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Dr. Marg Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education within the School of Education at the University of New England (UNE). She serves as the Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching) and is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Manna Institute, where her work focuses on building place-based research capacity to improve mental health in regional, rural, and remote Australia.
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Masters in Learning Innovation (Early Childhood)
- Graduate Certificate of Language Education (ESL)
- Graduate Diploma of Education (Music)
- Bachelor of Creative Arts (Music)
Her primary research areas center on supporting the wellbeing of Defence, veteran, first responder, and remote worker families and early childhood educators. She investigates marginalized voices in education, particularly in regional communities, and explores professionalism, neoliberalism/managerialism, and the use of creative arts (especially performing arts) and digital literacy in early childhood. Her approach is heavily grounded in participatory research and narrative research, co-creating resources with lived and living experience.
Her recent publications reveal a strong international and interdisciplinary focus. A significant body of work examines the impact of neoliberal and managerial policies on early childhood educators' professional identity and wellbeing across five countries (Australia, Denmark, Italy, Georgia, Canada). Another major theme involves the co-creation of research-based resources, including e-storybooks and digital apps, to support children from military and service families coping with parental separation, deployment, and mental health conditions like moral injury. Her work bridges early childhood education, psychology, mental health, and social policy.
- Joint winner for 'Distinctive Work' award, Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (2022) for the Book project from the Early Childhood Defence Program
Dr. Rogers is a lead researcher for the Child and Family Resilience Programs, which has developed award-winning, free, online resources co-created with community steering committees. She is the lead investigator on an international study with colleagues from Denmark, Italy, Georgia, and Canada and a co-investigator with Southern Cross University. Her research has attracted significant funding, including from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), the Canadian Institute of Military Veteran Health Research, and the Australian Childcare Alliance. She also supervises a special topic student on the impact of family trauma on children.
Her research is conducted through key affiliations with the Manna Institute and the Psychology in Education Research Group at UNE. She leads a team that is piloting a Peer Mentoring Program in Australia's childcare desert areas.
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