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Dr Emily Palmer

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3182
Email: emily.palmer@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9435-2922

Emily is a Lecturer in Secondary English in the School of Education.

Background

Emily has worked in various secondary and tertiary contexts across the Northern Territory and Western Australia. She completed the Teach for Australia program before commencing at ECU, and is passionate about equity in education, and fostering a love of reading and literature in her students.

Current Teaching

  • EDU1010 - Becoming a Teacher
  • EDU2110 - Teaching, Learning and Assessment
  • EDU4120 - Literacy and Numeracy in Teaching and Learning
  • LAN2250 - Introduction to Secondary English Teaching
  • LAN2251 - Planning and Teaching English 7-12
  • CUR3211 - Integrating Curriculum with Practice

Professional associations

  • English Teachers' Association of Western Australia (ETAWA)
  • Teachers Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA)
  • The Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR)

Awards and recognition

  • 2019 - Carclew Project Development Grant

Research areas and interests

  • Young adult fantasy fiction
  • Fantasy & post-apocalyptic fiction
  • Representations of gender and sexuality
  • Secondary English Education

Qualifications

  • Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Leading Learning), Australian Catholic University, 2022.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Adelaide, 2020.
  • BA with First Class honours, The University of Adelaide, 2015.
  • BA Creative Writing and English, The University of Adelaide, 2014.

Research Outputs

Creative Arts Research Outputs

Research Student Supervision

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