Staff profile

Professor Tanya Fitzgerald

Head of School, Associate Dean (Research)

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Education 2 Building, Room 310, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BA, MA, TTC, DipTchg, DipEd, MEdAdmin, PhD

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Association for Research in Education, Australian & New Zealand History of Education Society, Society for Research in Higher Education

Brief Profile

Tanya Fitzgerald is currently Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has held appointments at The University of Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology (New Zealand), and the University of Nottingham (England). Tanya's research interests span leadership and policy in higher education, the history of women's higher education, and the impact of state policy on teacher's lives and work. Recent books include Outsiders or equals: Women professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961 (Peter Lang, 2009) Travelling towards a mirage: Gender, leadership and higher education (Post Pressed, 2010, with Jane Wilkinson), Historical portraits of women home scientists: The University of New Zealand 1911-1947 (Cambria Press, 2011, with Jenny Collins), and Hard labour? Academic work and the changing landscape of higher education (Emerald, 2012, with Julie White & Helen Gunter). Tanya is currently working on two projects: one that investigates the impact of women leaders in higher education and the other which examines diversity policy and practices in higher education. Since 2000, Tanya has been the Chief Editor of History of Education Review, and since 2007 has been the co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration and History. 

Recent Publications

BOOKS

Fitzgerald, T. (2013) Women leaders in higher education: Shattering the myths. (forthcoming)

Fitzgerald, T., White, J. and Gunter, H.M (2012) Hard labour? Academic work and the changing landscape of higher education. Bingley: Emerald.

Fitzgerald, T. and Collins, J. (2011) Historical portraits of women home scientists at the University of New Zealand 1911-1947. New York: Cambria Press. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Wilkinson, J. (2010) Travelling towards a mirage? Gender, equity and higher education. Brisbane: Post Pressed.

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) Outsiders or equals? A history of women professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961. Oxford: Peter Lang. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Gunter, H.M (eds) (2009) Educational administration and history: The state of the field. London: Routledge. 

BOOK CHAPTERS 

Fitzgerald, T. (2012) 'Documents and documentary analysis: A matter of record'. In M. Coleman and A. Briggs (eds.). Research methods in educational leadership and management. 2nd edition. (pp. 296-308). London: Sage Publications.

Fitzgerald, T. (2012) 'Tracing the fault lines'. In T. Fitzgerald, J. White and H.M. Gunter Hard labour? Academic work and the changing landscape of higher education. (pp. 1-22). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Fitzgerald, T. (2012) 'Ivory basements and ivory towers'. In T. Fitzgerald, J. White and H.M. Gunter Hard labour? Academic work and the changing landscape of higher education. (pp. 113-135). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Fitzgerald, T. (2012) 'Scholarly work in a globalised world'. T. Fitzgerald, J. White and H.M. Gunter Hard labour? Academic work and the changing landscape of higher education. (pp. 137-161). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Fitzgerald, T. (2012) 'Continuing challenges'. T. Fitzgerald, J. White and H.M. Gunter Hard labour? Academic work and the changing landscape of higher education. (pp. 163-176). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

White, J. and Fitzgerald, T. (2011) 'Researcher tales and research ethics: the spaces in which we find ourselves'. In P. Sikes and H. Piper (eds.). Ethics and academic freedom in educational research. London: Routledge.

Fitzgerald, T. (2010) ‘Vigilância institucionalizada: A gestão do desempenho nas escolas Neo-Zelandesas’. In M.A. Flores (org.) A Avaliação de Professores numa perspectiva internacional: sentidos e implicações. (pp. 65-82). Porto: Areal Editores. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) ‘The continuing politics of mistrust: Performance management and the erosion of professional work’. In T. Fitzgerald and H. Gunter (eds). Educational administration and history: the state of the field. (pp. 33-48). London: Routledge. 

Coleman, M. and Fitzgerald, T. (2008) ‘Gender and leadership development’. In G. Crow, J. Lumby and P. Pashiardis (eds). International handbook on the preparation and development of school leaders. (pp. 119-153). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) ‘Feminisms’. In G. McCulloch and D. Crook (eds) Routledge international encyclopaedia of education. (pp. 252-253). London: Routledge. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) ‘Indigenous education’. In G. McCulloch and D. Crook (eds) Routledge international encyclopaedia of education. (pp. 308-309). London: Routledge. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) ‘Remodelling schools and schooling, teachers and teaching’. In G. Butt, H. Gunter and H. Thomas (eds). Modernising schools: People, learning and organisations. (pp. 163-175). London: Continuum. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) ‘Reading between the lines: Documents and documentary analysis’. In M. Coleman and A. Briggs (eds). Research methods for educational leadership and management. (pp. 278-294). London: Sage Publications. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2005) ‘Partnership, protection and participation: Research supervision and the (Re)production of Indigenous knowledge in Aotearoa/New Zealand’. In P. Green (ed). Supervising postgraduate research: Contexts and processes, theories and practices. (pp. 30-47). Melbourne: RMIT University Press. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2001) ‘Potential paradoxes in performance appraisal: Emerging issues for New Zealand schools’. In D. Middlewood and C. Cardno (Eds.) Managing teacher appraisal and performance: A comparative approach. (pp. 112-124). London: Routledge Falmer Press. 

REPORTS 

Fitzgerald, T., Gunter, H. and Eaton, J. (2006) Leadership of learning: Middle leadership in schools in England and New Zealand. A Report to the National College for School Leadership as part of the International Research Associate Programme. Manchester: Manchester University. 

JOURNAL ARTICLES 

Fitzgerald, T. (2010) Thinking transnationally: Interconnections and connectivity within and across Australia and New Zealand. History of Education Review 39(2): 81-92.

Fitzgerald, T. (2010) Spaces in-between: Indigenous women leaders speak back. International Journal of Leadership in Education 13(1):93-105. 

White, J. and Fitzgerald, T. (2010) Researcher tales and research ethics: The spaces in which we find ourselves. International Journal of Research and Methods in Education 33(3): 273-285.

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) The tyranny of bureaucracy: Continuing challenges of leading and managing from the middle, Educational Management Administration and Leadership 37(1): 51-66. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) Just leading? Social justice and socially just outcomes. Management in Education 23(4): 155-160. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Gunter, H.M. (2008) Contesting the orthodoxy of teacher leadership, International Journal of Leadership in Education 11(4):331-340. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2008) The continuing politics of mistrust: Performance management and the erosion of professional work, Journal of Educational Administration & History 40(2):113-128. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Gunter, H.M. (2008) Educational administration and history: Academic journals and the role of JEAH, Journal of Educational Administration & History 40(1):21-37. 

Gunter, H.M and Fitzgerald, T. (2008) The future of leadership research? School Leadership & Management 28(3):263-280. 

Gunter, H.M and Fitzgerald, T. (2008) Educational administration and history: Debating the agenda, Journal of Educational Administration & History 40(1):5-20. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Gunter, H. (2008) Leading learning: Perspectives from England and New Zealand, Perspectives in Educational Leadership March. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) Academic housework? Women professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961, New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 42(1/2):115-127. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) An absent presence: Women professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961, Journal of Educational Administration & History 39(3): 239-253. 

Gunter, H.M and Fitzgerald, T. (2007) The contribution of researching professionals to field development. Journal of Educational Administration & History 39(1):1-16. 

Gunter, H.M and Fitzgerald, T. (2007) Leading learning and leading teachers: Challenges for schools in the 21st century. Leading and Managing 13(1):1-15. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Gunter, H. (2006) Teacher leadership? A new form of managerialism. New Zealand Journal of Educational Leadership, 21(2): 44-57. 

Brundrett, M., Fitzgerald, T. and Sommefeldt, D. (2006) The creation of national programmes of school leadership development in England and New Zealand: A comparative study. International Studies in Educational Administration 34(1):89-105. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2006) Walking between two worlds: Indigenous women and educational leadership. Educational Management Administration and Leadership 34(2):201-213. 

Fitzgerald, T., Gunter, H. with Eaton, J. (2006) The missing link? Middle leadership in schools in England and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Leadership, 21(1): 29-43. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Moore, W. (2005) Balancing or juggling: The challenges of professional and domestic work for women principals. New Zealand Journal of Educational Leadership 20(2):59-69. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2005) Archives of memory and memories of archive: CMS women’s letters and diaries 1823-1835. History of Education 34(6):657-674. 

Cardno, C. and Fitzgerald, T. (2005) Leadership learning: A management development initiative for experienced New Zealand principals. Journal of Educational Administration, 43(3): 316-329. 

Fitzgerald, T. and Gunter, H. (2005) Trends in the administration and history of Education: What counts? A reply to Roy Lowe. Journal of Educational Administration and History 37(2):127-136. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2004) Powerful voices and powerful stories: Reflections on the challenges and dynamics of intercultural research. Journal of Intercultural Studies 25(3):233-245. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2004) Gender matters with/in middle management. New Zealand Journal of Educational Leadership 19(2):45-56. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2004) To unite their strength with ours: Women and missionary work in Aotearoa New Zealand 1827-1845. Journal of Pacific History 39(2):147-161. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2004) A focus on the real issues: Senior managers’ perceptions of performance Appraisal in NZ schools. Perspectives, 14(3). 

Fitzgerald, T. (2003) Interrogating orthodox voices: Gender, ethnicity and educational leadership. School Leadership and Management 23(4):431-444. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2003) Creating a disciplined society: CMS women and the re-making of Nga Puhi women 1823-1835. History of Education Review 32(1): 84-98. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2003) Cartographies of friendship: Mapping missionary women’s educational networks in Aotearoa/New Zealand 1823-1840. History of Education 32(5):513-527. 

Fitzgerald, T., Youngs, H. and Grootenboer, P. (2003) Bureaucratic control or professional autonomy: Performance management in NZ schools. School Leadership and Management 23(1):91-105. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2003) Changing the deafening silence of Indigenous voices in educational leadership. Journal of Educational Administration 41(1):9-23. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2001) Fences, boundaries and imagined communities: Re-thinking the construction of early mission schools and communities in New Zealand 1823-1830. History of Education Review 30(2):14-25. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2001) Jumping the fences: Policy, practice and Maori women’s resistance to schooling in northern New Zealand 1823-1835. Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education XXXVII: 175-192. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2001). Leaders and leadership in education: Lessons from the UK. New Zealand Journal of Educational Administration 16:53-55.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES 

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) Challenging traditional careers and structures Keynote address to Equal Opportunity Practitioners in Higher Education, ‘Excellence for All: Social Inclusion in Higher Education’ Australasia Conference, Sydney, December. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) Travelling intellectuals: Connections and theoretical velocity within and across Australia and New Zealand. Keynote address to the Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society, Adelaide, December. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2009) Comforing the afflicted or afflicting the comfortable: Challenges for researchers in education and health. Keynote address to the Addressing Disadvantage in Education and Health: Portraits of Practice research conference, University of Ballarat (October). 

Fitzgerald, T. (2008) Women professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961. Public address, New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women, Auckland, October. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2008) An impossibility? Social justice and educational excellence. Keynote address to 7th annual international conference on educational leadership, Australian Centre for Educational Leadership, University of Wollongong, February. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) Fostering cross-cultural relationships: Reflections from the field. Public lecture, University of Nottingham (UK), November. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2007) Labouring in an academic kitchen? Academic women at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961. Public lecture, University of Leicester (UK), November. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2005) Leading change or changing leadership? Keynote address to the Aspiring Principals Programme, Auckland, July. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2005) Writing home: Missionary texts and empire 1820-1840. Public lecture, Institute for Historical Research, Institute of Education, University of London, London, June. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2005) Leadership learning or learning leadership? An examination of the preparation of New Zealand school principals. Address to the School of Education, University of Manchester (UK), May. 

Fitzgerald, T. (2003) Interrogating orthodox voices: Gender, ethnicity and educational leadership. Keynote Address for the Economic and Social Research Council Seminar Series, National College for School Leadership, Nottingham (UK), May.