Rate My Professor Marg Rogers

Marg's research specializations encompass marginalised voices in families and education, with a focus on supporting the wellbeing of children and families from Defence, veteran, and first responder backgrounds, particularly in regional settings, alongside the professional experiences of early childhood educators. She leads the Child and Family Resilience Programs, collaborating with steering committees to co-create award-winning, evaluated, free online resources—including e-storybooks—tailored for educators, parents, and support workers. These resources, addressing parental deployment, moral injury, relocations, and complex PTSD, are being culturally adapted for Canadian and UK families in partnership with institutions like the Canadian Institute of Military Health Research and Kings Centre for Military Health Research. Furthermore, she spearheads an international comparative study on early childhood educators' working conditions in regulated environments across five countries. Key publications feature "Impacts of managerial systems on early educators’ job satisfaction in five countries" (Issues in Educational Research, 2024), "Early childhood educators’ understandings of quality in five countries: similarities and differences to policy" (European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2025), book chapters on neoliberal policies' impact on educators' identities, and contributions to edited volumes on post-COVID early childhood leadership. In 2022, she received the Joint Winner for 'Distinctive Work' award from the Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for the Early Childhood Defence Program book project. Her participatory research approach amplifies lived experiences, fostering impactful resources and influencing early childhood policy and practice globally.