Rate My Professor Helen Widdop Quinton

Dr. Helen Widdop Quinton serves as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Science from Monash University, Graduate Diploma in Education, Graduate Diploma in Student Welfare, Master of Education from the University of Melbourne, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Southern Cross University in 2015. Her doctoral dissertation, titled "Places that matter: an exploration of adolescents' valued places, spaces and nature connectedness," explores adolescents' connections to significant places and nature.

An accomplished secondary teacher in science, biology, and health education, Helen Widdop Quinton advanced to environmental education positions with organizations such as Landcare, Greening Australia, and the Victorian Schools’ Garden Awards. There, she engaged in curriculum writing, project management, and aided schools in implementing environmental and sustainability initiatives. Presently, she is a Research Associate in the Sustainability, Environment and the Arts in Education (SEAE) research cluster at Southern Cross University. She also holds a lecturing position in science, sustainability, health, and wellbeing education at Victoria University, alongside research fellowships at both universities, including with the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities.

Her academic interests center on Children's Geographies, STEM, and Environmental and Sustainability Education, with publications cited 389 times on Google Scholar. Key works include "Climate Change Education: Mapping the Nature of Curricula Across Six Countries" (Sustainability, 2020), "Resonances: tuning into the echoes of the ecological collective" (2020), "Mapping-making philosophy in environmental education: lines, knots and knotting" (Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2020), and "Between flood vulnerability and watery pedagogies: A critical review of children and young people's voices and agencies in flood risk education" (Geoforum, 2025). She participates in projects like Floods + Me, the ARC-funded Disaster Ready Schools (LP250100073), and efforts addressing children's needs post-Tropical Cyclone Alfred floods.