Professor Anna Sullivan is Dean Research for the College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities. She has held a number of research leadership roles including, co-Director of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion and Professorial Lead (Research Performance and Evaluation) in UniSA Education Futures, and Acting Dean of Research in UniSA Creative for six months. Prof Sullivan is a member of the editorial board for Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice. 

Professor Anna Sullivan is Dean Research for the College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities. She has held a number of research leadership roles including, co-Director of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion and Professorial Lead (Research Performance and Evaluation) in UniSA Education Futures, and Acting Dean of Research in UniSA Creative for six months. Prof Sullivan is a member of the editorial board for Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice. Prof Sullivan continually attracts research funding, totalling over $3 million. She has been a Chief Investigator on many research projects (including 5 ARC Linkage and 2 ARC Discovery Projects), most involving collaborations with partner organisations. Her research has informed education policy and practice internationally. Professor Sullivan’s research contributes to a greater understanding of educational issues related to exclusion and inclusion. Her current program of research draws largely on critical policy studies to examine ways in which policies are developed and enacted at various levels of education. The ‘critical’ in these studies enables her to examine the ways in which this broad policy work includes and/or excludes people, particularly those who are most vulnerable. Professor Sullivan is recognised as a leading Australian who has influenced the way in which research is reported in the media. She was the co-founder and Board Chair of the Media Centre for Educational Research Australia (...