Rate My Professor Lisa Paris

Associate Professor Lisa Paris serves as the Arts Education Coordinator and Subject Area Facilitator for secondary arts education in the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. She joined Curtin in 2016 in a full-time ongoing position as Senior Lecturer (Level C, Step 6) in a Teaching and Research Scholar role. Paris holds a Doctor of Education (2008), Master of Education (2000) from Edith Cowan University, and a Bachelor of Education from Curtin University. Her extensive career in arts and arts education encompasses teaching artists, pre-service student teachers, and in-service educators. As Academic Lead for the School of Education Professional Learning Hub across 2018-2019 and beyond, she has coordinated initiatives like the Curtin Artists-in-Residence Program and contributed to the Creative Research Hub. Paris is recognized for her leadership in arts-based higher degree by research projects and visual arts methodologies.

Paris's research focuses on arts-based research, arts education, pre-service teacher education, teacher mentoring, and retention and attrition remediation. Notable publications include 'Rethinking arts-based research methods in education: Enhanced participant engagement processes to increase research credibility and knowledge translation' (International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2022; 113 citations), 'Reciprocal mentoring: Can it help prevent attrition for beginning teachers?' (Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013; 90 citations), 'Reciprocal mentoring residencies… better transitions to teaching' (Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2010; 61 citations), 'The role of art education in adult prisons: The Western Australian experience' (International Review of Education, 2016; 30 citations), and co-authorship of 'Shaping the Space: Teaching the Arts in Lower Secondary Years' (Emerald Publishing, 2023). She has received the 2023 Curtin University Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award (team lead) for the Artist-in-Residence Program, 2020 Faculty of Humanities Teaching Excellence Award, and 2008 Edith Cowan University Vice Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Post-Graduate Education. Her scholarly impact is evident in collaborations on COVID-19 effects on arts teaching and instrumental peer mentoring via visual arts.