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Track 8
Thursday, July 9, 2026
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
Stephen Riady Centre (SRC) Seminar Room 8 Level 2

Speaker

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Assoc Prof Jason Wong
Australian Catholic University

Intercultural reflexivity as professional learning: A collaborative autoethnography of international academics

12:05 PM - 12:30 PM

Biography

Dr Jason Wong is an Associate Professor in the National School of Education at Australian Catholic University. His teaching and research sit at the intersections of embodied learning, active pedagogies, wellbeing, and the professional identities of international academics in higher education. As a former international student and migrant academic, Jason draws on lived experience to inform his scholarship on positionality, reflexivity, and intercultural academic practice. He has led and contributed to multiple collaborative autoethnographic and qualitative studies examining how identity, migration histories, and professional trajectories shape teaching, research, and leadership in universities. Jason also provides national leadership in teacher education accreditation and curriculum design. He holds international teaching recognition from Advance HE (UK) as a Senior Fellow, and his work is underpinned by a strong commitment to ethical, relational, and inclusive approaches to academic practice and professional learning.
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Dr Dongmei Li
Senior Lecturer
James Cook University, HERDSA Fellow

Co-presenter

Biography

Dr Dogmei Li is a Senior Lecturer in Pathways at James Cook University with a background in higher education internationalisation and cross-cultural learning. Mei's research interests are internationalisation of the curriculum, learner diversity, equity and inclusivity, and academic development in tertiary education. She has taught a range of interdisciplinary subjects across the Humanities and Social Sciences, including Arts Research Foundations and Arts Internship, and is currently teaching Cultural Intelligence for professionals and Learning in a Digital Environment.
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Assoc Prof Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh
La Trobe University

Co-presenter

Biography

Associate Professor Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh contributes internationally recognised scholarship in academic leadership, equity, and cultural diversity in universities.
Dr Ekaterina Pechenkina
Senior Lecturer, Learning And Teaching
Swinburne University of Technology

Future-Proofing Capstones: Designing for Impact, Innovation, and Generative AI Resilience in Academic Development

12:35 PM - 1:00 PM

Biography

Ekaterina (Katya) Pechenkina is a cultural anthropologist, Teaching and Learning scholar, and award-winning senior lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology. Her research focuses on impact and evaluation in education, as well as on understanding how educators and students experience technological change.

Chair

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Christopher Fisher
Acting Dean And Chief Academic Officer
VU Online

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