Dr Katherine Dix

Academic Level C

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82015878

katherine.dix@flinders.edu.au

Education (5.23)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Dr Katherine Dix is an adjunct member of staff in the School of Education. She is currently the Senior Research Officer at Principals Australia Institute, having recently finished her role as Project Manager and Chief Statistical Analyst at Flinders University, for the national evaluations of KidsMatter Primary and KidsMatter Early Childhood. Dr Dix has lectured in the School of Education for 10 years, in the areas of quantitative research methods, statistics, and multivariate analysis. Her work is characterised by a holistic approach and broad knowledge base in designing, analysing, and reporting large-scale longitudinal research projects conducted in educational settings.

Qualifications

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 involving KidsMatter Primary and KidsMatter Early Childhood

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.

Higher degree by research supervision

Completion

Principal supervisor: Masters of Education (1)

Associate supervisor: Honours in Education (2), Masters of Education (3)

Higher degree by research student achievements

Juliana O'Neill

Honours in Education - DEC 2012

Bethany Hewitt

Honours in Education - DEC 2012

Dony Marzuki

Master in Education - DEC 2012

Haryanto Barkir

Master in Education - DEC 2012

Nguyen Khoa Lan Anh

Master in Education - DEC 2012

Marcos Monderin

Master in Education - DEC 2012

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)