Aaron Teo

Dr Aaron Teo is a Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of Southern Queensland's School of Education, based on unceded Jagera and Turrbal lands. He holds a PhD from Queensland and serves as Convenor of the Australian Association for Research in Education's Social Justice Special Interest Group, Queensland Convenor of the Asian Australian Alliance, and member of the Australian Human Rights Commission's anti-racism study advisory committee. His work bridges critical race theory and pedagogy, focusing on migrant teachers' raced/gendered experiences in Australian education systems.

Education:

• PhD (Queensland)
• Graduate Diploma in Education (Queensland)
• BBusMgt (Queensland)
• BA (Queensland)

Research emphasizes anti-Asian racism in educational spaces and employs critical autoethnography to interrogate migration, sexism, and multiculturalism. He advocates for culturally responsive teaching and challenges systemic inequities in curricula.

Awards:

• 2023 Carolyn Baker Memorial Prize
• 2024 Ray Debus Award Special Commendation
• 2024 John Oxley Honorary Fellowship (State Library of Queensland)

Advisory roles include contributions to national racism studies and professional memberships in Critical Race Studies in Education Association and former roles in Queensland educational networks. His work interrogates the legacies of the White Australia Policy and gender dynamics among Asian Australian educators.