Our team

The Children’s Voices Centre brings together a diverse team of passionate researchers who undertake transformative research using interdisciplinary approaches.

We are a team of interdisciplinary researchers who are experts in education, nursing, allied health (speech-language pathology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, paramedicine), communications, media, data science, and more.

Children are active co-researchers and participants in designing solutions to personal and societal issues ensuring that children have a direct say in their futures.

Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod

Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod

Centre Director, Children's Voices Centre
smcleod@csu.edu.au
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Tamara Cumming

Associate Professor Tamara Cumming

Associate Director Workforce and Policy, Children’s Voices Centre
tcumming@csu.edu.au
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Dr Carolyn Gregoric

Dr Carolyn Gregoric

Research Manager, Children's Voices Centre
cgregoric@csu.edu.au
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Affiliated Charles Sturt Staff

Dr Donnah Anderson

Kristen Andrews

Dr Helen L Blake

Dr Roslyn Cox

Dr Sharon Crossett

Dr Jessamy Davies

Dr Lysa Dealtry

Cheree Dean

Dr Belinda Downey

Professor Tina Du

Jenny Dwyer

Dr Sheena Elwick

Katrina Gersbach

Dr Leanne Gibbs

Professor Julian Grant

Kasey Hillyar

Dr Laura Hoffman

Dr Travis Holland

Dr Suzanne C. Hopf

Associate Professor Brendon Hyndman

Dr Nicola Ivory

Janine Krecko

Dr Kate Margetson

Associate Professor Elizabeth (Libbey) Murray

Professor Dominic O'Sullivan

Professor Manohar Pawar

Professor Azizur Rahman

Associate Professor Mehdi Rassafiani

Dr Shukla Sikder

Dr Lindsay Smith

Sarah Stenson

Associate Professor Sarah Verdon

Emily-Jane Woodhead

Cherie Zischke

Adjunct Staff

Dr Anna Cronin

Associate Professor Kathryn (Kate) Crowe

Dr Belinda Friezer

Dr Marie Ireland

Dr Linda Mahony

Dr Olebeng Mahura

Dr Michelle Malan

Dr Nicole McGill

Associate Professor Ben Phạm

Dr Van H. Tran

Dr Audrey Wang

Current HDR students: Charles Sturt University

  • Josephine (Ohenewa) Bampoe
  • Sarah Bartlett
  • Stephanie Chukwudi
  • Laura Delli- Pizzi
  • Jenny Dwyer — View my research
  • Melanie Elderton
  • Suzanne Garrett
  • Kasey Hillyar — View my research
  • Mohammad Hossai
  • Muhammad Alamgir (Alam) Hossain
  • Sara Kablaoui
  • Paige Lee
  • Deborah Magee
  • Cathie-Anne Matthews
  • Kristina Maximous
  • Holly McAlister
  • Ryan McGrath
  • Arifa Rahman
  • Goutam Roy
  • Sarah Stenson
  • Mehedi Tajrian
  • Harsharan Thethi
  • Louise Wells
  • Salima Yeung

Current PhD Students: Other Universities supported by Charles Sturt:

  • Anniek Van Doornik (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
  • Ibrahim Althagafi (University of Tasmania)
  • Íris Ösp Bergþórsdóttir (University of Iceland, Iceland)
  • Karen FOSTER (Edith Cowan University)
  • Kathryn Gregory (University of Tasmania)
  • Louise Wightman (Flinders University)
  • Sarah Olson (University of Newcastle)

Doctoral Completions: Charles Sturt University

Doctoral Completions: Other Universities supported by CSU

  • Gillian Scrymgeour (University of Tasmania)
    Creating a Resilient Nursing Workforce: Developing adaptive capacity to deal with the effects of natural hazard disasters
  • Michelle Leon (University of Cincinnati, USA)
    Characterizing speech sound productions in bilingual speakers of Jamaican Creole and English: Application of acoustic and perceptual methods
  • Pauline van der Straten Waillet (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
    Pratiques logopédiques avec les enfants bilingues ayant une audition typique ou des implants cochléaires: Évaluation de la production de parole et intervention précoce
    [Speech and language therapy practices with bilingual children with typical hearing or cochlear implants: Assessment of speech production and early intervention]

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