Name: Rose Amazan (1979 - )

Short Biography & Significant Contribution

Rose Amazan is a lecturer in Contextual Studies at the School of Education at the University of New England, Australia. Her research and teaching focuses on international and developmental education and they span across themes of education and belonging, skilled-migration, diaspora mobility, knowledge transfer, female skilled migration, and mobility and knowledge.

Amazan has made significant contributions to research on education in Africa through her study on Ethiopian skilled female diasporas and her research project that explores issues surrounding the position of women in the Ethiopian society. She is particularly interested in understanding Ethiopian women’s position in relation to their demonstrable increased participation as students and teachers in higher education. She is also currently involved in an Australian Development Research Awards Scheme (ADRAS) project with her colleagues from the University of Sydney to examine the outcomes of Australian scholarships for Africans, focusing on the issues of re-integration and development of networks of practice among returnees.

Born in Haiti, Amazan’s personal experience with the inequality of women and girls in Haiti makes her believe that she has benefitted from the opportunity to have access to education. She strongly believes in the value of education and is a strong advocate of providing women and girls with equal opportunities and access to education. This has motivated her commitment to community development, grassroots organising and work in Ethiopia, which in turn inform and motivate her continuing research in her areas of expertise.

Educational Background

BA (Mathematics & Secondary Education), The State University of New York at Potsdam (2001)

MS (Education), The State University of New York at Potsdam (2002)

Ph.D. (International and Comparative Education), The University of Sydney, Australia (2011)

Professional Background

Lecturer, Contextual Studies in Education, University of New England, Australia (2014 – Present)

Affiliations (associations, organizations, institutions)

Oceania Comparative and International Education Society (OCIES) formerly The Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES)

African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP)[MM(C1]

Selected Publications [MM(C2]

Amazan, R. (2014). When the Diaspora Returns: analysis of Ethiopian returnees and the need for highly skilled labour in Ethiopia. In B. Streitwieser (Ed). Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Mobility. Oxford: Symposium Books.

Amazan, R. (2011). Gender, diaspora and development: The Ethiopian highly-skilled diaspora’s notion of home and belonging. In N. Bagnall and E. Cassity (Ed.), Education and Belonging. New York: Nova Science. [MM(C3]

Amazan, R., Negin, J., Howie, L., & Wood, J. (2016). From extraction to knowledge reproduction: The impact of Australia’s development awards on Uganda and Mozambique. International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 15(1), 45-65.

Abimbola, S., Amazan, R., Vizintin, P., Howie, L., Cumming, R., & Negin, J. (2016). Australian higher education scholarships as tools for international development and diplomacy in Africa. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 70(2), 105-120.

Takayama, K., Heimans, S., Amazan, R., & Maniam, V. (2016). Doing southern theory: towards alternative knowledges and knowledge practices in/for Education. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 5(1), 1-25.

Ginns, P., Loughland, A., Tierney, R., Fryer, L., Amazan, R., McCormick, A. (2015). Evaluation of the Learning to Teach for Social Justice–Beliefs Scale in an Australian context. Higher Education Research & Development, 34(2), 311-323.

Amazan, R. (2013). Giving Women Voice: The Ethiopian female skilled diaspora's contribution to educational development. Science and Technology Studies Journal, special issue.[MM(C4]

Amazan, R. (2009). Gendering the Ethiopian knowledge Diasporas: their role in addressing gender inequality and inequity in public higher education in Ethiopia. Higher Education Special Interest Group (HESIG) Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA), 1, 7-9.

Amazan, R. (2008). Mobilising the Ethiopian Knowledge Diasporas: Framing the Issues. International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 9(2), 43–56.

Amazan, R., Welch, A., Soudien, C., Gripper, D., & Sehoole, C. (2016). Final Report: Mapping Australia-Africa Partnerships in Higher Education

Negin, J., Cumming, R., Vizintin, P., Howie, L., Amazan, R., & Abimbola, S. (2014). Australia Awards for Africa: Outcomes of Tertiary Scholarships for African Students. The University of Sydney: Australian Development Research Awards Scheme (ADRAS) of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Takayama, K., Heimans, S., Amazan, R., & Maniam, V. (Eds.). (2016). Postcolonial Directions in Education (1 ed. Vol. 5, p. 1-163). Malta: University of Malta.

Amazan, R. (2016). Structural barriers limit impact of scholarships. Development Policy Centre, ANU. Retrieved from http://devpolicy.org/structural-barriers-limit-impact-scholarships-20160512/

Amazan, R. (2016). Building Women’s Leadership: the contribution of Australia Awards Scholarships. Paper presented at the ANU Australian Aid Evaluation ANU. https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/7217/australian-aid-evaluations-performance-australian-aid-and-australia-awards

Amazan, R. (2013). Toward Transformation: The Rise of the Girl. One Just World, Verbrugghen Hall (Conservatorium of Music), University of Sydney. http://www.onejustworld.com.au/forums/The-Rise-of-the-Girl

Contributed by: Jia Ying Neoh, University of Sydney

Date Contributed: August 16, 2016