Rate My Professor Averil Grieve

Dr Averil Grieve is a Senior Lecturer in the Communication in Health Professions Education Unit (COHPE) at Monash University, within the Department of Social Work, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She earned her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne, with a focus on identity formation in a second language, and a Master of Cross-Cultural Communication from the University of Sydney, specializing in intercultural workplace communication. Her career includes coordinating units in the teaching and learning of languages, serving as a research fellow in language testing, writing and editing English language textbooks, and designing a bilingual German-English primary school program in inner Melbourne. Currently, she also works as a Bilingual Education Consultant at Deutsche Schule Melbourne Inc since 2013. She coordinates programs providing communication, cultural, and academic support for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) social work students on campus and placements, trains academic staff and field educators in transcultural teaching practices, advises on bilingual education and additional language learning, and offers external consultations for multicultural professional settings.

Averil Grieve's research specializations encompass language acquisition in health professions education and placements, transcultural teaching practices, and scaffolded language learning for communication skills in tertiary curricula design, including cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, and support for international students. Key publications include 'Placement educators' perspectives of international social work students' sociopragmatic communication skills' (2022, with Binh Ta and Bella Ross), 'Applied linguists: What is their value-add to health professions education?' (with Britta Schneider), 'I think that goes deeper than my pay grade: Academic and student perspectives on use of AI for reflective writing in health professions education' (2024, with Elpida Petraki, Amir Rouhshad, and Alan Bechaz), and 'The use of linguistic modifiers in simulated pharmacy education shared decision making discourse' (with Natalie Cheung, Angelina S. Lim, and Tim Tran). She has secured grants such as the Association for Academic Language and Learning Grant (2021), Editors’ Award (2020), and Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Research Grant (2019). Recognized as Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and Associate Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (AFANZAHPE), she serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Academic Language and Learning and TESOL in Context. Her contributions enhance work-integrated learning for CALD students in health professions through targeted training and support initiatives.