Dr Greg Vass
Associate Professor
School of Education
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Greg is a settler Australian living and working on unceded Kaurna land. Greg is a sociologist of education at The University of Adelaide whose research focuses on the cultural politics of knowledge production and schooling with emphasis on culturally responsive and sustaining orientations to schooling that raise the socio-political consciousness of teachers and learners. He is currently one of the lead CI's for a research project entitled the Culturally Nourishing Schooling (CNS) project. Greg is Associate Editor for the journals Critical Studies in Education and Race, Ethnicity and Education.
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Lowe, K., Weuffen, S., Woods, A., Burgess, C., & Vass, G. (2024). Conceptualising culturally nourishing pedagogies for professional learning in Australian schooling. Australian Educational Researcher, 20 pages.
2024 Lowe, K., Thompson, K., Vass, G., & Grice, C. (2024). Transforming schooling practices for First Nations learners: culturally nourishing schooling in conversation with the theory of practice architectures. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 37(8), 2236-2250.
Scopus12024 Amazan, R., Wood, J., Lowe, K., & Vass, G. (2024). Pathways to progress?–collective conscientisation and progressive school reform in Aboriginal education. Critical Studies in Education, 65(3), 312-328.
Scopus32024 Vass, G., Coombs, D., Woods, A., & Lowe, K. (2024). Educators engaged in curriculum work: Encounters with relationally responsive curriculum practices. Curriculum Journal, 35(1), 91-107.
2023 Vass, G., & Heffernan, A. (2023). Punk and education research: ‘Don’t want to be taught to be no fool’. Research in Education, 115(1), 3-10.
Scopus12023 Vass, G. (2023). Punk teacher education: Finding ways to interrupt the harmful effects of teacher accountabilities. Research in Education, 115(1), 29-46.
Scopus12022 Park, E. K., Vass, G., & Davison, C. (2022). Korean Bibimbap mothers' family language policies (FLPs) for their children's bilingualism in Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 45(3), 272-298.
Scopus82022 Vass, G., & Hogarth, M. (2022). Can we keep up with the aspirations of Indigenous education?. Critical Studies in Education, 63(1), 1-14.
Scopus42021 Bishop, M., & Vass, G. (2021). Talking about culturally responsive approaches to education: Teacher professional learning, Indigenous learners and the politics of schooling. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 50(2), 340-347.
Scopus112021 Lowe, K., Skrebneva, I., Burgess, C., Harrison, N., & Vass, G. (2021). Towards an Australian model of culturally nourishing schooling. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 53(4), 467-481.
Scopus262021 Bishop, M., Vass, G., & Thompson, K. (2021). Decolonising schooling practices through relationality and reciprocity: embedding local Aboriginal perspectives in the classroom. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 29(2), 193-211.
Scopus522021 Moodie, N., Vass, G., & Lowe, K. (2021). Special issue editorial: systematic reviews in Indigenous education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49(1), 1-4.
Scopus52021 Moodie, N., Vass, G., & Lowe, K. (2021). The Aboriginal voices project: findings and reflections. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49(1), 5-19.
Scopus172020 Luan, X., Eacott, S., & Vass, G. (2020). Supplementary no more: a relational analysis of supplementary education in China. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 52(4), 373-384.
Scopus12019 Burgess, C., Tennent, C., Vass, G., Guenther, J., Lowe, K., & Moodie, N. (2019). A systematic review of pedagogies that support, engage and improve the educational outcomes of Aboriginal students. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 297-318.
Scopus302019 Vass, G., Lowe, K., Burgess, C., Harrison, N., & Moodie, N. (2019). The possibilities and practicalities of professional learning in support of Indigenous student experiences in schooling: A systematic review. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 341-361.
Scopus172019 Vass, G., Lowe, K., Burgess, C., Harrison, N., & Moodie, N. (2019). Correction to: The possibilities and practicalities of professional learning in support of Indigenous student experiences in schooling: A systematic review (The Australian Educational Researcher, (2019), 46, 2, (341-361), 10.1007/s13384-019-00313-7). Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 363-364.
2019 Harrison, N., Tennent, C., Vass, G., Guenther, J., Lowe, K., & Moodie, N. (2019). Curriculum and learning in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: A systematic review. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 233-251.
Scopus232019 Lowe, K., Tennent, C., Guenther, J., Harrison, N., Burgess, C., Moodie, N., & Vass, G. (2019). Correction to: ‘Aboriginal Voices’: An overview of the methodology applied in the systematic review of recent research across ten key areas of Australian Indigenous education (The Australian Educational Researcher, (2019), 46, 2, (213-229), 10.1007/s13384-019-00307-5). Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 231-232.
Scopus12019 Lowe, K., Tennent, C., Guenther, J., Harrison, N., Burgess, C., Moodie, N., & Vass, G. (2019). ‘Aboriginal Voices’: An overview of the methodology applied in the systematic review of recent research across ten key areas of Australian Indigenous education. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 213-229.
Scopus222019 Lowe, K., Harrison, N., Tennent, C., Guenther, J., Vass, G., & Moodie, N. (2019). Factors affecting the development of school and Indigenous community engagement: A systematic review. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 253-271.
Scopus482019 Guenther, J., Lowe, K., Burgess, C., Vass, G., & Moodie, N. (2019). Factors contributing to educational outcomes for First Nations students from remote communities: A systematic review. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(2), 319-340.
Scopus352019 Schulz, S., Vass, G., Moodie, N., & Kennedy, T. (2019). Critical race and whiteness studies: What has been, what might be. CRITICAL RACE AND WHITENESS STUDIES, 7 pages. 2018 Vass, G. (2018). 'Aboriginal learning style' and culturally responsive schooling: Entangled, Entangling, and the possibilities of getting disentangled. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 43(8), 89-104.
Scopus132017 Vass, G. (2017). Preparing for Culturally Responsive Schooling: Initial Teacher Educators Into the Fray. Journal of Teacher Education, 68(5), 451-462.
Scopus542017 Vass, G. (2017). Getting inside the insider researcher: does race-symmetry help or hinder research?. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 40(2), 137-153.
Scopus172016 Vass, G., & Gottschall, K. (2016). Social justice and race critical education research. Critical Studies in Education, 57(3), 411-419.
2016 Vass, G. (2016). Everyday race-making pedagogies in the classroom. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(3), 371-388.
Scopus102016 Vass, G. (2016). Shunted across the tracks? Autoethnography, education research, and my whiteness. Whiteness and Education, 1(2), 83-93.
Scopus22015 Vass, G. (2015). Putting critical race theory to work in Australian education research: ‘we are with the garden hose here’. Australian Educational Researcher, 42(3), 371-394.
Scopus302014 Vass, G. (2014). The racialised educational landscape in Australia: Listening to the whispering elephant. Race Ethnicity and Education, 17(2), 176-201.
Scopus272013 Vass, G. (2013). Hear No Race, See No Race, Speak No Race: Teacher silence, Indigenous youth, and race talk in the classroom. SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES, 32(2), 19-24. 2012 Vass, G. (2012). Teaching Aboriginal Studies: A Practical Resource for Primary and Secondary Teachers. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF INDIGENOUS EDUCATION, 41(2), 240-243.
2012 Lingard, B., Creagh, S., & Vass, G. (2012). Education policy as numbers: Data categories and two Australian cases of misrecognition. Journal of Education Policy, 27(3), 315-333.
Scopus1052012 Vass, G. (2012). 'So, what is wrong with indigenous education?' Perspective, position and power beyond a deficit discourse. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41(2), 85-96.
Scopus702011 Vass, G. (2011). Seven seasons in Aurukun: my unforgettable time at a remote Aboriginal school. DISCOURSE-STUDIES IN THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF EDUCATION, 32(1), 161-164.
2011 Vass, G. (2011). Educational equality, 2nd edition. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION, 58(4), 417-419.
- Park, E. K., Vass, G., & Davison, C. (n.d.). Korean <i>Bibimbap</i> mothers' family language policies (FLPs) for their children's bilingualism in Australia. AUSTRALIAN REVIEW OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 28 pages.
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Books
Year Citation 2018 Stanley, P., & Vass, G. (Eds.) (2018). QUESTIONS OF CULTURE IN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY. Routledge.
DOI Scopus152017 Vass, G., Maxwell, J., Rudolph, S., & Gulson, K. N. (2017). The Relationality of Race in Education Research. G. Vass, J. Maxwell, S. Rudolph, & K. N. Gulson (Eds.), Routledge.
DOI Scopus1- Vass, G., & Hogarth, M. (n.d.). Critical Studies and the International Field of Indigenous Education Research. Routledge.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2024 Kruger, C., & Vass, G. (2024). Indigenous knowledges and learners. In D. Pendergast, K. Main, & N. Bahr (Eds.), Teaching Middle Years (pp. 36-49). Routledge.
DOI2023 Vass, G., Lowe, K., Burgess, C., Harrison, N., & Moodie, N. (2023). Professional Learning and Teacher Identity in Indigenous Education. In N. Moodie, K. Lowe, R. Dixon, & K. Trimmer (Eds.), Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research (pp. 103-123). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2023 Harrison, N., Tennent, C., Burgess, C., Vass, G., Guenther, J., Lowe, K., & Moodie, N. (2023). Knowing in Being: An Understanding of Indigenous Knowledge in Its Relationship to Reality Through Enacted Curriculum. In N. Moodie, K. Lowe, R. Dixon, & K. Trimmer (Eds.), Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research (pp. 125-139). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2023 Vass, G., & Hogarth, M. (2023). Introduction: can we keep up with the aspirations of Indigenous education?. In Critical Studies and the International Field of Indigenous Education Research (pp. 1-14). Routledge.
DOI2023 Guenther, J., Lowe, K., Burgess, C., Vass, G., & Moodie, N. (2023). Making a Difference in Educational Outcomes for Remote First Nations Students. In N. Moodie, K. Lowe, R. Dixon, & K. Trimmer (Eds.), Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research (pp. 229-244). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2023 Lowe, K., Tennent, C., Burgess, C., Moodie, N., Vass, G., & Guenther, J. (2023). Developing a Systematic Methodology to Explore Research in Indigenous Education. In N. Moodie, K. Lowe, R. Dixon, & K. Trimmer (Eds.), Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research (pp. 19-39). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2023 Moodie, N., Burgess, C., Lowe, K., & Vass, G. (2023). The Aboriginal Voices Project: What Matters, and Who Counts, in Indigenous Education. In N. Moodie, K. Lowe, R. Dixon, & K. Trimmer (Eds.), Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research (pp. 1-18). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2023 Lowe, K., Harrison, N., Tennent, C., Guenther, J., Vass, G., & Moodie, N. (2023). Improving School Engagement with Indigenous Communities. In N. Moodie, K. Lowe, R. Dixon, & K. Trimmer (Eds.), Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research (pp. 83-102). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2018 Stanley, P., & Vass, G. (2018). ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF WRITING ABOUT CULTURE IN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY. In Questions of Culture in Autoethnography (pp. 1-12). Routledge.
DOI Scopus12018 Vass, G., Bishop, M., Thompson, K., Beller, P., Murray, C., Tovey, J., & Ryan, M. (2018). WHOSE STORY IS IT ANYWAY?: Reflecting on a collaborative research project with/in an educational community. In Questions of Culture in Autoethnography (pp. 167-181). Routledge.
DOI Scopus12017 Vass, G. (2017). White microaffirmations in the classroom: Encounters with everyday race-making. In The Relationality of Race in Education Research (pp. 72-84).
DOI Scopus32017 Vass, G. (2017). White microaffirmations in the classroom. In The Relationality of Race in Education Research (pp. 72-84). Routledge.
DOI2015 Vass, G. (2015). Derrida: The 'impossibility' of deconstructing educational policy enactment. In K. N. Gulson, M. Clarke, & E. B. Petersen (Eds.), Education Policy and Contemporary Theory: Implications for Research (pp. 52-62). Routledge.
DOI2013 Lingard, B., Creagh, S., & Vass, G. (2013). Education policy as numbers: Data categories and two Australian cases of misrecognition. In Politics, Policies and Pedagogies in Education: The Selected Works of Bob Lingard (pp. 51-67). Routledge.
DOI2012 Lingard, B., Vass, G., & Mackinlay, E. (2012). Reimagining Lines of Flight in Schooling for Indigenous Students in Australia. In Culture, Education, and Community (pp. 125-146). Palgrave Macmillan US.
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