Employment and Education History
EMPLOYMENT
FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
Research Consultant: Education and Youth Policy (Jul 2008 – Present)
Policy research, analysis and recommendations. Reports to government, schools and international organisations.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS COLLEGE. National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
Visiting Scholar (Mar 2010 – Jun 2010)
Comparative research on school funding arrangements and federalism in the United States, Canada and Australia. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Tutor: ‘Public Policy Making’ and ‘Australian Politics’ (Jul 2007 – Current) Leading group tutorials for undergraduate political science and public policy subjects, assessing essays and examinations. (Was on leave 2010 to undertake Visiting Fellowship at Columbia University and fieldwork in the United States and Canada). PER CAPITA (Independent, progressive think tank)
Research Associate (Aug 2007 – Apr 2009) Policy analysis and development, project management, strategic planning. ETHNIC COMMUNITIES’ COUNCIL OF VICTORIA
Historian (Oct 2007 – Jun 2008)
Researching and writing a 260 page book on the history of the ECCV within a broader narrative of Australia’s social and political history 1974-2008. CONTEMPORARY EUROPE RESEARCH CENTRE – UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. Research Assistant and Project Officer (Oct 2006 – Nov 2008) Document and literature analysis, editing of academic articles and books. Preparation of reading packs and course guide for a masters-level subject. Preparation of grant applications and reports. Management of two-year, international research project. Compilation of French section of new national online database of postgraduate study in Europe available to Australians. French and English Tutor (Language Champs and Home Tuition Professionals) (Oct 2005 – Nov 2007)
Individual and group tuition to students and professionals. Includes grammar, written and aural comprehension, conversation, pronunciation and culture. OFFICE OF MARIA VAMVAKINOU MP Speech Writer, Political and Media Adviser (Jan 2007 – Aug 2006 & Mar – Aug 2004)
Policy research and analysis, speech writing, project management, government, media and community liaison, function organisation, representation of federal parliamentarian at functions and meetings, and strategic planning. OFFICE OF SENATOR KIM CARR Electorate Officer (Sep 2005 – Sep 2006)
Policy research and analysis, government, media and community liaison, sub-editor and regular contributor to the (federal) Senator’s state-wide electoral magazine, campaign and project management, and correspondence. English Tutor, Paris (Jan 2005 – Jul 2005)
English instruction (grammar, pronunciation, prose) for graduate students at ENA (National School of Administration), Sciences Po and the Sorbonne. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF FRANCE, Paris (Feb 2005 – Jul 2005)
Archival research and analysis investigating the evolution of revolutionary language in France 1789-1795. Working under Prof Stephan Clay. Freelance Translator, Paris (Mar 2005 – Jul 2005)
Clients included Dream Century Entertainment Pty Ltd, professors and students of Sorbonne University, Sciences Po and École Polytechnique. EASTERN REGIONAL LIBRARIES (1998-2004)
Cataloguing, shelving, customer service, clerical assistance.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy – Political Science, Public Policy and EducationUNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Current) Awarded Melbourne Research Scholarship for duration of PhD candidature My thesis, “The Reform of School Funding Settlements in Federal States” is jointly supervised by the Graduate School of Education and the School of Social and Political Sciences. Honours in Political Science (High Distinction average)
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (2007) Awarded 2007 Jean Monnet Prize for best thesis on contemporary Europe. My thesis, “Passports to Power? A study of Sciences Po, ENA and French governmental elites”, examined the relationship between the French higher education system, political representation and political culture, using a case study of backgrounds of all government ministers between 1995 and 2007. Degree of the International Program (Distinction average)
SCIENCES PO (INSTITUTE OF POLITCAL STUDIES), PARIS Awarded University of Melbourne Abroad Scholarship Majors: International Relations, History, Political Science Coursework and assessment undertaken in French language. Bachelor of Arts (Distinction average)
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (2005) Majors: Political Science, History and French Victorian Certificate of Education (ENTER score of 96.60 (out of 99.95)) RINGWOOD SECONDARY COLLEGE (2001)
Dux of English, French, and History of Revolutions