Dr Deborah Price is the Dean of Graduate Studies, Research Degree Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Wellbeing at the University of South Australia Education Futures and member of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion (CRESI). Dr Price’s research, teaching and scholarship span inclusive education and wellbeing which advocate capability and codesign approaches, valuing the diversity and voice of young people. Her current research contributes to the broad themes of social justice and equity, with a particular focus on: disability studies and special education; inclusive education; dyslexia in education; learner, educator and community wellbeing; mental health; youth studies; relationships and identity; bullying and cyberbullying; alternative education; culturally and religiously responsive pedagogies; inclusive curriculum; initial teacher education; and educational influence. 
Dr Price has led significant research projects, supported by national competitive grants and university funding. She is currently lead investigator working in partnership with Open Parachute Pty Ltd on Mental Health and Wellbeing Project, and co-lead on Dyslexia in Education scoping project supported by the Bullock Family Foundation. She was a Chief Investigator on the project Cultural Preparedness to Teach in the Middle East, jointly sponsored by Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Council for Australian-Arab Relations.  Dr Price has also previously been a Chief Investigator on the Engagement and Wellbeing research node for the University of South Australia Aspirations Project, sponsored by the federal government. This project involved collaborative action research with practitioners in the northern suburbs of Adelaide to engage students in wellbeing curriculum and to raise student university aspirations. Dr Price led the Youthworx South Australia initiative in collaboration with local councils and not for profit organisations focused on Re-engaging youth in learning and employment through the creative art of film-making. Dr Price has also been a Chief Investigator for Commissioned Research including Teacher Wellbeing for the Australian Independent Schools Association, New South Wales.
Dr Price is immediate past president of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA) and as president for eight years, has worked collaboratively to progress innovative, responsive and inclusive curriculum design. She is trained as a Stage 2 initial teacher accreditation panellist for the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and has earnt numerous teaching and research awards including the UniSA Award for Teaching Excellence and the UniSA Early Career Researcher Awards. Dr Price is also and a highly sought after HDR supervisor who has mentored and supervised over 25 research students.
Dr Price has co-edited and co-authored extensive book publications including: Green, D.M. & Price, D. (Eds.) (2025). Making Humanities and Social Sciences Come Alive: Early Years and Primary Education. Second Ed, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press; Green, D., & Price, D. (Eds.) (2024)Teaching to Transform Learning: Pedagogical Approaches to Inclusive, Responsive and Socially Just Education, Cambridge University Press; Price, D., MacGill, B., & Carter, J. (Eds.) (2023): Arts-based Practices with Young People at the Edge, Springer Nature;  and Green, D., & Price, D. (2017) Multiple Perspectives in Persistent Bullying: Capturing and listening to young people’s voices. Routledge, United Kingdom. She has authored seven books, 25 book chapters, 27 journal articles and extensive reports.  The seminal co-edited publication by Reid, A. & Price, D. (2018), The Australian Curriculum: Promises, Problems and Possibilities, published by ACSA, engaged prominent Australian educators in documenting the first official Australian national curriculum, and the McCallum, F., & Price, D. (Eds.) (2016). Nurturing Wellbeing Development in Education: from little things big things grow, Routledge publication was seminal in prioritising wellbeing in education. Dr Price has also authored numerous refereed journal articles and other professional education publications. Her notable journal publications include: Richness of Complexity within Diversity: Educational Engagement and Achievement of Diverse Learners through Culturally Responsive Pedagogies, published in The Social Educator in 2020; Hanging out in the city of tomorrow: A participatory approach to researching the importance of music and the arts in the lifeworlds of young people, published in Pastoral Care in Education in 2020; and Pedagogy of new materialism: Advancing the educational inclusion agenda for children and youth with disabilities, published in Disability Studies Quarterly in 2018.
Dr Price is an accomplished keynote speaker and presenter and has delivered invited keynotes at the Annual Australian Islamic Education (AAIE) Forum in Sydney, the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS) in Jakarta; and the CURRIUCLUM 4 ALL symposium in Canberra. Ministries invited her to the UNESCO 2018 Annual Meeting and 11th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 in Montego Bay, Jamaica In 2019 and UNESCO 2017 Annual Meeting and 10th Policy Dialogue Forum in Lomé, Togo, 2017 where Dr Price engaged in the Capabilities, Teacher Competencies, Inclusion/Diversity and Early Childhood working groups. Dr Price was one of a select group of Australian research and educational leaders invited on a study tour of Finland to explore the Finnish education system. She has since appeared on ABC Radio Afternoons, discussing the advantages of Finnish education approaches. Dr Price has made several other media appearances and has recently provided expert opinion for Teacher Magazine in the article COVID-19: Practical tips for early years teaching and learning.

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