Eveline Chan

Eveline Chan is an Associate Professor in English, Literacies and Languages Education at the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education, University of New England (UNE), Australia. She is based in Education Building (E7), Room 332, and can be contacted at eveline_chan@une.edu.au or +61 2 6773 3818.

Her research and teaching expertise lies at the intersection of language, literacy, and multimodal education. She specializes in how learning is mediated by multiple semiotic systems in both physical and digital spaces, with a strong focus on critical transitions in education. Her work has significant implications for literacy development, teaching, and assessment, particularly in academic and disciplinary literacies and reading in hypertext environments.

The recent scholarly output of Associate Professor Chan reflects a consistent trajectory in multimodal and disciplinary literacies. Her publications explore the integration of image and text in digital and assessment contexts, particularly in science and language education. Themes include the design of multimodal assessments, the challenges of online reading comprehension, and the pedagogical translation of disciplinary knowledge. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks like systemic functional linguistics with practical classroom applications, influencing both curriculum and assessment design.

She is actively engaged in the academic community, serving on the Editorial Review Board of English Teaching: Practice & Critique and as a peer reviewer for journals in Education, Linguistics, and Computer Science Applications. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association Northern NSW Council.

• PhD (Syd)
• GradDipTeach TESL (SACAE/UniSA)
• BEd Hons 1 (Syd)

She has supervised numerous PhD candidates to completion, including Lindsay Williams, Lindall Watson, Annemaree O'Brien, and Hajar Alharthi. Her teaching includes coordinating and lecturing units such as EDEE100 English Language in Use, EDEE 312 English Teaching: Focus on Writing and Creating, and EDEE 528 Researching Literacies in Education. She is affiliated with professional organizations including PETAA, ALEA, and ASFLA.

Her research is supported by her deep engagement with multimodal theory and systemic-functional linguistics, and she continues to contribute to the evolving understanding of how students navigate and create meaning in complex, multimodal learning environments.