Rate My Professor Alice Cranney

Dr. Alice Cranney serves as a Lecturer in Humanities in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University, based on the Gold Coast Campus. She holds the position of Acting Course Coordinator for Undergraduate Secondary Education. Cranney earned her Bachelor of Arts (Languages) with Honours from the University of Sydney, followed by a Master's degree and a PhD in Education from the University of New South Wales. Before entering academia, she gained practical experience as a secondary school teacher, delivering instruction in History, Spanish, and English at schools in both New South Wales and Queensland. Appointed as a Lecturer at Southern Cross University in early 2025, she contributes to the Faculty of Education's teaching and research efforts.

Cranney's research examines the transformative nature of effective learning, with a particular emphasis on how transnational experiences, intercultural communication, cultural immersion, and language acquisition alter identity and perception. As a member of TeachLab, the Faculty of Education's research laboratory, she advances studies in humanities education, secondary education curriculum and pedagogy, and ethnography. Her scholarly outputs include the journal article 'Constructions of Mexicanidad in Australia: Mexico as an Exoticized, Postcolonial Other,' published in the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research (Volume 28, Issue 2, 2022, pp. 242-257), and the book chapter 'Searching for "My" Mexico: An autoethnographic account of unlearning and relearning about the limits of knowing the Other' (2018). Cranney plays a key role in educational outreach through the Future Teachers Club initiative. In September 2025, she facilitated pilot workshops as part of a team led by Dr. Lana McCarthy, alongside colleagues including Mr. Patrick Bruck, Dr. Aidan Coleman, Dr. David Ellis, Ms. Lee-Ann Ewing, and Associate Professor Christos Markopoulos. These sessions for Year 5 and 6 students from St Andrews Lutheran College, Lismore Heights Primary School, and Dunoon Public School featured campus tours, reflective tasks, Q&A panels, and hands-on activities to foster early interest in teaching and provide a taste of university life. The program continues to expand to additional schools in the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast regions.