Overview
Background
Professor Kelly Matthews is a highly respected scholar of higher education curriculum, pedagogy, and student experience, multiple award-winning university teacher, and senior leader collaborating on university-wide teaching, learning, and student experience strategic initiatives.
Her research has shaped the discourse of student voice, arguing for students as partners in higher education. With over 120 academic publications and 80 invited talks, Kelly aims to impact the everyday relational practices of students, academics, and staff associated with connection, care, community, and commitment to collaborative learning.
Her strategic leadership has had a positive impact across disciplines and universities, and she has been recognised with an Australian Teaching Fellowship and a UK-based HEA Principal Fellowship. Kelly has played a key role in establishing international collaborative writing groups and change institutes, creating and sustaining the Students as Partners Network (now in its 10th year), co-founding the International Journal for Students as Partners, and mentoring scholars to write and publish about their teaching and learning.
In 2024, Kelly is collaborating on a cross-institutional study to explore student perspectives on artificial intelligence (AI), co-funded by Deakin, Monash, UQ, and UTS. She is also co-organising the 10th annual Students as Partners (SaP) Roundtable with students and staff from Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, the US, and the UK. With teaching-focused colleagues at Monash, UNSW, UQ, and Sydney, she is co-creating an Australian Teaching/Education Focused Academic Network to connect academics committed to positive educational impact through university teaching. At UQ, she is collaborating with colleagues to develop the Women at E (WE) Network to nurture the leadership capability and positive impact of women professors.
Kelly stepped into the Interim Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) role in July 2024.
Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn and read her latest co-authored book, Writing about teaching and learning in higher education.
Availability
- Professor Kelly Matthews is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of New Orleans
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
Search Professor Kelly Matthews’s works on UQ eSpace
2017
Journal Article
We want to be more involved: student perceptions of students as partners across degree program curriculum
Matthews, Kelly E., Groenendijk, Lauren J. and Chunduri, Prasad G. (2017). We want to be more involved: student perceptions of students as partners across degree program curriculum. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1 (2). doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v1i2.3063
2017
Other Outputs
Co-designing a Community of Practice for Students as Partners in Partnership
Khouri, Fadia, Oberhollenzer, Yvonne and Matthews, Kelly (2017). Co-designing a Community of Practice for Students as Partners in Partnership. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2017
Journal Article
Student voice or students as partners?
Matthews, Kelly (2017). Student voice or students as partners?. Connect, 224-225, 23-23.
2017
Journal Article
Students and staff as partners in Australian higher education: Introducing our stories of partnership
Matthews, Kelly (2017). Students and staff as partners in Australian higher education: Introducing our stories of partnership. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education, 1 (21), 1-4.
2017
Journal Article
Idealism, conflict, leadership, and labels: Reflections on co-facilitation as partnership practice
Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy, Dvorakova, Lucie Sam, Groenendijk, Lauren and Matthews, Kelly (2017). Idealism, conflict, leadership, and labels: Reflections on co-facilitation as partnership practice. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education, 1 (21), 1-9.
2017
Other Outputs
A geometrical approach to the concepts of speed and acceleration
Rice, John, Matthews, Kelly and Ponce Campuzano, Juan (2017). A geometrical approach to the concepts of speed and acceleration. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Self-published.
2017
Journal Article
A comparative study on student perceptions of their learning outcomes in undergraduate science degree programmes with differing curriculum models
Matthews, Kelly E., Firn, Jennifer, Schmidt, Susanne and Whelan, Karen (2017). A comparative study on student perceptions of their learning outcomes in undergraduate science degree programmes with differing curriculum models. International Journal of Science Education, 39 (6), 742-760. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2017.1304672
2017
Journal Article
How is science being taught? Measuring evidence-based teaching practices across undergraduate science departments
Drinkwater, Michael J., Matthews, Kelly and Seiler, Jacob (2017). How is science being taught? Measuring evidence-based teaching practices across undergraduate science departments. CBE Life Sciences Education, 16 (1) ar18, ar18. doi: 10.1187/cbe.15-12-0261
2017
Journal Article
Sustaining institution-wide induction for sessional staff in a research-intensive university: the strength of shared ownership
Matthews, Kelly, Duck, Julie M. and Bartle, Emma (2017). Sustaining institution-wide induction for sessional staff in a research-intensive university: the strength of shared ownership. International Journal for Academic Development, 22 (1), 43-55. doi: 10.1080/1360144X.2016.1266637
2017
Book Chapter
International collaborative writing groups as communities of practice
Matthews, Kelly, Marquis, Beth and Healey, Mick (2017). International collaborative writing groups as communities of practice. Implementing communities of practice in higher education: dreamer and schemers. (pp. 597-617) edited by Jacquie McDonald and Aileen Cater-Steel. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2866-3_26
2017
Journal Article
Launching a journal about and through students as partners
Cliffe, Anthony, Cook-Sather, Alison, Healey, Mick, Healey, Ruth, Marquis, Beth, Matthews, Kelly, Lucy Mercer-Mapstone, Ntem, Anita, Puri, Varum and Woolmer, Cherie (2017). Launching a journal about and through students as partners. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1 (1). doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v1i1.3194
2017
Conference Publication
The adventures of engaging as partners: exploring the literature to discover outcomes and reveal barriers
Dvorakova, Lucie Sam, Matthews, Kelly, Healey, Mick, Acai, Anita, Cook-Sather, Alison, Felten, Peter, Healey, Ruth, Marquis, Eizabeth and Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy (2017). The adventures of engaging as partners: exploring the literature to discover outcomes and reveal barriers. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Calgary, Canada, 11-14 October 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Getting published and meet the editors
Healey, Mick, Chick, Nancy, Felten, Peter, Marquis, Elizabeth, Matthews, Kelly and Poole, Gary (2017). Getting published and meet the editors. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Calgary, Canada, 11-14 October 2017.
2017
Journal Article
A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education
Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy, Dvorakova, Sam Lucie, Matthews, Kelly, Abbot, Sophia, Cheng, Breagh, Felten, Peter, Knorr, Kris, Marquis, Elizabeth, Shammas, Rafaella and Swaim, Kelly (2017). A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1 (1). doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v1i1.3119
2017
Conference Publication
How do we teach science? The use of evidence-based teaching practices in a Bachelor of Science program
Drinkwater, Michael J. and Matthews, Kelly (2017). How do we teach science? The use of evidence-based teaching practices in a Bachelor of Science program. Australian Institute of Physics Summer Meeting 2017, Sydney Australia, 3 - 8 December 2017. Surrey Hills, VIC, Australia: Australian Institute of Physics.
2017
Conference Publication
Using interactive simulations to enhance student engagement in mathematics and physics
Wegener, Margaret J., Kenny, Elise , Ponce Campuzano, Juan , Roberts, Anthony P., Matthews, Kelly and McIntyre, Timothy J. (2017). Using interactive simulations to enhance student engagement in mathematics and physics. Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Melbourne, Australia, 27-28 September 2017.
2017
Journal Article
Learning together through international collaborative writing groups
Healey, Mick and Matthews, Kelly E. (2017). Learning together through international collaborative writing groups. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 5 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.20343/5.1.2
2017
Journal Article
Survey of research approaches utilised in the scholarship of teaching and learning publications
Divan, Aysha, Ludwig, Lynn O, Matthews, Kelly, Motley, Phillip M and Tomljenovic-Berube, Ana (2017). Survey of research approaches utilised in the scholarship of teaching and learning publications. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 5 (2), 16-29. doi: 10.20343/teachlearninqu.5.2.3
2017
Conference Publication
First-year student perspectives on SoTL ethics revisited: what now?
Abbot, Sophia, Bunnell, Sarah, Felten, Peter, Marquis, Elizabeth and Matthews, Kelly (2017). First-year student perspectives on SoTL ethics revisited: what now?. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Calgary, Canada, 11-14 October 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Developing international experiences of student-staff partnerships in learning, teaching and research in higher education
Healey, Mick, Marquis, Beth, Black, Christine, Dvorakora, Lucie Sam, Guitman, Rachel and Matthews, Kelly (2017). Developing international experiences of student-staff partnerships in learning, teaching and research in higher education. Connecting Higher Education, London, United Kingdom, 26-28 June 2017.
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Kelly Matthews is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Disrupting and reproducing power: A focused ethnography of intercultural learner¿teacher partnership using Bourdieu's social field theory and intercultural communication theory
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shuang Liu
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Relationship, engagement, and culture: Exploring the conceptions of students as partners in Chinese higher education
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jason Lodge
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Speaking for ourselves: Indian students co-constructed stories of engaging in partnership with staff in an Australian university
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Being a teaching-focused academic in a research-intensive university: A focused ethnography
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Deanne Gannaway
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Enacting Pasin as storying as research: Ways of rethinking the health workers' curriculum in Papua New Guinea
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Di Eley
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
An exploration of Chinese students' learning experiences in China-Australia '2+2' articulation programmes: In between two systems.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Bob Lingard, Dr Vicente Reyes
Media
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