Dr Katherine Dix

Associate Professor

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 8201 5878

katherine.dix@flinders.edu.au

Education

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Dr Katherine Dix is an adjunct Associate Professor in Education in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) since 2015. She is the National Project Manager for Australia's participation in the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024). Dr Dix has lectured in the School of Education since 2008, in the areas of quantitative research methods and multivariate analysis. She is an expert in program evaluation, student wellbeing and whole-school mental health promotion. Her work is characterised by a holistic approach and broad knowledge base in designing, analysing, and reporting large-scale research projects conducted in educational settings.

Qualifications

JBI Systematic Reviewer, PhD (Education), BEd (Secondary, Honours), MPhil (Geophysics), BSc (Geophysics, Honours)

Honours, awards and grants

Best Paper Award for Academic Excellence (2011) from the Clute Institute European Academic Conference
Nomination for the VC Award for Early Career Researcher (2010)
Commendation for MERGA 22 Conference Paper (1999)
Chancellor's Letter of Commendation (1998)

Key responsibilities

Research and evaluation of wellbeing programs and mental health initiatives in learning communities.

Teaching interests

Quantitative and Mixed-method research methods.
Survey and Questionnaire design and administration using traditional and web-based methods.
Evaluation in educational settings.
Translational research: translating evidence-based research into policy.
Student mental health and wellbeing, social-emotional learning, whole-school intervention.

Professional engagement

Principals Australia Institute, Senior Research Officer, 2011 -
Beyondblue, Contract Researcher, 2011 -
Flinders University, School of Education, Adjunct staff member, 2011 -
Online Editor of the International Education Journal: Comparative Education, 2010-
Committee member for the Post Graduate Research Conference 2010
Founding member of The Flinders Centre for Student Wellbeing and Prevention of Violence (SWAPv), 2009
Educational Research Methods Committee C2R2, 2009
Flinders Education Students' Association, 2002-2003
School of Education Student/Staff Working Party, 2002
Educational Research Conference Committee, 2001-2003
Staff Selection Committee for Senior Lecturer in ICT, 2000
Post Graduate Students' Association Committee, 1999
B.Ed Course Committee, 1999
Online Editor of the International Education Journal, 1999-2007
International Education Journal Board of Management, 1999-2007
Flinders University Institute of International Education Board of Management, 1999-2005
Shannon Research Press: Manager and Chief Editor (2002 - on going)
Circle Care: Manager and Senior Trainer for the personal assistance and manual handling of people with physical disabilities (1998 - on going)