Sally Ashton-Hay

Biography

Sally Ashton-Hay is an Adjunct Lecturer with the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Southern Cross University. She enjoys assisting students with learning strategies for more successful study, team teaching across disciplines and embedding academic skills in the curriculum. Her broad range of teaching experience covers academic writing, English language arts, English as an Additional Language, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Indigenous learners, literacy skills, drama, poetry and literature as well as conducting teacher training internationally. Sally has previously worked as a Senior English Language Fellow sponsored by the U.S. Department of State in Turkey and is a registered English Language Specialist.

Research

Dr Sally Ashton-Hay's current research interests are embedding academic skills in curricula, extending second language learning in non-traditional ways and designing curriculum for learning support. Sally has published on peer collaboration, student voice and inclusive education. She is a peer reviewer for TESOL Journal, Journal of Academic Language Learning, Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, English Australia, and sub edits the HERDSA Connections Newsletter.

Community engagement

Sally is Vice President of the Association of Academic Language and Learning (AALL) with responsibility for grants, grant applications and convening review panels. She is also an AALL Queensland State Representative. She is a founding member of the International Consortium of Academic Language and Learning Developers (ICALLD) with member organisations from Learning Specialists Association of Canada (LSAC), Association for Learning Developers in Higher Education (ALDinHE) (UK), Scottish Higher Education Learning Developers (ScotHELD), Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ), and Association of Academic Language and Learning (AALL) in Australia.