Rate My Professor Lisa Hall

Dr. Lisa Hall serves as Senior Lecturer in Education and Evaluation at Monash Rural Health Bendigo within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. Her academic background includes a PhD in Education from Charles Darwin University, awarded in 2016 for the thesis "Moving Deeper into Difference: Developing meaningful and effective pathways into teacher education for Indigenous adults from remote communities"; a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching from Curtin University (2012); a Master of Education (TESOL) (2008); a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous ESL from Charles Darwin University (2005); a Bachelor of Teaching from the University of Melbourne (1999); and a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University (1996). Before her current appointment, she held the position of Curriculum Design Specialist and Curriculum Learning Specialist at Monash College. From 2012 to 2018, Hall was a lecturer at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in the Northern Territory, continuing as an Adjunct Fellow there since 2019. Accumulating 25 years in education, including service as a secondary school teacher in central Australia and in remote Aboriginal communities, she joined Monash Rural Health in 2020.

Hall's research specializations cover rural, regional, and remote education; teaching methods; teacher education; qualitative social research; decolonising knowledge practices; resilience in tertiary learners; collaborative research practices; teaching and learning in higher education; curriculum development; and rural clinical training and support. Prominent publications feature the book "We Always Stay: stories from seven remarkable Aboriginal teachers in remote Australia" (2018); "Making Space for Knowledge Intersections in Remote Teacher Education Research–Ways of Being and Tools for Doing" (Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2019); editorial "Knowledge Intersections: Exploring the Research of Central Australia" (2019); "Navigating the Rural Clinical Education Pathway in the Time of a Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges" (Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2021); and "Adapting simulation education for rural medical students during COVID-19" (Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 2022). She created the Clinical Teaching and Education Pathway (CTEP) program in 2020 to build teaching capacity among junior doctors, securing a Dean's Award for Excellence in Education - Industry and Community Education Programs in 2022. In 2023, she attained Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Hall organizes the Monash Rural Health Education Symposium, assists Year 2 medical students on rural placements, pursues research on feedback in clinical simulation centres, accepts PhD supervision, and contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being.