Person
Adams, Lyn (1949 - )
- Born
- 24 December 1949
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Educator
Summary
Lyn Adams was a chief investigator of four Australian Research Council funded projects on aboriginal culture and deaths in custody. From 1968 to 1991 Adams spent much of her time teaching and lecturing at many varied institutes throughout New South Wales. Lyn Adams also sat on many boards and committees and was member of 48 professional bodies. She was Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of La Trobe University (Bendigo) in 1994, then from 1995 - 1996 was a senior research scientist in the aboriginal research unit at the University of New South Wales. Adams is author of over 200 papers, articles and chapters on Aboriginal cultural awareness, enhancement of generalisation of learning, integration of people with disabilities, leisure and student learning.
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Chronology
- 1968 - 1987
- Career position - Teacher and Lecturer, mainly in special education, at various institutes and schools in New South Wales (NSW)
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - Research Fellow, University of Oregon
- 1988 - 1989
- Education - Applied social studies, University of Wollongong in NSW
- 1989 - 1991
- Career position - Reader at the Hong Kong Polytechnic
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - Associate Professor of Education, University of Western Sydney
- 1994
- Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean at La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus, Victoria
- 1994 - 1995
- Career position - Researcher in Aboriginal Education, University of Sydney
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist at the Aboriginal Research Unit of the University of New South Wales
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Adams, Lyn (19491224-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476400. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith & Annette Alafaci
Created: 10 February 2003, Last modified: 7 October 2004