Rate My Professor Karen Marangio

Karen has extensive leadership experience in initial teacher education programs at Monash University and previously at the University of Melbourne. As a pracademic, she has taught in Australian and international schools, chaired curriculum authority examination and curriculum panels, co-authored popular secondary psychology and science textbooks, and served as president of a primary school council for many years. She holds key roles including elected member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Division of Psychology, Research, Education and Training (DPRET) committee, secretary of the APS Psychology Education Interest Group and Australian Psychology Learning and Teaching (AusPLAT), founder of the Australian Teachers of Psychology (AusTOP) network, Australian representative of the International Study Association of Teachers and Teaching (ISATT), and co-leader of an international collaborative initial teacher education study.

Her awards include the 2025 Dean’s Award for Teaching & Learning – Industry & Community Education Programs, Australian Psychological Society Early Career Teaching Award (2023), Vice-Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (2016), and Educational Publishing Awards Australia - Best senior student resource (2014). Key publications are 'Creating effective co-design processes for supporting pre-service teachers on school placement as part of a university-school partnership' (2025), 'Pandemic Pedagogy: Educators' Practices During the Covid-19 Pandemic' (2023), 'Teachers' experiences of support for curriculum making a new subject, psychology' (2023), and 'Elevating psychology education to embed climate education' (2024).