Laube, H., Carvalho, M., O’Connor, P., Ozlem, A., and Gallant, M. (2024–28). REACHING. Reframing Educational and Academic Leadership to Respond to Challenges in neoliberal Higher Education – Intersectional and Gender perspectives. Swedish Research Council. ($194,458)
  • McLachlan, J. Burke, K. Seeman, A. Foley, P. Sellings, A. McGraw, A. Goriss-Hunter, W. Holcombe, and A. Claughton. 2021–2023. Access Quality Teaching Initiative. ($250,000)
  • J. Burke, R. Brandenburg, A. Goriss-Hunter, M. Plunkett, C. Glowrey, A. Echter, and S. Davis. 2019–2020. ‘Will I stay … or will I go … Regional, rural, remote? Addressing teacher shortages through a framework for attracting, supporting and retaining graduate teachers.’ Department of Education and Training (Victoria). ($25,000)
  • S. Firmin, T. Oseni, F. Javidan, S. Lim and A. Goriss-Hunter. 2020. ‘Increasing Women’s Participation in STEM’. School of Engineering, Information Technology and Physical Sciences Research Grant Scheme. ($5,000)
  • Goriss-Hunter, P. Sellings & A. Echter. 2017–2020. ‘Investigating secondary school students’ and teachers’ thinking about Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)’. School of Education, Small Grants Scheme ($5,000)

Awards

  • 2020: Vice-Chancellor Award for Learning and Teaching for Contributions to Student Learning. Federation University. 
  • 2012: PhD Award for the most outstanding Australian doctoral thesis that clearly and extensively engages with feminist paradigms. Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA). 

Current

  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Exploring whether the use of e-Learning pedagogy has impacted the academic experiences of first year international students studying an MBA in an Australian business school’. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Reimagining Assessment in the Age of AI: Operationalising Reflection-in-Action through Dialogic Learning Design’. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Transitions from primary to secondary school’. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Explorations of Re-Purposing Unused TAFE Accommodation for Emergency Housing’. 

Past

  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Learning with Generative AI: A Longitudinal Study of Digital Stewardship in Higher Education Students an Organisational Learning Perspective’. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Using simulations to increase ICT graduates work-readiness: Instructors, employers’ and students’ perceptions’.

  • Inclusive practice 
  • Curriculum and pedagogy 
  • Gender studies 
  • Scholarship of learning and teaching  
  • Professional practice in tertiary teaching 
  • Academic reading and writing in educational research 
  • Academic writing 
  • Literacy 

Specialist roles

  • Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching, Institute of Education, Arts and Community
  • Director, Learning and Teaching, Institute of Education, Arts and Community

Professional association memberships

  • Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE). Special Interest Groups (SIGs) membership: Inclusive Education, Teacher Education and Research Innovation, and Gender, Sexuality and Cultural Studies 
  • Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) 
  • Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA) 
  • Inclusion and Diversity in Education Research Focus Area Group (IEAC), co-convenor
  • Women in Education, Engineering, Science and Technology (WE2ST) 
  • Women in Higher Education Management Network (WHEM), Australian representative
  • Gender, Regionality, Inclusion in Teaching (GRIT) – representatives from the Regional University Network (RUN), convenor

Future Regions Research Centre (FRRC)

Anitra is part of the Future Regions Research Centre (FRRC), which aims to develop new knowledge and innovative solutions to the grand challenges facing our natural environments.

Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity in Education (SJIDE)

Anitra is part of the Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity in Education (SJIDE) research group, which is focussed on equity, diversity, inclusion, opportunity, regionality and wellbeing in formal and non-formal educational settings.

Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI)

Anitra is part of the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI), which aims to help communities and organisations apply digital technologies in practical and meaningful ways.

Women in Engineering, Education, Science and Technology (WE2ST)

Anitra is part of the Women in Engineering, Education, Science and Technology (WE2ST), which aims to strengthen the participation, visibility and impact of women in STEM through interdisciplinary research, collaboration and mentorship.
  • Publications

Place and Space in Social Research: Rurality and Intersectionality