Staff profile

Ms Suzanne Marion Fegan

FBEL Academic Language & Learning Team, Lecturer

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Social Sciences 228A, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BA (UniMelb); DipEd TESOL (UniMelb); MA Internat. Development (Deakin); Grad Dip Gestalt Therapy (GTA); Doc.Ed (ongoing, La Trobe)

Membership of professional associations

Association of Academic Language & Learning

Area of study

Law

Brief profile

 

Suzanne Fegan was appointed to the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law in April, 2010 as an Academic  Language and Learning lecturer. Prior to this, she worked in the Language and Academic Skills Unit (ESL) at La Trobe University for four years as an adviser and at the University of Melbourne for six years prior to that, in a similar capacity. In 2007 she was a joint recipient of a La Trobe University Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Suzanne was awarded a Higher Education Equity Support (HEESP) Grant in 2009 to produce a collaborative mural with local and international students, and in 2011 she was awarded a second La Trobe University Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student learning, on the basis of this project. She is currently completing a Doctorate in Education at La Trobe University.

Consulting

Thurs 1-2 pm Drop-In. All other times, please email for an appointment.

Recent publications

 

Fegan, S. (2008) International students’ expectations of speaking English in Australia. Refereed conference proceedings in Intercultural Communications across University Settings – Myths and Realities, Pearson Prentice Hall

Credit-based Discipline-Specific English for Academic Purposes Programs in Higher Education, in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 2005, 4: (co-written with G. Melles, G.Millar & J Morton)