Dr Catherine Manathunga

Honorary Associate Professor

School of Education
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Overview

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.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland

Publications

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Available Projects

  • The good governance agenda: a case of policy paradox in development?

    Ms Lorinne du Toit

  • Development of Non-Cognitive Attributes in Veterinary Science Graduates as an Indicator of Professional Success

    Mrs Patricia Clarke

  • Factors affecting the academic performance of international students in Pharmacy programs in Australia and the UK

    Ms Jacqueline Bond

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Bunda, Tracey, Qi, Jing, Manathunga, Catherine and Singh, Michael J. (2017). Enhancing the Australian doctoral experience: locating culture and identity at the centre. Student Culture and Identity in Higher Education. (pp. 143-159) edited by Ambreen Shahriar and Ghazal Kazim Syed. Hershey, PA United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2551-6.ch009

  • Manathunga, Catherine (2010). Critical transcultural exchanges: educational development for supervisors. The Routledge doctoral supervisor's companion: supporting effective research in education and the social sciences. (pp. 76-87) edited by Pat Thomson and Melanie Walker. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203851760

  • Manathunga, C. and Donnelly, R. (2009). Going global in online academic development programs.. Applied eLearning and eTeaching in Higher Education. (pp. 84-107) edited by Donnelly, R. and McSweeney, F.. Dublin, Ireland: Idea Group Inc..

  • Manathunga, C. (2009). Postcolonial perspectives on interdisciplinary researcher identities. Academic research and researchers. (pp. 131-145) edited by Brew, A. and Lucas, L.. London, United Kingdom: Open University Press.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Hinton, B. and Manathunga, C. (2001). Mobile phones and lectures don't mix.. Lecturing: case studies, experience and practice.. (pp. 37-43) edited by Edwards, Helen, Smith, Brenda and Webb, Graham. London: Kogan Page.

  • Manathunga, C. (1999). Women and citizenship in post-revolutionary states.. Citizenship, women and social justice: international historical perspectives.. (pp. 93-103) edited by Damousi, J. and Ellinghaus, K.. Melbourne: Australian Network for Research in Women's History & Department of History, University of Melbourne.

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Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

Dr Catherine Manathunga is not currently available to take on new students.

  • The good governance agenda: a case of policy paradox in development?

    Ms Lorinne du Toit

  • Development of Non-Cognitive Attributes in Veterinary Science Graduates as an Indicator of Professional Success

    Mrs Patricia Clarke

  • Factors affecting the academic performance of international students in Pharmacy programs in Australia and the UK

    Ms Jacqueline Bond

  • Improving the quality of scholarship through deep approaches to learning: an African perspective

    Mr Tefera Tadesse Jimma