Dr Sean Kearney is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Academic in the School of Education, Sydney at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He lectures in educational psychology and general pedagogical methods. Sean started his career in teaching in New York City before immigrating to Australia where he taught high school English and History. Sean’s PhD research centred on beginning teacher induction programs in the independent education sector and the nature of professional socialisation to induct beginning teachers into the workforce. His current research focus is on assessment reform in higher education and the impact of international service learning immersion programs on students’ cross-cultural competence. He has published peer reviewed journal articles in both of these areas and has presented at national and international conferences. Sean has been involved in international service learning programs for five years, has received three grants for those programs, a Vice Chancellor’s Award and an Office of Learning and Teaching Citation (Team) for his work in Kenya. Most recently Sean was awarder a 'New Voice' Scholarship by the Australian Council for Educational Leadership, recognising his research as being forward thinking, relevant and responsive to education. He is also the International and Founding Director of the Dayamani Foundation, which has built the Dayamani Academy in India to help educate underprivileged Dalit children in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh.

Professional Affiliations:

Vice President New South Wales Institute for Educational Research

In the Media:

Attard, C. (2015, August). Beginning teachers in need of more support. Australian Teacher Magazine, 11(7), pp.54. Retrieved from http://student.educationhq.com/magazines/teacher/

Osborne, S. (2015, June). Registration and Induction, not the same. Independent Education, 2(45), pp. 2.

Kyne, Theresa. (2015, May). ‘New voice’ in education highlights importance of support for new teachers [University of Notre Dame Media Release] Retrieved from http://www.nd.edu.au/news/media-releases/2014/283

Guilfoyle, H. (2014, February). Notre Dame education students make a difference in India [University of Notre Dame Media Release] Retrieved from http://www.nd.edu.au/news/media-releases/2014/283

Catholic Weekly (Ed.). (2014, March). Students and staff on a passage to India: Education opportunity for underprivileged children. Catholic Weekly, online.

Community Engagement:

Founding and International Director - Dayamani Foundation