Biography summary
Amanda Keddie is a Professor of Education at Deakin University. She leads the program: Children, Young People and their Communities within the REDI (Research for Educational Impact) Centre. Her research interests and publications are in the broad field of social justice and schooling. She began her career as a primary school teacher in 1998 while studying for her PhD in Education at Deakin University. After being awarded her doctorate in 2002, she worked in various lecturing roles in the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland before taking up a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland in 2005. Since 2005, she has pursued a research-intensive trajectory with Research Fellowships at Roehampton University (London), Griffith University (Brisbane) and The University of Queensland (Brisbane). She has recently completed an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, which involved a cross-cultural analysis of socially just schooling in Australia and the UK.
Career highlights
2018: Fulbright Senior Scholarship, Changing the story of gendered violence, new educative approaches
2016: Joining REDI (Research for Educational Impact) Deakin University
2014: Research Award - outstanding contribution to research (University of Queensland)
2011: ARC Future Fellowship
2010: Pam Gilbert Award for gender equity in education (Association of Women Educators)
2007: Leverhulme Trust Fellowship (Leverhulme Trust, Roehampton University)
2002: Early Career Research Award (AARE, Australian Association for Research in Education)
1997: University Medal (University of Tasmania)
Affiliations
Editorial Board – Journal of Boyhood Studies, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Australian Educational Researcher, Redress, Curriculum Studies (2009-2014)
National convenor, Australian Association for Research in Education, Social Justice Special Interest Group 2010-2013)
National Executive Member, Australian Association for Research in Education (2014), Conference Awards Convenor (2015)
Executive Member, Association of Women Educators (2009- )
Knowledge areas
Social justice and education
Identity Politics and schooling
Poststructural and Postcolonial Theory
Policy reform and social justice
Professional activities
Australian Association for Research in Education
I have been a member of AARE since 1999 and have attended most of the annual conferences since then. I was national convenor of the Social Justice Special Interest Group between 2010-2013 and a member of the Executive 2014-2015. In 2015 I was Conference Awards convenor.
The Association of Women Educators
I have been an executive member of AWE since 2009 and have been part of organising and participating in many of this organisation's activities including presenting keynote conference addresses, conducting research and writing for the association's professional journal, Redress.
Projects
Current projects:
• ARC Discovery Project – School autonomy reform and social justice in Australian Public Schooling (2019-2021), lead CI (with Prof Jill Blackmore, Deakin, Assoc. Prof Jane Wilkinson, Monash, Dr Richard Niesche & Scott Eacott, UNSW, Dr Brad Gobby, Curtin)
• Deakin University-led, consortium-based think tank, the Collaborative Centre of Excellence for Resilient Communities and Inclusive Societies CERCIS (2019-2023) (member of research stream: Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age.
• Our Watch, Respectful Relationships in Education Evaluation ($110, 000.00) (2016-2018), with Associate Professor Deb Ollis
Publications
Competing locals in an autonomous schooling system: the fracturing of the 'social' in social justice
J Holloway, Amanda Keddie
(2020), Vol. 48, pp. 786-801, Educational management administration & leadership, London, Eng., C1
Conceptions of performativity, responsibility and care within a University excellence program
Amanda Keddie, Ros Black, Claire Charles
(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 95-111, Australian educational researcher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Inciting youth mobilities: insights from an elite university scholarship program
Rosalyn Black, Claire Charles, Amanda Keddie
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 340-355, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Amanda Keddie
(2020), Vol. 29, pp. 521-532, Journal of gender studies, London, Eng., C1
The emotional labor of doing 'boy work': Considering affective economies of boyhood in schooling
G Stahl, A Keddie
(2020), pp. 1-11, Educational Philosophy and Theory, London, Eng., C1
Engaging boys in gender activism: issues of discomfort and emotion
A Keddie
(2020), pp. 1-15, Gender and Education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
L Walsh, A Keddie, J Wilkinson, L Howie
(2020), pp. 1-14, Journal of Educational Administration and History, London, Eng., C1
C Wilkins, B Gobby, A Keddie
(2020), pp. 1-19, British Journal of Educational Studies, London, Eng., C1
Claire Charles, Rosalyn Black, Amanda Keddie
(2020), pp. 1-12, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Context matters: the take up of Respectful Relationships Education in two primary schools
A Keddie, D Ollis
(2020), pp. 1-15, Australian Educational Researcher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
A Keddie, D Bartel
(2020), pp. 1-20, Men and masculinities, London, Eng., C1
L Howie, A Keddie, L Walsh, J Wilkinson
(2020), pp. 1-15, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
A Keddie, K MacDonald, J Blackmore, J Wilkinson, B Gobby, R Niesche, S Eacott, C Mahoney
(2020), pp. 1-18, International Journal of Leadership in Education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Amanda Keddie, Jessica Holloway
(2020), Vol. 40, pp. 288-302, School Leadership & Management, London, Eng., C1
Autonomy, accountability and social justice: stories of English schooling
A Keddie, M Mills
(2019), Abingdon, Eng., A1
Context matters: primary schools and academies reform in England
A Keddie
(2019), Vol. 34, pp. 6-21, Journal of education policy, Abingdon, Eng., C1
'Make money, get money': how two autonomous schools have commercialised their services
J Holloway, A Keddie
(2019), Vol. 40, pp. 889-901, Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Rethinking inequalities between deindustrialisation, schools and educational research in Geelong
E Mayes, A Keddie, J Moss, S Rawolle, L Paatsch, M Kelly
(2019), Vol. 51, pp. 391-403, Educational philosophy and theory, Abingdon, Eng., C1
'...we don't bring religion into school': issues of religious inclusion and social cohesion
A Keddie, J Wilkinson, L Howie, L Walsh
(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 1-15, Australian educational researcher, Berlin, Germany, C1
Teaching for gender justice: free to be me?
A Keddie, D Ollis
(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 533-547, Australian educational researcher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Helping schools foster healthy masculinities
M Reichert, A Keddie
(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 914-916, Men and masculinities, London, Eng., C1
Young Muslim women: the ambivalences of speaking out
Amanda Keddie, Taghreed Al Deen, Shakira Hussein, Alexandra Russ
(2019), pp. 1-12, Journal of gender studies, London, Eng., C1
A Keddie
(2019), pp. 1-13, Discourse, Abingdon, Eng., C1
A Keddie
(2019), pp. 1-14, NORMA, Abingdon, Eng., C1
The role of ethical practices in pursuing socially just leadership
A Keddie, R Niesche
(2018), pp. 40-53, Educational Leadership as a Culturally-Constructed Practice: New Directions and Possibilities, London, Eng., B1
A Keddie
(2018), Vol. 27, pp. 522-533, Journal of gender studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
A Keddie
(2018), Vol. 46, pp. 124-139, Educational management administration & leadership, London, Eng., C1
A Keddie
(2018), Vol. 48, pp. 197-212, Cambridge journal of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
B Gobby, A Keddie, J Blackmore
(2018), Vol. 50, pp. 159-173, Journal of educational administration and history, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Digital me, digital us: curious, critical & creative pilot project evaluation report
C Beavis, L Pangrazio, Michelle Grossman, A Keddie, T Cinque, M Vergani, C Eveley, V Trundle, C Speldewinde
(2018), [Melbourne, Vic.], A6
The politics of differentiation in schools
M Mills, A Keddie, P Renshaw, S Monk
(2017), London, Eng., A1-1
Supporting and educating young Muslim women: stories from Australia and the UK
A Keddie
(2017), New York, N.Y., A1
Schooling and social justice through the lenses of Nancy Fraser
A Keddie
(2017), Vol. 1, pp. 146-167, Education policy, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Some of these girls can be real drama queens : issues of gender, sexual harassment and schooling
A Keddie
(2017), Vol. 2, pp. 245-263, Education and sexualities, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Primary school leadership in England: performativity and matters of professionalism
A Keddie
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 1245-1257, British journal of sociology of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
School autonomy reform and public education in Australia: implications for social justice
A Keddie
(2017), Vol. 44, pp. 373-390, Australian educational researcher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
School autonomy reform in Queensland: governance, freedom and the entrepreneurial leader
A Keddie, B Gobby, C Wilkins
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 378-394, School leadership and management, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Leadership, ethics and schooling for social justice
R Niesche, A Keddie
(2016), pp. 1-164, Leadership, Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice, Abingdon, Eng., A1-1
Advocacy, truth-telling and counter-conduct as practices of socially just leadership at Ridgeway
R Niesche, A Keddie
(2016), pp. 89-104, Leadership, Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice, Abingdon, Eng., B1-1
The Clementine-led alliance: articulating a telos of social justice
R Niesche, A Keddie
(2016), pp. 105-125, Leadership, Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice, Abingdon, Eng., B1-1
Ridgeway State High School: articulating a telos of social justice
R Niesche, A Keddie
(2016), pp. 69-87, Leadership, Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice, Abingdon, Eng., B1-1
A Keddie
(2016), pp. 133-144, Challenging dominant views on student behaviour at school : answering back, Berlin, Germany, B1-1
A Keddie
(2016), Vol. 60, pp. 249-270, Comparative Education Review, C1
A Keddie
(2016), Vol. 42, pp. 108-122, Oxford Review of Education, C1-1
A Keddie
(2016), Vol. 36, pp. 1-15, School leadership & management, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
School autonomy as 'the way of the future': Issues of equity, public purpose and moral leadership
A Keddie
(2016), Vol. 44, pp. 713-727, Educational management administration and leadership, London, Eng., C1-1
Indigenous girls, social justice, and schooling : addressing issues of disadvantage
A Keddie
(2015), pp. 465-477, Handbook of Children and Youth Studies, Berlin, Germany, B1-1
A Keddie, B Lingard
(2015), Vol. 19, pp. 1117-1125, International journal of inclusive education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
New modalities of state power: neoliberal responsibilisation and the work of academy chains
A Keddie
(2015), Vol. 19, pp. 1190-1205, International journal of inclusive education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Student voice and teacher accountability: possibilities and problematics
A Keddie
(2015), Vol. 23, pp. 225-244, Pedagogy, culture & society, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2015), Vol. 18, pp. 515-534, Race ethnicity and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Prioritizing social and moral learning amid conservative curriculum trends: spaces of possibility
A Keddie
(2015), Vol. 47, pp. 355-373, Journal of curriculum studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Using Butler to understand the multiplicity and variability of policy reception
C Gowlett, A Keddie, M Mills, P Renshaw, P Christie, D Geelan, S Monk
(2015), Vol. 30, pp. 149-164, Journal of education policy, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
School autonomy, accountability and collaboration: a critical review
A Keddie
(2015), Vol. 47, pp. 1-17, Journal of educational administration and history, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Lessons from Alison: a narrative study of differentiation in classroom teaching
D Geelan, P Christie, M Mills, A Keddie, P Renshaw, S Monk
(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 13-23, International journal of pedagogies and learning, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 34, pp. 502-517, School leadership & management, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Australian multicultural policy: social cohesion through a political conception of autonomy
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 50, pp. 408-421, Journal of sociology, London, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 18, pp. 809-822, International journal of inclusive education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
The politics of Britishness: multiculturalism, schooling and social cohesion
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 40, pp. 539-554, British educational research journal, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Differentiated learning: from policy to classroom
M Mills, S Monk, A Keddie, P Renshaw, P Christie, D Geelan, C Gowlett
(2014), Vol. 40, pp. 331-348, Oxford review of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 44, pp. 229-244, Cambridge journal of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 35, pp. 353-370, British journal of sociology of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 9, pp. 81-93, Education, citizenship and social justice, London, Eng., C1-1
Political justice, schooling and issues of group identity
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 46, pp. 311-323, Educational philosophy and theory, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Issues of Indigenous representation: white advocacy and the complexities of ethical leadership
R Niesche, A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 27, pp. 509-526, International journal of qualitative studies in education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Indigenous representation and alternative schooling: prioritising an epistemology of relationality
A Keddie
(2014), Vol. 18, pp. 203-214, International journal of inclusive education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Equity and education research, policy and practice: a review
R Gilbert, A Keddie, B Lingard, M Mills, P Renshaw
(2013), pp. 16-51, Equity and education: exploring new directions for equity in Australian education, Melbourne, Vic., B1-1
Investigating 'moments' for student agency through a differentiated music curriculum
S Monk, M Mills, P Renshaw, D Geelan, A Keddie, C Gowlett
(2013), Vol. 8, pp. 179-193, International journal of pedagogies and learning, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Thriving amid the performative demands of the contemporary audit culture: a matter of school context
A Keddie, A Keddie
(2013), Vol. 28, pp. 750-766, Journal of education policy, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Redistribution, recognition and representation: working against pedagogies of indifference
B Lingard, A Keddie
(2013), Vol. 21, pp. 427-447, Pedagogy, culture & society, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Beyond culturalism: addressing issues of Indigenous disadvantage through schooling
A Keddie, C Gowlett, M Mills, S Monk, P Renshaw
(2013), Vol. 40, pp. 91-108, Australian educational researcher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Schooling for self-determination through a justice politics of Indigenous representation
A Keddie
(2013), Vol. 26, pp. 21-38, International journal of qualitative studies in education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
C Mills, A Keddie
(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 9-19, International journal of pedagogies and learning, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Schooling and social justice through the lenses of Nancy Fraser
A Keddie
(2012), Vol. 53, pp. 263-279, Critical studies in education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2012), Vol. 20, pp. 317-332, Pedagogy, culture & society, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Refugee education and justice issues of representation, redistribution and recognition
A Keddie
(2012), Vol. 42, pp. 197-212, Cambridge journal of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie, N Williams
(2012), Vol. 15, pp. 291-309, Race ethnicity and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie, R Niesche
(2012), Vol. 53, pp. 169-182, Critical studies in education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Pursuing justice for refugee students: addressing issues of cultural (mis)recognition
A Keddie
(2012), Vol. 16, pp. 1295-1310, International journal of inclusive education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Productive engagements with student difference: supporting equity through cultural recognition
A Keddie, R Niesche
(2012), Vol. 38, pp. 333-348, British educational research journal, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Foregrounding issues of equity and diversity in educational leadership
R Niesche, A Keddie
(2011), Vol. 31, pp. 65-77, School leadership and management, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Fabricating an identity in neo-liberal times: performing schooling as 'number one'
A Keddie, M Mills, D Pendergast
(2011), Vol. 37, pp. 75-92, Oxford review of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2011), Vol. 15, pp. 1001-1016, International journal of inclusive education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Supporting minority students through a reflexive approach to empowerment
A Keddie
(2011), Vol. 32, pp. 221-238, British journal of sociology of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Supporting minority women and girls: key frames of reference and understanding for educators
A Keddie
(2011), Vol. 37, pp. 131-146, British educational research journal, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2011), Vol. 14, pp. 175-190, Race ethnicity and education, Abingdone, Eng., C1-1
Whole school values and the socially transformative potential of philosophy education
A Keddie
(2011), Vol. 6, pp. 296-311, Pedagogies: an international journal, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie, R Churchill
(2010), pp. 254-268, Teaching middle years: rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, Crows Nest, N.S.W., B1-1
M Mills, A Keddie
(2010), Vol. 62, pp. 407-420, Educational review, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
M Mills, A Keddie
(2010), Vol. 36, pp. 427-444, Oxford review of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2010), Vol. 19, pp. 139-152, Journal of gender studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2010), Vol. 22, pp. 353-368, Gender and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Achievement, engagement and wellbeing: major issues
A Keddie
(2009), pp. 5-12, Primary and Middle Years Educator, Deakin West, A.C.T., B1-1
Global politics, gender justice, and education: contemporary issues and debates
A Keddie, M Mills
(2009), pp. 107-119, Handbook of social justice in education, New York, N.Y., B1-1
Productive pedagogies: a redefined methodology for analysing quality teacher practice
M Mills, M Goos, A Keddie, E Honan, D Pendergast, R Gilbert, K Nichols, P Renshaw, T Wright
(2009), Vol. 36, pp. 67-87, Australian educational researcher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
A Keddie
(2009), Vol. 36, pp. 21-37, Australian educational researcher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
'Some of those girls can be real drama queens': issues of gender, sexual harassment and schooling
A Keddie
(2009), Vol. 9, pp. 1-16, Sex education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Disrupting masculinised spaces: teachers working for gender justice
A Keddie, M Mills
(2009), Vol. 24, pp. 29-43, Research papers in education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2009), Vol. 17, pp. 265-278, Pedagogy, culture & society, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Struggles to subvert the gendered field: issues of masculinity, rurality and class
A Keddie, C Mills, M Mills
(2008), Vol. 16, pp. 193-205, Pedagogy, culture & society, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Playing the game: critical literacy, gender justice and issues of masculinity
A Keddie
(2008), Vol. 20, pp. 571-583, Gender and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Engaging the 'maximal' intentions of the citizenship curriculum: one teacher's story
A Keddie
(2008), Vol. 38, pp. 171-185, Cambridge journal of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2008), Vol. 23, pp. 343-357, Journal of education policy, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Keddie
(2008), Vol. 17, pp. 3-18, International journal of educational reform, Lanham, Md., C1-1
Conceptual shifts and empirical insights: towards an education for global gender justice
A Keddie
(2008), Vol. 29, pp. 541-553, Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Teaching boys: developing classroom practices that work
A Keddie, M Mills
(2007), Crows Nest, N.S.W., A1-1
A Keddie, R Churchill
(2005), pp. 211-225, Teaching middle years: rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, Crows Nest, N.S.W., B1-1
Peer groups, power and pedagogy: The limits of an educational paradigm of separation
C Hickey, A Keddie
(2004), Vol. 31, pp. 57-77, Australian Educational Researcher, C1
A Keddie
(2002), pp. 63-75, Culture & identity, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W., B1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Socially just schooling: a cross-cultural analysis of gender, cultural diversity and social change within Australia and the UK
Prof Amanda Keddie
ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships
- 2017: $6,448
School autonomy reform and social justice: a study of public education in Australia
Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Jillian Blackmore, A/Prof Jane Wilkinson, Gobby Bradley, Richard Niesche, Scott Eacott
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2020: $104,327
- 2019: $97,012
Other Public Sector Funding
Development and delivery of the Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship Pilot Program
Prof Catherine Beavis, Prof Michele Grossman, Prof Amanda Keddie, Dr Toija Cinque, Dr Luci Pangrazio, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2018: $166,889
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Amanuel Elias, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Dr Amelia Johns, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, Dr Matteo Vergani, Dr Jessica Walton, A/Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc, Dr Philippa Collins, Dr Hass Dellal, Dr Nida Denson, Prof Kevin Dunn, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Liam McGarty, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
- 2019: $1,824,753
- 2018: $1,065,362
Industry and Other Funding
EVALUATION OF A WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH TO RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Prof Amanda Keddie, A/Prof Debbie Ollis, Ms Maria Delaney
- 2019: $59,828
- 2018: $44,742
- 2017: $30,000
Other Funding Sources
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Amanuel Elias, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Dr Amelia Johns, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, Dr Matteo Vergani, Dr Jessica Walton, A/Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc, Dr Philippa Collins, Dr Hass Dellal, Dr Nida Denson, Prof Kevin Dunn, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Liam McGarty, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
- 2020: $163,325
- 2019: $112,204
Supervisions
Amin Zaini
Thesis entitled: Persian speakers' reading critically in Australian context: An analysis of linguistic features, readers' identities and subjectivities
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education