Wellbeing in Doctoral Education Insights and Guidance from the Student Experience

Dr Lynette Pretorius is the Academic Language Development Advisor for the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Australia, where she works with both undergraduate and postgraduate students to improve their academic language and literacy skills. Lynette has qualifications in Medicine, Science, Education, as well as Counselling, and her research interests include experiential learning, reflective practice, doctoral education, mental health, and cardiovascular physiology.

Luke Macaulay is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Australia. Luke’s PhD research explores the experiences and perspectives of Sudanese and South Sudanese youths in Melbourne, Australia regarding the transition to adulthood. Luke’s previous education is in Philosophy, as well as Religion and Theology, and his research interests include cultural experiences of becoming an adult, social and political belonging, and critical social theories.

Dr Basil Cahusac de Caux recently completed his PhD in the Historical Studies Program of the Faculty of Arts at Monash University in Australia. His research interests include the history of contemporary Japan and language policy in East Asia in the 19th and 20th century. Basil’s doctoral dissertation focused on the factors and forces influencing script reform in mid-to-late 20th century Japan.