Making sense of the world through stories
Louise is an Associate Professor in Education. She has more than 30 years of experience as an early childhood educator, storyteller, consultant, researcher and tertiary educator. She is internationally known for her research and publications on storytelling, children’s rights and citizenship, arts based pedagogies and methodologies, sensation and place.
About Louise
The art of stories and storytelling are central to Louise’s worldview, through her practices as a professional storyteller, early childhood teacher, early childhood consultant and academic. Louise performs stories, plays with stories, writes stories, presents workshops on storytelling, and weaves stories and storytelling into research methodology and writings for their great capacity to cultivate deep understandings of humanity. Her doctoral study investigated possibilities of young children’s active citizenship through a practice of social justice storytelling.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology, 2010.
- Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training, Lady Gowrie Child Centre, Sydney, 2000.
- Bachelor of Education (Inservice), Queensland University of Technology, 1998.
- Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood 3-8 year olds), Macquarie University, 1990.
Awards
- 2022 Southern Cross University Mid-career Researcher Excellence Award
- 2022Southern Cross University Faculty of Education Researcher of the Year
- 2019 Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
- 2017 Special Services Award Australian Literacy Educators’ Association
- 2016 The University of Queensland Humanities and Social Science Faculty Fellowship
- 2013 The University of Queensland Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences Innovation Award winner