Wendy Marie Cumming-Potvin

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Wendy is a Professor and Research Director at Murdoch University’s School of Education. For more than two decades, her research has highlighted diversity, equity and inclusion. Starting her career as a classroom teacher, Wendy has supported students from early childhood to doctoral levels. She values collaboration with community stakeholders to develop equitable learning and teaching environments. Both overseas and in Australia, Wendy’s research has been disseminated extensively through books, peer reviewed journals and creative/media outputs. Her latest book from Routledge, is LGBTQI+ Allies in Education, Advocacy, Activism, and Participatory Collaborative Research (2023).

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Associate professor, Murdoch University
  • 2006–2014
    Senior lecturer, Murdoch University
  • 2001–2006
    Lecturer, Murdoch University

Education

  • 2001 
    The University of Queensland , PhD

Publications

  • 2024
    LGBTQI+ allies and activism: past, present and future perspectives. , Journal of Media and Cultural Studies
  • 2023
    Towards Gender Diversity and Gender Equity: The Politics of School Dress Codes and Uniform Policies. Towards gender diversity and gender equity in schools., International Journal of Educational Research
  • 2022
    Aboriginal perspectives matter: Yarning and reflecting about teaching literacies with multimodal Aboriginal texts, Issues in Educational Research
  • 2021
    YouTube as a site of desubjugation for trans and nonbinary youth: Pedagogical potentialities and the limits of whiteness., Pedagogy, Culture and Society
  • 2019
    New approaches to literacy problems: Multiliteracies and inclusive pedagogies, Australian Journal of Teacher Education
  • 2018
    Countering heteronormativity and cisnormativity in Australian schools: Examining English teachers' reflections on gender and sexual diversity in the classroom. , Teaching and Teacher Education
  • 2018
    The policyscape of transgender equality and gender diversity in the Western Australian education system: A case study, Gender and Education
  • 2017
    "Effeminate arty boys and butch soccer girls": Investigating queer and trans-affirmative pedagogies under conditions of neoliberal governance, Research Papers in Education

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Transforming LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, intersectionality, and allyship in Western Australian Schools
    Role:
    co-researcher
    Funding Source:
    Curtin University
  • 2021
    Animating cultural institutions for social inclusion.
    Role:
    co-researcher
    Funding Source:
    Murdoch University
  • 2020
    Perceptions of online spaces for teaching and learning in preservice teacher education: opportunities, challenges and innovations during the COVID-19 crisis.
    Role:
    co-researcher
    Funding Source:
    WAIER
  • 2015
    Supporting transgender and gender diverse youth in the school system
    Role:
    international researcher
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2012
    Developing Inclusive Educational Communities: Supporting Diversity in Gender and Sexuality, Literacy and Use of Technology
    Role:
    lead researcher
    Funding Source:
    Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre
  • 2010
    Engineering Education for Social and Environmental Justice. Chief Investigator
    Role:
    co-researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australian Teaching and Learning Council

Professional Memberships

  • AARE
  • AERA
  • BERA
  • Gender and Education Association
  • WAIER
  • HERDSA

Honours

Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Murdoch University; APA (Australian Postgraduate Award; UQ, Commonwealth Gov't).

Contact Wendy for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision