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Book Chapters

Amazan R, 2021, 'International Academics in African Universities: The Ethiopian Scene', in International Faculty in Asia In Comparative Global Perspective, Springer Nature

Amazan R; Kebede Dawo K, 2020, 'Fixing the System? - Trends in African Higher Education Governance', in Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge University Press

Amazan RC, 2019, 'The Invisible Presence? The Politics of Female Enrolment Numbers in the Higher Education System in Ethiopia', in Ethiopia: Social and Political Issues, pp. 197 - 226

Amazan R, 2019, 'The invisible presence - the politics of female enrolment numbers in public universities in Ethiopia', in Cochrane L (ed.), Ethiopia Social and Political Issues

Amazan R, 2019, 'The precarious position of female Ethiopian academics', in Higher Education in Africa and the United States: The Black Experience, New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK USA, pp. 147 - 168

Amazan R, 2014, 'When the Diaspora Returns: analysis of Ethiopian returnees and the need for highly skilled labour in Ethiopia', in , Symposium Books, pp. 169 - 185, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14920

Amazan RC, 2011, 'Gender, diaspora and development: The Ethiopian highly-skilled diaspora's notion of home and belonging', in Education and Belonging, pp. 139 - 152

Journal articles

Golledge C; Amazan R; Durksen TL; Lowe K; Vass G, 2025, 'Transforming practices in aboriginal education through teachers’ professional learning conversations', Teaching and Teacher Education, 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104900

Amazan R; Wood J; Lowe K; Vass G, 2024, 'Pathways to progress?–collective conscientisation and progressive school reform in Aboriginal education', Critical Studies in Education, 65, pp. 312 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2023.2275771

Martin AJ; Bostwick KCP; Durksen TL; Amazan R; Lowe K; Weuffen S, 2024, 'Teachers’ motivation to teach Aboriginal perspectives in the curriculum: links with their Aboriginal students’ academic motivation', Australian Educational Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00779-0

Coombs D; Langdon S; Jabir Z; Burgess C; Amazan R, 2024, 'The impact of Learning from Country on teachers’ understandings of place and community: insights from the Culturally Nourishing Schooling project', Australian Educational Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00735-y

Weuffen S; Lowe K; Amazan R; Thompson K, 2024, 'The need for First Nations pedagogical narratives: epistemic inertia and complicity in (re)creating settler-colonial education', Journal of Curriculum Studies, 56, pp. 58 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2023.2294723

Beetson J; Anderson P; Lin S; Williamson F; Amazan R; Boughton B; Morrell S; Taylor R; Schwartz M, 2022, 'Impact of a Community-Controlled Adult Literacy Campaign on Crime and Justice Outcomes in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. 56 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2201

Nye A; Amazan R; Charteris J, 2017, 'Prudentia as becoming-shame: knowledge production in Southern Theory research Practice', Reflective Practice, 18, pp. 81 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2016.1251411

Takayama K; Amazan R; Jones T, 2017, 'Thinking with/through the contradictions of social justice in teacher education: Self-reflection on NETDS experience', Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42, pp. 84 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2017v42n4.7

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, pp. 105 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2015.1119230

Amazan RC; 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, 15, pp. 45 - 65

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, pp. 1 - 25, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19170

Takayama K; Heimans S; Amazan R; Maniam V, 2016, 'Postcolonial Directions in Education: Special Issue', Postcolonial Directions in Education, 5, pp. 1 - 168, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19171

Ginns P; Loughland A; Tierney RJ; 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, pp. 311 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2014.956701

Amazan R, 2013, 'GIVING WOMEN VOICE: THE ETHIOPIAN FEMALE SKILLED DIASPORA'S POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT', SOCIOLOGIA Y TECNOCIENCIA, 3, pp. 77 - 95, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000215651500006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Amazan R, 2009, 'Gendering the Ethiopian Knowledge Diasporas: Addressing Gender Inequality and Inequity in Public Higher Education', Comparative and International Higher Education, 1, pp. 7 - 9, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14943

Amazan RC, 2008, 'Mobilising the ethiopian knowledge diasporas: Framing the issues', International Education Journal, 9, pp. 43 - 56

Reports

Amazan R, 2021, Adult literacy and its importance to the Aboriginal community of Campbelltown, NSW, file:///C:/Users/z3528175/Dropbox/My%20PC%20(W-AUD8400CJ3)/Downloads/Sub%2084%20-%20Tharawal%20Aboriginal%20Corporation%20-%2019%20Mar%202021_Redacted%20(1).pdf

Amazan R; Williamson F, 2019, Aboriginal Adult Literacy campaign. Yes, I Can! In Campbelltown, NSW

Amazan R, 2018, Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Securing Our Rights, Securing Our Future. Submission from women in Boggabilla and Toomelah, NSW to the Australian Human Rights Commission., https://wiyiyaniuthangani.humanrights.gov.au/

Amazan R; Welch A; Soudien C; Gripper D; Sehoole C, 2016, Mapping Australia-Africa Partnerships in Higher Education Report

Amazan R; Negin J; Cumming R; Howie L; Abimbola S, 2014, Australia Awards for Africa: Outcomes of Tertiary Scholarships for African Students Report

Other

Thompson K; Amazan R; Ryan AM; Kelly T; Beller P; Murray C; Foster S; Aquilino A, 2023, Engaging a Local Cultural Educator A toolkit for schools, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/ada/education/resources/crp-toolkit/2024-02-Engaging-a-Cultural-Educator-A-toolkit-for-schools-ebook.pdf

Amazan R, 2016, Structural barriers limit impact of scholarships, https://devpolicy.org/structural-barriers-limit-impact-scholarships-20160512/


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