Bev Joffe

Currently a Consultant on Curriculum Design, Speech Pathology, and Education, Speaker and Author, Dr Beverly Joffe also is an Adjunct Academic at Southern Cross University (SCU). Erstwhile and Inaugural Course Designer, Curriculum Developer, Course Coordinator, Discipline Lead, Senior Lecturer and Research Supervisor for the Speech Pathology Program in the former School of Health and Human Sciences at SCU (2011-2017), she also provided student research supervision for a unit for the former School of Education at SCU, during 2011. In 2019, Dr Joffe was employed on a fixed term contract as an Associate Professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences (SHHS), to consult to the Bachelor of Speech Pathology Program in relation to Curriculum Development and Program Accreditation. Prior to relocating to NSW, Dr Joffe was employed at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria, to lecture in Speech Pathology, supervise student research projects, lead Paediatric Speech Pathology Teams and contribute to curriculum development. During this time, she simultaneously completed her Doctoral studies through the University of Melbourne, and obtained her PhD in Education. Her Masters degree in Speech Pathology and Bachelors (with Honours) degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology, are both from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johnnesburg, South Africa. Dr Joffe is an Alumnus Member of Speech Pathology Australia. Her expertise in practice, teaching and research is in Paediatric Speech Pathology. Dr Joffe's research interests include child speech and language and literacy, creative approaches to intervention, vulnerable children, and education. Her research involves mixed methods and qualitative designs. Dr Joffe has been a Speech Pathology National Accreditor of numerous Speech Pathology Tertiary Programs in Australia across many years. Dr Joffe also has qualifications in Academic Practice from Southern Cross Unversity. E-mail: bev.joffe@scu.edu.au