Overview
Background
Dr Catherine Manathunga is Associate Professor in the School of Education Policy and Implementation at the Victoria University, Wellington. Her research interests include postgraduate supervision, interdisciplinary research education, the history of teaching and learning in universities, and the professional development of supervisors and researchers.
Catherine is an historian and draws together expertise in historical, sociological and cultural studies research to bring an innovative, interdisciplinary perspective to higher education research, particularly focusing on doctoral education and the history of university teaching and learning. She currently researches in the following areas:
- Postgraduate Supervision : power, identity and culture in postgraduate supervision; power and desire in team supervision pedagogy
- Supervisor Educational Development : post-colonial interpretations of supervisor educational development;
- Research and Innovation Leader Development : research graduates attributes and outcomes in universities and industry; ongoing professional development for researchers in public and private sector research organisations; interdisciplinary research;
- History of Australian Teaching and Learning : a genealogy of the development of teaching and learning in Australian universities.
She currently supervises RHD students in the areas of effective teaching and learning in higher education, supporting international students' learning, evaluating effective teaching and learning and in development aid policy.
Availability
- Dr Catherine Manathunga is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Queensland University of Technology
Works
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2008
Book
Making a place: an oral history of academic development in Australia
Alison Lee, Manathunga, Catherine E. and Peter Kandlbinder eds. (2008). Making a place: an oral history of academic development in Australia. 1 ed. Milperra, NSW: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated.
2008
Book Chapter
The anxiety of making academics over: resistance and responsibility in the academic development project
Tai Peseta and Manathunga, Catherine E. (2008). The anxiety of making academics over: resistance and responsibility in the academic development project. Knowledge as value: illumination through critical prisms. (pp. 79-94) edited by Ian Morley and Mira Crouch. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi.
2007
Journal Article
'Unhomely' academic developer identities: More post-colonial explorations
Manathunga, Catherine (2007). 'Unhomely' academic developer identities: More post-colonial explorations. International Journal for Academic Development, 12 (1), 25-34. doi: 10.1080/13601440701217287
2007
Conference Publication
The anxiety of making academics over: Resistance and responsibility in academic development
Catherine Manathunga and Tai Peseta (2007). The anxiety of making academics over: Resistance and responsibility in academic development. 1st Global Conference on the value of knowledge, Sydney, Australia, 12-14 February, 2007. Oxford, United Kingdom: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
2007
Other Outputs
Research higher degree (RHD) experiences and outcomes
Yeo, G., Frederiks, E., Parsons, A., Zajdlewicz, L., Morris, S., Manathunga, C. and Pitt, R. (2007). Research higher degree (RHD) experiences and outcomes. St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
2007
Conference Publication
Authorship and research higher degree training: Empowering students
Morris, S. E., Beveridge, C. A. and Manathunga, C. (2007). Authorship and research higher degree training: Empowering students. Enhancing Higher Education, Theory and Scholarship. 30th HERDSA Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 8-11 July 2007. Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
2007
Conference Publication
Industry supervision: Research higher degree student's experiences and perspectives
Morris, S. E., Yeo, G., Frederiks, E. and Manathunga, C. (2007). Industry supervision: Research higher degree student's experiences and perspectives. Enhancing Higher Education, Theory and Scholarship. 30th HERDSA Annual Conference, Adelaide, 8-11 July 2007. Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
2007
Journal Article
Developing Professional researchers: Research students' graduate attributes
Catherine Manathunga, Paul Lant and George Mellick (2007). Developing Professional researchers: Research students' graduate attributes. Studies in continuing Education, 29 (1), 19-36. doi: 10.1080/01580370601146270
2007
Book Chapter
Intercultural postgraduate supervision: Ethnographic journeys of identitiy and power
Manathunga, Catherine (2007). Intercultural postgraduate supervision: Ethnographic journeys of identitiy and power. Learning and teaching across cultures in higher education. (pp. 93-113) edited by David Palfreyman and Dawn Lorraine McBride. New York: Palgrave. doi: 10.1057/9780230590427
2007
Journal Article
Supervision as mentoring: The role of power and boundary crossing
Manathunga, Catherine (2007). Supervision as mentoring: The role of power and boundary crossing. Studies in Continuing Education, 29 (2), 207-222. doi: 10.1080/01580370701424650
2007
Journal Article
Challenging the dual assumption of the 'always/already' autonomous student and effective supervisor
Manathunga, Catherine and Goozee, Justine (2007). Challenging the dual assumption of the 'always/already' autonomous student and effective supervisor. Teaching In Higher Education, 12 (3), 309-322. doi: 10.1080/13562510701278658
2006
Journal Article
Doing educational development ambivalently: Applying post-colonial metaphors to educational development?
Manathunga, Catherine (2006). Doing educational development ambivalently: Applying post-colonial metaphors to educational development?. International Journal for Academic Development, 11 (1), 19-29. doi: 10.1080/13601440600578771
2006
Journal Article
Imagining an interdisciplinary doctoral pedagogy
Manathunga, Catherine, Lant, Paul and Mellick, George (2006). Imagining an interdisciplinary doctoral pedagogy. Teaching In Higher Education, 11 (3), 365-379. doi: 10.1080/13562510600680954
2006
Journal Article
How do we ensure good PhD student outcomes?
Manathunga, C. E. and Lant, P. A. (2006). How do we ensure good PhD student outcomes?. Education for Chemical Engineering, 1 (1), 72-81. doi: 10.1205/ece.05003
2005
Other Outputs
Australia's future research leaders: Are they coming from CRCs?
Manathunga, Catherine, Pitt, Rachael and Critchley, Christa (2005). Australia's future research leaders: Are they coming from CRCs?. St Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland.
2005
Journal Article
Early warning signs in postgraduate research education: a different approach to ensuring timely completions
Manathunga, Catherine (2005). Early warning signs in postgraduate research education: a different approach to ensuring timely completions. Teaching in Higher Education, 10 (2), 219-233. doi: 10.1080/1356251042000337963
2005
Journal Article
The development of research supervision: 'Turning the light on private space'
Manathunga, Catherine (2005). The development of research supervision: 'Turning the light on private space'. International Journal for Academic Development, 10 (1), 17-30. doi: 10.1080/13601440500099977
2005
Journal Article
The challenging academic development (CAD) collective (research note)
Peseta, T., Hicks, M., Holmes, T., Manathunga, C., Sutherland, K. and Wilcox, S. (2005). The challenging academic development (CAD) collective (research note). International Journal for Academic Development, 10 (1), 59-61.
2004
Journal Article
Developing and evaluating authentic integration between research and coursework in professional doctorate programs
Manathunga, Catherine, Smith, Calvin and Bath, Debra (2004). Developing and evaluating authentic integration between research and coursework in professional doctorate programs. Teaching In Higher Education, 9 (2), 235-246. doi: 10.1080/1356251042000195321
2004
Journal Article
Clutch-starting stalled research students
Ahern, K. J. and Manathunga, C. E. (2004). Clutch-starting stalled research students. Innovative Higher Education, 28 (4), 237-254. doi: 10.1023/b:ihie.0000018908.36113.a5
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Catherine Manathunga is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
'Prescriptions for Success': a mixed methods exploration of engagement, learning and academic performance among successful CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) and non-CALD pharmacy students at a research-intensive Australian university
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Caroline Steel, Professor Nick Shaw
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Improving Quality in Higher Education through Cooperative Learning Pedagogies: An Ethiopian Example
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2009
Master Philosophy
Accidental Authors - Students experiment with making writing explicit during their Research Higher Degree
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The good governance agenda: a case of policy paradox in development?
Associate Advisor
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