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Dr. Katherine Dix serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in Education within the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University and as a Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) since 2015. She is the National Project Manager for Australia's participation in the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) and has lectured in quantitative research methods and multivariate analysis since 2008.
Her educational background includes a PhD (Education) and BEd (Secondary, Honours) from Flinders University, an MPhil (Geophysics), and a BSc (Geophysics, Honours) from the University of Adelaide. She is also a JBI Systematic Reviewer.
Dr. Dix specializes in program evaluation, student wellbeing, and whole-school mental health promotion, with a holistic approach to designing, analyzing, and reporting large-scale research projects in educational settings. Her expertise encompasses quantitative and mixed-method research, survey and questionnaire design, and translating evidence-based research into policy.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on mental health promotion in educational contexts, with particular emphasis on social-emotional learning programs, anxiety interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder, and the impact of external stressors like the COVID-19 pandemic on educators. Her work frequently employs large-scale survey methodologies and contributes significantly to evidence-based policy development.
Her notable scientific achievements include:
- Best Paper Award for Academic Excellence (2011) from the Clute Institute European Academic Conference
- Nomination for the VC Award for Early Career Researcher (2010)
- Commendation for MERGA 22 Conference Paper (1999)
- Chancellor's Letter of Commendation (1998)
Dr. Dix has successfully supervised six graduate students to completion in 2012, including Honours and Master's students in Education. Her research grants portfolio includes significant projects such as the national evaluations of KidsMatter Primary and KidsMatter Early Childhood, the Student Digital Technologies Survey, and multiple projects with the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, beyondblue, and the Australian Psychological Society.
She is actively involved with the Flinders Centre for Student Wellbeing and Prevention of Violence (SWAPv) and has extensive experience in project management, large-scale questionnaire development, and online research methodologies.
