Dr Callula Killingly
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education
Biography
Dr Callula Killingly is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in The Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) at QUT and a member of the Accessible Assessment ARC Linkage Team (LP180100830). Her research areas include cognitive processes underpinning learning and memory, effective instruction and intervention for reading and social-emotional skills, and disproportionality in exclusionary discipline.Callula's doctoral research was in experimental cognitive psychology, where she investigated the involvement of working memory processes in the experience of involuntary musical imagery ("earworms"). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has teaching experience in the areas of cognitive psychology, research design, and statistical analysis.
Personal details
Positions
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education
Keywords
learning, memory, reading
Research field
Cognitive Science, Specialist Studies in Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences (Psychology) (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Publications
- Mann, G., Carrington, S., Lassig, C., Mavropoulou, S., Saggers, B., Poed, S. & Killingly, C. (2023). Closing special schools: lessons from Canada. The Australian Educational Researcher. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/243920
- Tancredi, H., Graham, L., Killingly, C. & Sweller, N. (2023). Investigating the impact of impairment and barriers experienced by students with language and/or attentional difficulties. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 28(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/244996
- Graham, L., Killingly, C., Laurens, K. & Sweller, N. (2023). Overrepresentation of Indigenous students in school suspension, exclusion, and enrolment cancellation in Queensland: is there a case for systemic inclusive school reform? Australian Educational Researcher, 50(2), 167–201. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227424
- Kelly, A., Munnings, A., Zhao, X., Roland, B., Laurens, K., Campbell, M., Williams, J., Bailey, J., Killingly, C., Abimanyi-Ochom, J., Kremer, P. & Toumbourou, J. (2023). Polydrug use in Australian 12-14 year olds from 2006 to 2017: An examination of drug use profiles, emotional control problems, and family relationship characteristics. Australian Journal of Psychology, 75(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238132
- Graham, L., Killingly, C., Alexander, M. & Wiggans, S. (2023). Suspensions in QLD state schools, 2016-2020: overrepresentation, intersectionality and disproportionate risk. Australian Educational Researcher. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242829
- Killingly, C. & Lacherez, P. (2023). The Song that Never Ends: The Effect of Repeated Exposure on the Development of an Earworm. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(11), 2535–2545. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/237267
- Graham, L., Gillett-Swan, J., Killingly, C. & Van Bergen, P. (2022). Does it matter if students (dis)like school? Associations between school liking, teacher and school connectedness, and exclusionary discipline. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228692
- Wood, J., Killingly, C., Elliott, D., Anstey, K. & Black, A. (2022). Visual Predictors of Postural Sway in Older Adults. Translational Vision Science and Technology, 11(8). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235115
- Killingly, C., Lacherez, P. & Meuter, R. (2021). Singing in the brain: Investigating the cognitive basis of earworms. Music Perception, 38(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208312
- Graham, L., McCarthy, T., Killingly, C., Tancredi, H. & Poed, S. (2020). Inquiry into Suspension, Exclusion and Expulsion Processes in South Australian Government Schools. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206791
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Callula, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- The impact of accessible pedagogies on the classroom experiences, engagement and academic output of students with language and/or attentional difficulties
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Linda Graham - Teaching Reading: Exploring how reading instruction is conceptualized in Australian education jurisdictions
Professional Doctorate, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Linda Graham - Professional Doctorate, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Linda Graham - Identifying and implementing curriculum adjustments for students with disability in secondary classrooms
Professional Doctorate, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Linda Graham - The evolution of systemic reform initiatives for student mental health and wellbeing: An international comparative case-study
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Linda Graham, Associate Professor Jenna Gillett-Swan