Rate My Professor Rebekah Sturniolo-Baker

Dr. Sturniolo-Baker has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications advancing the field of enabling education. Key works include 'High School Enabling Programs, Learning Journeys, and Transitions: Measuring Effectiveness from the Student Perspective' (2024, Student Success, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 38-47) with Anita Maclaurin, Sue Shaw, and Deb Monteith, which assesses student perceptions of programs like FlexiTrack High and TLC Learning for Tomorrow at Murdoch University. Other significant publications are 'School-Based Enabling Programs: Creating Opportunity and Connection. A Practice Report' (2022) with Anita Olds, Angela Jones, and others; 'Stop the Clocks: Enabling Practitioners and Precarity in Pandemic Time(s)' (2023) exploring practitioner experiences during COVID-19; and 'Looking into the "Dark Mirror": Autoethnographic Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19 and Online Delivery on Enabling Practitioners' (2023, Student Success, vol. 14, no. 3) with multiple co-authors. In 2023, she and the FlexiTrack High team, including Anita Olds and Angela Jones, received the Australian Award for Programs that Enhance Learning from Universities Australia for widening participation through an innovative, 'edupunked' program that prepares diverse enabling students to become passionate undergraduates. Her efforts underscore the importance of holistic evaluation of enabling programs, incorporating student voices on academic preparation, emotional support, and barriers to success such as financial pressures and isolation.