معرفی
Nish Belford is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Curriculum Teaching & Inclusive Education at Monash University, specializing in Visual Art, Design Education, and Creative Arts Education. She integrates her roles as artist, researcher, and teacher (a/r/t) to explore cultural diversity, gender, and postcoloniality in educational contexts.
- Education: Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University
Her research focuses on culturally responsive pedagogies, postcolonial feminist theory, and transnational migration studies. Using autoethnography and visual research methods, she examines how cultural diversity can be supported in education, with specific attention to race, gender, and identity negotiation among transnational women of colour.
Recent publications emphasize arts-based methodologies, decolonial lenses, and the intersection of migration with educational equity. Her work contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education.
- Scientific Awards:
- ECR grant through the Dean’s ECR fund (2017)
- Teacher Education, Language, Arts and Professional Learning Funding (2018)
Belford has collaborated on projects such as Teaching Arts: The Need for Artistic and Pedagogical Balance and Numeracy across the Curriculum, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary and inclusive educational practices.
