Rate My Professor Bev Joffe

Dr. Beverly Joffe, known as Bev Joffe, serves as a Teaching Associate in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University, where she also holds an adjunct academic position. She earned a Bachelor of Speech Pathology and Audiology with Honours from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, a Master of Speech Pathology (MSpPath), a PhD in Education from the University of Melbourne, and Qualifications in Academic Practice from Southern Cross University. Her career includes lecturing in Speech Pathology, supervising student research projects, leading paediatric Speech Pathology teams, and contributing to curriculum development at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Prior to that, she relocated from South Africa to Australia. At Southern Cross University, she was the inaugural Course Designer, Curriculum Developer, Course Coordinator, Discipline Lead, Senior Lecturer, and Research Supervisor for the Speech Pathology Program in the former School of Health and Human Sciences from 2011 to 2017. She also supervised student research in the former School of Education in 2011. In 2019, she was employed on a fixed-term contract as an Associate Professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences to consult on the Bachelor of Speech Pathology Program for curriculum development and accreditation. Currently, she works as a consultant on curriculum design in Speech Pathology and education, as well as a speaker and author. She is an alumnus member of Speech Pathology Australia and has served as a national accreditor for numerous Speech Pathology tertiary programs in Australia.

Dr. Joffe's expertise lies in paediatric Speech Pathology, with research interests in child speech and language, literacy, creative approaches to intervention, vulnerable children, and education, employing mixed methods and qualitative designs. Key publications include 'Small Talk: Identifying communication problems in maltreated children' (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2018, with M. Frederico et al.), 'Parent-child interactions around television and other on-screen content: Considering communication and social skills' (Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2018, with C. Lusted), 'Identifying common values among seven health professions: An interprofessional analysis' (Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2017, with S. Grace et al.), and 'Preparatory teachers’ perceptions of school readiness: A survey of Victorian teachers' (The Australian Educational Researcher, 2014, with T. Serry et al.). She contributed the chapter 'Models of clinical education' to the book Transforming Practice through Clinical Education, Professional Supervision and Mentoring (2004). Her work has supported the development and accreditation of Speech Pathology programs and enhanced clinical education practices in allied health.