Rate My Professor Mohammadi Foomani

Ellie Mohammadi Foomani is a Lecturer in the School of Education Culture & Society within the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She earned her PhD from Monash University in 2021, with the thesis titled 'Iranian Women as English Teachers: A Case Study of Language, Identity, and Power,' supported by the Monash Graduate Scholarship and the Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. In her teaching role, she serves as chief examiner and unit coordinator for EDF3096 Fostering Classroom Culture, EDF1013 Academic Writing, and EDF5839 Positive Learning Relationships and Environments. She also teaches humanities and social sciences and contributes to the Monash Access Program.

Dr. Foomani's research focuses on Education for Social Justice, Relational Pedagogy, and Citizenship Education. She manages the international collaboration project 'Education for a World Worth Living In,' examining education's role in fostering well-being and equitable societies. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals including SDG 4 Quality Education, SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities, and SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Notable publications include 'Beyond #MeToo in Iran: change through informal feminist educational leadership' (2024, Journal of Educational Administration and History, co-authored with K. E. Reimer); 'Humanizing Classrooms Within De-humanizing Systems: Restorative Justice Education in Teacher Education' (2024, chapter in Restorative Justice and Practice in US Education, co-authored with K. E. Reimer); 'Language, gender and empowerment: a qualitative study of self-identities of women English teachers in Iran' (2024, Issues in Educational Research); 'Pastoral Care in Doctoral Education: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Belonging and Academic Identity' (2022, International Journal of Doctoral Studies, co-authored with D. Hradsky et al.); and 'Understanding Citizenship, Supporting Students and Teachers, and Pushing Back' (2022, chapter in Empowering Teachers and Democratising Schooling, co-authored with M. Pruyn et al.). She has presented at events such as the HERDSA-ACEN Snapshots (Vic) 2023 and the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference 2023.