New AJAL Co-Editors

Dr Cheryl Ryan

Dr Cheryl Ryan is an academic lecturing in adult, professional and applied education at Deakin University and course director of the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching).

Cheryl’s teaching, scholarship and leadership in higher education are informed by her critical reflections on experiences from six significant careers spanning 47 years. Each career involved adult learning, community and peer-based teaching and learning projects, and leadership roles developing and managing social, educational, and professional services.

Cheryl’s research interests focus on adult education and learning, professional practice and learning, lifelong learning.

 

 

Dr Piper Rodd

Dr Piper Rodd is a lecturer in the School of Education at Deakin University, specialising in social justice and critical pedagogy.

Piper has two decades of professional experience in the secondary, vocational and tertiary education sectors as a leader in teaching and social and educational policy in adult and community learning.

Piper also works in the community sector supporting not for profit organisations to better support young people and their families, recognising the complex socio-economic contexts in which they must operate, for all to thrive.

She is Chair of the Board of Future Connect, a local learning and employment network (LLEN), and was elected to the ALA Board in 2024.