Dr Anna Ciccarelli

Dr Anna Ciccarelli leads UniSA’s International and Development portfolio, which includes the Marketing & Development Unit, UniSA International and the Samstag Museum of Art.

She began her career teaching humanities, social sciences and English in secondary schools in Adelaide before moving to Sydney, where she was the Principal of a private English language college for seven years. In 1996 she became the first graduate of the University of Sydney’s Doctorate of Education.

Anna joined UniSA in 1998 as Manager of the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences before being appointed as Director of UniSA International in 2001 and to her current position in 2004. She was the inaugural Vice President of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA).

Anna’s professional and research interests include educational organisations (how they work, how they are managed and the challenges they pose for leaders and managers), policy and strategies in international education, internationalisation of the curriculum, transnational education and student mobility.

Among other responsibilities, she is a member of the Education Adelaide Board of Directors, a member of the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) English Language Steering Committee, and an Honorary AUQA Auditor. In 2008 she was a member of the panel for the University of Canberra’s cycle 2 audit.

UniSA International

Marketing and Development Unit

Samstag Museum of Art

Australian Universities Quality Agency (Honorary Auditor)

AUQA English Language Steering Committee (Member)

Education Adelaide Board (Member)

South Australian Business Ambassadors Network (Business Ambassabor)

Doctor of Education 1996 University of Sydney Sydney NSW. Unpublished Thesis: Towards a New Discourse of Educational Organisations: Theorising Educational Organisations from a Critical - Pragmatist Perspective

Master of Education(Administration & Management) 1993 University of Sydney Sydney NSW

Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL 1987 Salisbury CAE Adelaide SA

Diploma of Education 1974 Flinders University Adelaide SA

Bachelor of Arts 1974 Flinders University Adelaide SA

• Theories of educational organisations
• Policy and strategies in international education
• Internationalisation of the curriculum
• Transnational education and student mobility

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

with Crump, S. 'Leadership, research and meaning: School-home links in an urban community', in Change, Challenge and Creative Leadership, Conners, B. & d'Arbon. (Eds), ACEA Pathways Series No 7. 1997, Hawthorn, Victoria.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

with Schulz, L., Szekeres, J. A Case Study of Creating Partnerships for Learning: New Models of Collegiality at the University of South Australia. ASET/HERDSA conference: Flexible Learning for a Flexible Society, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 2-5 July 2000.

with Scarino, A. From Fragments to Framework Thinking. Plenary address. 12th ELICOS ASSOCIATION Education Conference, Adelaide, 14-16 October 1999.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

"Adolescent Learners in ELICOS Contexts", ELICOS Association Journal, Sydney, 1993.

"TESOL Teachers Competencies", ELICOS Association Journal, Sydney, 1994.

NON REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

New Discourse of Educational Organisations: Theorising Educational Organisations from a Critical-Pragmitist Perspective. 9th ELICOS Association Education Conference Proceedings, Sydney, 1996.

with Posener, J. Sharing the global classroom with non-native speaker teachers of English: Decentering ELT in the Asia-Pacific. 10th ELICOS Association Education Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, 1997.

TEACHING MATERIALS

with Barnett, J & Clennell, C. 1987, Linguistic Studies 1 Study Guide (Unit in the Grad-Dip TESOL) Distance Education materials, Salisbury CAE, Adelaide.

with Williams, V. 1988 ESL Curriculum Guidelines, materials syllabus statement - discussion papers, Languages and Multicultural Centre South Australian Education Department, Adelaide.