Konstandina Dounis

Dr Konstandina Dounis is a cultural historian and literary translator with a particular interest in immigrant stories and their impact on the Australian literary canon.   Greek-Australian literature, history and culture has been the axis around which her research has revolved. Her doctoral research, The Shadow and the Muse: Journeys within the thematic tapestry inherent in Greek-Australian women’s writing entails extensive forays into unearthing immigrant women’s texts, examining their propensity to challenge canonical formations, to enrich historical documentation and to widen the parameters of their diasporic community. She is a prolific translator of both poetry and prose, from Modern Greek to English, and has an extensive list of publications in this regard.

Dr Konstandina Dounis’ parallel passion is teaching, a preoccupation that she has been proud and exhilarated to engage in throughout her working life. She is currently engaged as an Academic Facilitator with the Monash Education Academy where she has overseen the following:

• Creating Community in your Classroom
• Teaching Startup
• Building Students’ English language
• Collaborative Teaching in a Team
• Intercultural Learning through Group Work
• The Learning Blueprint
• Teaching Excellence Program
• HEA Fellowship Program Mentor

She has taught extensively within the Faculty of Education, with a focus on the following units:

• EDF1303: Understanding Learning and Learners
• EDF1304: Understanding Teaching for Learning
• EDF1061: Working in Education - an introduction to the profession
• EDF1062: Approaches to Teaching and Learning
• EDF4006: Transition and Professional Engagement
• EDF3007: Developing Multiple Literacies in Education
• EDF2064: Assessing Teaching and Learning
• EDF2078: Creative and Critical Teaching
• EDF3079: English and Literacies