ASC Staff
BA (Hons), GCHE, PhD 
Director
Academic Skills Centre
Rowena's research focuses on the development of students' academic research and literacy skills in both traditional and flexible learning environments. One of her projects examined the capacity for online environments to help students develop skills of argumentation and paragraphing. Another of her projects (in collaboration with staff from the CLPD at the University of Adelaide and funded by the ALTC) used marking rubrics to chart and develop undergraduate students autonomy as researchers and critical thinkers.
Rowena is particularly interested in developing methods that can be imbedded into courses and programs so that each student's research and literacy skills are appropriate for his/her discipline. In other words, Rowena is concerned with helping students learn not only the content of their chosen discipline but also the often unspoken discursive practices of their field.
BA Asian Studies (Hons), Grad. Dip. Library & Information Science, Grad. Dip. Ed., M. Ed., EdD (in progress)
Lecturer
Academic Skills Centre
Garry's research focuses on the academic language and learning needs of students in the tertiary sector, particularly on strategies designed to enhance the academic skills of international students. He is currently researching the changing culture of the University of Canberra.
MA (English & Literature), Master of Social Science (Counseling), PhD (Second Language Acquisition & Teaching)
Lecturer
Academic Skills Centre
Linda is interested in researching into aspects of teaching that can help enhance teaching effectiveness. Her recent research focuses on academic writing development, with a particular interest in the role of writing in postgraduate research education.
BA (Hons), MA (Asian Studies) Grad. Dip. TESOL
Associate Lecturer
Academic Skills Centre
BRTP, Grad. Dip. Directing, MA (Dramatic Literature), Doctor of Creative Arts (Intercultural Performance) GCHE, CELTA, Cert. IV AAWT
Assistant Professor
Academic Skills Centre
Peter’s experience encompasses not only academic skills and English language teaching, but also scriptwriting, theatre directing, filmmaking, and urban planning and design. Current research interests include: actor-training methods for teaching speaking and pronunciation to ESL students; enhancing academic writing with creative writing techniques; and narratives of the city. He is affiliated with UC’s Creative Writing Research Cluster.
BA Asian Culture & Languages, GradDipEd (LOTE, ESL), GradCert Languages (Japanese, Mandarin), GradCert Research Management, Med (ESL)
Assistant Professor
Academic Skills Centre
Emmaline’s current research focuses on investigating the effectiveness of reflective learning as one intervention strategy used to independently improve pronunciation of Japanese EIL speakers in large classes. Emmaline is also interested in uptake and blended learning approaches used to develop student autonomy and academic literacy.
Dip. Art, Craft & Design, BA (Hons), PhD (linguistics), Cert IV Assessment Workplace Training
Associate Lecturer
Academic Skills Centre
My research interests are related to the relationship between general academic or lecturer expectations and requirements and student interpretation of these. Some requirements such as abstract thinking are not made explicit even though academic writing involves discussion of abstract things, such as theories and categories. With regard to this, I am interested in understanding: (1) how we develop abstract thinking and express that thinking in writing; and (2) how verbalising arguments, such as in debates and other structured discussions, can improve the development of critical thinking and writing. Another area of interest is in discovering ways to best communicate and support students in developing academic skills.