Rate My Professor Somayeh Ba Akhlagh

Ba Akhlagh's research focuses on the history of early childhood education, comparative education, teacher education, inclusive education, and educational psychology. Notable publications comprise Ba Akhlagh et al. (2026) "Professional Development to Inspire, Support, and Extend STEM-Related Learning" in Behavioral Sciences; Ba Akhlagh et al. (2026) "Voices of resilience: narratives of immigrant academic women advocating for diversity and empowerment" in Journal of Organizational Ethnography; Veliz, Zhang, & Ba Akhlagh (2025) "Early Childhood Educators’ Pedagogical Knowledge for Effective Practice in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts" in Early Childhood Education Journal; and Ba Akhlagh & Leggett (2024) "A comparative analysis of creativity: Australian and Iranian early childhood national policy frameworks" in International Journal of Early Years in Education. She has earned recognition including Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2024), Early Childhood Australia NSW Conference Travel Scholarship (2025), University of New England School Citation for Education Excellence (2022), and several student satisfaction awards. Additionally, she has obtained competitive grants such as the $60,336 DFAT-CAAR Australian-Saudi STEM gender equity initiative (2024) and AARE SIG grant (2025), and leads projects supporting refugees, cultural responsiveness, and plurilingual practices in early childhood settings. Ba Akhlagh teaches units in early childhood education history, theory, practice, policy, educational psychology, inclusive education, and curriculum; she also co-supervises master’s and PhD students in related areas and participates in Australian Association for Research in Education committees.