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Susan Sandretto imageProfessor
BA(UC Davis) MA DipTchg(CSU Sacramento) PhD(Otago)

Dunedin Campus
Tel +64 3 479 8820
Email susan.sandretto@otago.ac.nz

Biography

I arrived in New Zealand in 1997 from California where I was a Spanish Immersion primary school teacher.  I worked as a research assistant and guest lecturer at the University of Otago in the Faculty of Education and the Higher Education Development Centre from 1999.  I completed my doctorate at Otago in 2004 and was appointed as a lecturer that same year. My research interests include multiliteracies, critical literacy, gender issues in education and practitioner research. I teach across the primary teacher education and education studies programmes and supervise at the postgraduate level.

Publications

Sandretto, S., Carr, C., Faitala, N., Jesson, R., McDowall, S., McGilchrist, I., … Tilson, J. (2026). “More like a manifesto than a curriculum”: A collaborative, critical discussion on English curriculum-making. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40841-026-00437-2 Journal - Research Other

Sandretto, S., & Jesson, R. (2025). “Why are you rushing this minister?” Imposing an Aotearoa New Zealand strain of the science of reading. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33(77). doi: 10.14507/epaa.33.8710 Journal - Research Article

Sandretto, S. (2025, November). Expanding critical literacy practices to deep fake texts. Verbal presentation at the Deepfakes & Society: A Humanities' Approach to the Technology Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sandretto, S. (2025). Embedding critical literacy into your programme. English in Aotearoa, 114, 16-20. doi: 10.3316/informit.T2025051000001301947417815 Journal - Research Article

Sandretto, S. (2025). Engaging students in dialogue. In J. Abbiss, T. Wendt Samu & M. Thrupp (Eds.), The professional practice of teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand. (7th ed.) (pp. 170-189). Cengage Learning. Chapter in Book - Research

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