Tracy Charlotte Young

Tracy Charlotte Young is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University (SCU), serving as Course Coordinator for Early Childhood Programs at the Melbourne Campus. With over 30 years of experience as an environmental educator, early childhood teacher, and tertiary educator in Initial Teacher Education, her career bridges research, pedagogy, and advocacy.

• Education: PhD (2019), Master of Education (2010), Bachelor of Education (1998), Graduate Diploma of Child Development (1991).
• Research: Focuses on child-animal relations, multispecies education, and environmental education through critical posthuman and post-qualitative lenses.
• Teaching: Covers philosophy (ecological ethics, Indigenous perspectives), ecology (sustainability pedagogies), and leadership in early childhood education.
• Supervision: Available for Masters and Doctoral projects in early childhood education, multispecies inquiry, and posthuman theories.
• Contact: Located at 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000; email tracy.young@scu.edu.au.

Research Impact: Her work integrates early childhood education with multispecies interactions, challenging traditional human-centric pedagogies and expanding ecological ethics in educational frameworks.