Rate My Professor Evangeline Moran

Evangeline Moran serves as an Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia, a position she has held since September 2022. As a member of the Early Years Research Lab, she is actively involved in advancing research and teaching practices in early childhood education. Moran possesses substantial professional experience gained from diverse roles across centre-based services, long day care facilities, and standalone kindergarten environments. This hands-on background informs her academic contributions, enabling her to bridge practical insights with scholarly inquiry. Currently, she is undertaking her PhD at Southern Cross University, with her thesis focusing on the ways in which children’s agency is facilitated and supported both within kindergarten settings and in connection with home learning environments.

Moran's commitment to excellence in teaching has been formally acknowledged through the Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award at Southern Cross University, where she was recognized for performing in the top 10% of teachers according to student feedback from the preceding 12 months. Her earlier academic achievements include being a runner-up for the Outstanding Thesis Award in 2020 and receiving the Jean Ferguson Memorial Award in 2016, both accolades underscoring her promising scholarship in early childhood studies. In terms of scholarly output, she has authored key publications such as "Children’s participation in the organisation of a kindergarten classroom" in the Journal of Early Childhood Research (2020), exploring children's roles in classroom organization, and "The 'table project'" in Educating Young Children: Learning and Teaching in the Early Childhood Years (2019), documenting innovative pedagogical practices. These works reflect her research interests in children's autonomy, participation, and environmental influences on learning in early years contexts.