Name: Brian Denman[MM(C1]

Short Biography & Significant Contribution

Brian Denman is Senior Lecturer at the University of New England’s School of Education, where he serves as the course coordinator for Training and Development and teaches within the Contextual Studies in Education group. Dr Denman’s areas of expertise include the study of educational systems, educational planning and policy studies, international higher education policy and comparative education research.

Dr Denman has been significant in supporting Comparative and International Education through both his scholarly work and his role as the Secretary-General of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), which is an international organisation consisting of 42 comparative and international education societies worldwide. This appointment has been especially meaningful to him as it reflects his personal belief that education is the great equalizer that can foster greater cooperation and build a foundation of purpose and identity. In the last ten years, he has also contributed to the field through his roles as Visiting Professor of Comparative and International Education at Beijing Normal University (2015), Visiting Professor at Minzu University of China (2012, 2014), Hiroshima University (2011), IIEP UNESCO Fellow (2008), Editor-in-chief of the International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives (2007-2011) and President of the Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (2006 – 2009).

Dr Denman’s commitment to improving education in his field continues to motivate his current research that involves the development of the Denman James Rubric (DJR). The rubric serves as a visual, online tool that monitors and provides real-time feedback in the development of student learning at all levels of education. It aims to provide evidence of students’ strengths and weaknesses that could assist in improving retention, capacity, and academic/professional career advice, particularly for students of different backgrounds. Dr Denman and his team are interested to understand whether different teaching and learning approaches and the use of alternative assessments in attributes such as creativity, communication, problem solving, analytical thinking and reflective thinking can simultaneously promote, encourage and empower students into taking greater ownership of their learning over time and build capacity and potential.

Educational Background

BA, German Language and Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder (1984)

BA, Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder (1984)

MA, Educational Foundations, Policy and Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1990)

Ph.D., Social and Policy Studies in Education, University of Sydney (2001)

Professional Background

Senior Lecturer, Contextual Studies in Education, University of New England, Australia (2003 – Present)

Visiting Professor, Beijing Normal University, Institute of International and

Comparative Education (October 2015)

Visiting Professor, Minzu University of China, School of Education

(July - December 2014 September 2012)

Visiting Professor, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education,

(July 2011 - January 2012)

Affiliations (associations, organizations, institutions)

World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), Secretary General (2014 – Present); Executive Board Member, Congress Standing Committee (2014 – Present); Executive Board Member (2006 – 2013)

UNE Council Member (Board of Trustees), Two elected terms

(2010 – 2014)

IEJ: Comparative Perspectives, Editor-in-Chief (2007 – 2011); Editorial Board Member (2013 – Present)

KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, Editorial Board Member (2009 – Present)

Universities and the Knowledge Society Journal (RUSC), Editorial Board Member (2013 – Present)

ANZCIES, President (2005 – 2009), Two elected terms

Selected Publications[MM(C2]

Denman, Brian D., (2016). “Globalization and the Imagined ‘Global Thinker’”.

Advocacy for Change in Educational Culture, Dale H. Eberwein, ed.,

Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World, NOVA Science Publishers,

(2016-1st Quarter): 1-18.

Denman, Brian D., (2016). “Metaphorical Trajectories of Comparative and

International Education Research in the Asia-Pacific”. Annual Review of

Comparative and International Education 2015 (International Perspectives on

Education and Society, Vol 28, 97-106.

Denman, Brian D., (2013). “Paradox or Parody? Globalization and

Internationalization of Higher Education”. Internationalization of Higher

Education in East Asia. Trends of student mobility and impact on education

governance, Ka Ho Mok & Kar Ming Yu, eds., Routledge,

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415705035/: 223-243.

Bukhari, Fawzy & Brian D. Denman (2013). “Scholarship in Saudi Arabia:

Implications and opportunities for overseas engagement”. Higher

Education in Saudi Arabia: Achievements, challenges, and opportunities.

Abdulrahman Abouammoh & Larry Smith, eds., Springer: 151-158.

Denman, Brian D., & Neil Dunstan (2013). “Beyond the University:

International University Co-operation and Network Capital”. Higher

Education Forum, Vol 10 (March 2013), Research Institute for Higher

Education, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima: pp. 81-102.

http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/wakimoto/pdf/109625.pdf

Denman, Brian D., & Kholoud Hilal (2012). “From Barriers to Bridges: An

investigation on Saudi student mobility (2006-2009)”. Bordering, Re

Bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society”. Suzanne

Majhanovich, Christine Fox, and Fatma Gök, eds., Springer, pp. 53-72.

Denman, Brian D., & Singye Namgyel (2009). “Convergence of Monastic and

Modern Education in Bhutan?”. Living Together. Education and

Intercultural Dialogue. Suzanne Majhanovich, Christine Fox, and Adila

Pašalić Kreso, eds., Springer, pp. 189-205.

Denman, Brian D., (2005). “SARS and International Education in China:

Response, Impact, and Repercussion”. Zuji-Guoyuan Shinian: The Way

Forward. Bao Ling Yang & Jingru Sun, eds., China People’s Public Security

University Press, Beijing, pp. 100-114.

Denman, Brian D., & Rosalind James, (2016). “Cultural ecology and

isomorphism applied to educational planning in China’s Inner Mongolia: A

new rubric”. International Journal of Comparative Education and

Development, Vol 18, No 1 Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK: 40-52.

Denman, Brian D., (in press). “Comparing Mining Tax Offsets and Charitable

Giving for Educational Purposes: A case study analysis identifying ways

forward for regional, rural, and remote Australia”. International

Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, University of Sydney Press,

Sydney.

Denman, Brian D., (2015). “Regionalising higher education in the Asia

Pacific and a network capital paradigm for teaching and research in

comparative education”. Journal of Learning Science, Satoshi Higuchi

and Mori, eds., No 8, Hiroshima University Graduate School of

Education:135-149.

Hilal, Kholoud T., & Brian D. Denman (2013). “Education as a Tool for

Peace? The King Abdullah Scholarship Program and Perceptions of Saudi

Arabia post 9/11”. Higher Education Studies, Vol 3, No 2, (April 2013),

Canadian Center of Science and Education, Toronto: 24-40.

Denman, Brian D., & Satoshi Higuchi (2012). “Comparative and International

Education Research in Asia and the Pacific”. Asian Education and

Development Studies, Ka Kuen Leung, ed, Vol 2, No 1, Emerald.

Denman, Brian D., (2012). “Invisible Colleges and International Consortia in

Higher Education”. Invisible Colleges and Perspectives of Higher

Education Networks in Asia. Center for Research and Development of Higher

Education, University of Tokyo, Masahiro Kobayashi, ed., No 5, (June 2012).

Tokyo: 7-21.

Denman, Brian D., & Satoshi Higuchi (2011). “Education Security: A new

concept”. Bulletin of Hiroshima University Graduate School of

Education, (Part 1). No 60: 21-29.

Denman, Brian D., & Neil Dunstan (2011). “Education for All and Cross

Border Provision of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific”. In: International

Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, Vol 10, No 1 (November

2011). Adelaide: 61-79.

Denman, Brian D., Marie Loller, & Rebecca Spence (2008). “Mar Elias,

Israeli-Arab Christians, and the Sign of the White Dove”. In: International

Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, Vol 9, No 2 (December 2008).

Denman, Brian D., & Singye Namgyel (2008). “Convergence of Monastic and

Modern Education in Bhutan?” In: International Review of Education, Vol

54, Christopher McIntosh, ed. UNESCO, Paris: 475-491.

Denman, Brian D., (2007). “The Emergence of World and Offshore

Universities and Other Cross-Border Higher Education”. In: International

Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, Vol 8, No 3 (December 2007):

3-18.

Denman, Brian D., (2005). “What is a University in the 21st Century?” In:

Higher Education Management and Policy, vol 17, no 2. Michael Shattock,

ed. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, pp. 9 -

28.

Contributed by: Jia Ying Neoh, University of Sydney

Date Contributed: August 16, 2016

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