Contact

Email

helen.cozmescu@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Senior Lecturer, Lang & Litera Educ- Literacies Education
Faculty of Education
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Melbourne
Graduate Certificate
Australian Catholic University
Masters (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
PhD
Australian Catholic Education
ORCID

0000-0002-2472-7066

Dr Helen Cozmescu

Senior Lecturer, Lang & Litera Educ- Literacies Education
Faculty of Education
6 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Beyond the Monolingual Lens: Advancing Linguistically Responsive Phonics in Early Reading Instruction
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Dialogic Interactions of Education Students With Australian Picture Books
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Building knowledge and capacity: Highlighting the professional agency of teachers
    DOI: 10.1108/978-1-83608-908-720251023
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Building a practice of truth-telling in English classrooms
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Settler teachers’ engagement with first nations content in the Australian curriculum
    DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2024.2361855
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Discursive Constructions of a “Literacy Crisis” in Australian Newspaper Editorials
    DOI: 10.14507/epaa.33.8962
  • 2022

    Research Contracts

    Science of Learning and Development
Helen Cozmescu

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2023
Doctoral Thesis Award Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
2009
Teaching Award - Individual award for excellence in teaching University of Melbourne
2008
Teaching Award - Team award for excellence in teaching University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2021

    Book Chapter

    Building Curriculum Knowledge through Talk for Learning
  • 2021

    Thesis / Dissertation

    Exploring the role of critical literacy in the early years of primary school