Vanessa Miller

Vanessa Miller is a Lecturer in Education (Classroom Management) at the Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University. With over 30 years of experience in school and tertiary education, she specializes in creating safe and inclusive classroom environments, focusing on teacher and student agency, social-emotional learning, and bullying prevention.

• Current role: Lecturer in Education (Classroom Management)
• Institution: Southern Cross University
• School: Faculty of Education

Her research and advocacy center on classroom management as a multifaceted discipline addressing academic and social-emotional learning. She emphasizes the importance of whole-school approaches to bullying prevention, teacher training in social-emotional skills, and student participation in policy development. Her recent article highlights Australia's lack of a consistent national strategy for tracking bullying and proposes solutions such as standardized data collection, restorative practices, and evidence-based social-emotional curricula.

The 2025 article she authored explores trends in school bullying research, emphasizing the need for national consistency in definitions, proactive non-punitive strategies, and culturally responsive interventions. It underscores the role of social-emotional learning in reducing bullying by 20-23% and improving academic outcomes.