Sun Yee Yip is a Lecturer in Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. She researches educational equity and diversity, with a focus on transforming teaching and learning to better support underrepresented students and teachers, expanding teacher diversity, and enabling sustainable teaching careers. She is passionate about advancing school reform strategies that promote equitable outcomes for students and teachers from minoritised communities.

Sun Yee's research has been published in high-quality journals well regarded in teacher education and higher education. She is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters and books, including her monograph Asian Immigrant Teachers in Australia: Negotiating Identity, Navigating Adaptation, and the Paradoxes of Belonging.

Sun Yee is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Further and Higher Education and serves on the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 

Her research excellence has been recognised by the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) and Monash through the highly competitive ATEA Early Career Researcher Award (2022). She is also a two-time recipient of the Monash Education School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education ECR Award for Research Excellence (2024 and 2025).

Sun Yee has significant experience in science education and school leadership, informed by a broad career in the education sector. Prior to her role as a lecturer in higher education, she worked as a secondary science teacher, an education policy officer, a head of science, and a vice-principal at a large secondary school in Singapore.

Teacher Diversity, Migrant/Immigrant Teachers, Teacher Professionalisation, Teacher Knowledge Development, Educational Equity and Inclusion, Transition into Teaching, AI in Initial Teacher Education

Executive Committee: Australia Teacher Education Association

Associate Editor: Journal of Further and Higher Education

Sub-editor: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives

Editorial Review Board: International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Sun Yee received the Commendation from Monash Education School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education in 2025 for Excellence in Research Supervision. She would like to hear from prospective research students interested in exploring issues related to:

(1) Teacher Diversity - This might include the experiences or professional transition of teachers and pre-service teachers from ethnic and culturally diverse backgrounds, immigrant/migrant teachers, overseas-trained teachers, minority teachers, and career-change teachers.

(2) Teacher Work & Life —This might include issues related to teachers' professional status, teacher professionalisation, professional identity, teacher workplace conditions, belonging, and well-being, and strategies that support a sustained and thriving teaching career.

(3) Teacher Knowledge Development - This might include pedagogical knowledge and practices that harnesses technology to foster inclusive and pedagogical practices for marginalised and disadvantaged students.

EDF2063 - Planning for Teaching & Learning

EDF5611 - Investigating Educational Issues in Global Context

EDF5614 - Research Project in Education