Rate My Professor Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis

Dr. Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis is a graduate of The University of Western Australia, where she earned a BA in 1979, GradDipEd in 1980, MEd (Hons) in 2002, and EdD in 2009. She also holds three certificates for competency in Modern Greek from TAFEWA, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the Centre for the Greek Language, Greece, along with a Teacher’s Higher Certificate from the Department of Education, WA. With over 40 years in education, she has taught English and languages (Greek and French) across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, including pre-service teachers at UWA, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Deakin University, and Australian Catholic University. She has lectured in Modern Greek at UWA and The University of Notre Dame Australia. Since 1994, she has held leadership positions in the independent school sector, serving as Director of Greek Studies, Senior School Coordinator, Assistant Principal, and Acting Principal at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Grammar School from 1994 to 2010, and as Foundation Principal of Immaculate Heart College from 2012 to 2016, where she introduced Modern Greek into the curriculum.

Currently, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis serves as Casual Teaching staff in Multi-Discipline, Adjunct Research Fellow, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at UWA, where she is a Unit Coordinator and Lecturer for Master of Teaching and Master of Education students. She is the Regional Lead for Western Australia in the Australian Catholic University-Teach For Australia program. Her research interests include the teaching and learning of Modern Greek in Western Australia, Greek language learning in Australia's Northern Territory, the history of Hellenes in the Northern Territory, demands of teacher training programs like Teach For Australia, and education in Lebanon. She has 13 research outputs, comprising six articles, four conference papers, two book chapters, and one book based on her doctoral research. Key publications include "Greek Language Learning in Australia's Northern Territory: Building learning communities and cultural identity" (2022, co-authored), "Dealing with the demands of the Deakin University-Teach For Australia program: Four perspectives" (2019), "Schooling and Education in Lebanon: A Review Essay" (2019), "The teaching and learning of Modern Greek in WA: An historical overview" (2024), and "From the history of the Hellenes in the Northern Territory: Pioneer women in Darwin during the inter-war years" (2024). She is Director of the Centre for the Greek Language in WA since 2004, Chairperson of the West Australian Modern Greek Language Teachers’ Association since 2016, member of the UWA Council of Convocation, and serves on committees such as the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research, Academic Committee of Charles Darwin University, and UWA Academic Staff Association.