Dr Emma-Lee Steindl is a Lecturer in Education. She has research experience across STEM education, trauma-aware education, psychology, counselling, and the health sciences.
Her qualitative research background is on the lived experiences of trauma, inclusive practices, and expressive therapies encompassing discussions on access and barriers in education, public health, and allied health professions. Her research utilises participatory action research, ethnography, narrative interviewing, and focus groups with professionals, clients, and students. Emma-Lee is particularly interested in student support, educational psychology, developmental psychology, transgenerational trauma, and culture.
She has extensive experience as a STEM teacher in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Emma-Lee’s teaching career has entailed working in various contexts such as on campus, distance education, special education, and English language preparatory schools, and undergraduate and postgraduate courses at university. Additionally, Emma-Lee has partnered with academics, industry partners, and volunteers to implement effective programs of learning and teaching while supporting students' wellbeing and education, such as Room 17 Goes Large and STEM-antics.
Professional Membership
- Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
- Queensland Guidance & Counselling Association (QGCA)
- Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools Association
- International School Psychologists Association (ISPA)
- Queensland College of Teachers (QCT)
Awards and Fellowships
- Associate Fellow (Indigenous Knowledges) of the Higher Education Academy, 2024
- Highly Commended Tutor Award, Queensland University of Technology, 2024
- Staff Recognition Award for Individual Positive Impact, Queensland University of Technology, 2023
- Staff Recognition Award for Positive Impact of a Team, Queensland University of Technology, 2023
- Special Service Award, Queensland University of Technology, 2023
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2019
- Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Innovation and Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology, 2019
Professional Social Media
Research Grants
|
Grant/project name |
Investigators |
Funding body and AUD$ value |
Year(s) |
Focus of research grant |
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Balancing Learning and Life to Become a Chemist: Investigating how External Responsibilities Shape Student Success Inequity in First Year Undergraduates |
Wang, J., Moody, H., Steindl, E., & Tedla, B |
Royal Society of Chemistry
$4837 |
2023-2025 |
Inclusion and Diversity Fund |
Research areas
- The effects of stress and trauma on learning and professional practice
- Trauma-aware and -informed education and professional practice
- Facilitators and barriers to education and allied health services
- Expressive Therapies
- Qualitative methodologies
Dr Emma-Lee Steindl's specialist areas of knowledge include counselling, culture, education, expressive therapies, inclusion, professional practice and pedagogy, educational psychology, developmental psychology, Mathematics education, music therapy, Science education, STEM education