- Susan Wilson-Gahan
Susan Wilson-Gahan retired as Program Lead Health and Physical Education in the School of Education at UniSQ in 2022, a position she held for 14 years. Prior to entering academia, Susan was a curriculum leader and secondary school teacher of health education and physical education for more than 30 years, with additional experience in primary school teaching and special education. She worked at the Queensland Studies Authority's Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting (QCAR) Framework, as part of the Years 1–9 Essential Learnings and Standards curriculum development team and as a writer for the QCAR Assessment Bank. Susan is passionate about the holistic nature of health and wellbeing, and the contribution of health and wellbeing to enhanced educational outcomes. Susan is an active contributor to the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), and has published research papers and book chapters covering a diverse range of health and physical education- and sport-related topics. She presented at the International Talent Identification and Development Conference – Best Practice, Next Practice, hosted by the Australian Institute of Sport and the Queensland Academy of Sport. She has a continuing involvement in sports administration at all levels.
- Robyne Garrett, Adelaide University
Robyne Garrett is an Associate Professor in Education at Adelaide University, where she teaches and researches physical education, dance and teaching methodologies. Her undergraduate degree specialised in physical education and dance, and she taught for several years in diverse secondary school settings before further developing her dance practice at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London. Following this period, she played a key role in introducing dance as a curriculum subject, working as both a curriculum writer and professional educator in the field. Her teaching experience spans Australia and the United Kingdom, and includes learners from early childhood to Year 12, as well as contexts involving special education and at-risk students. Her doctoral research examined the construction of gender in physical activity contexts. Since entering the tertiary sector, she has become known for her creative, body-based methodologies, which are widely used to support the development of teaching pedagogy. She is committed to socially just and culturally sustainable practice in health and physical education and classroom teaching. Her ongoing research interests include gender and physical activity, embodiment, and arts-based instructional approaches.
- Alison Wrench, Adelaide University
Alison Wrench is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education (HPE) at Adelaide University with over 20 years' experience in initial teacher education. Alison also draws on over two decades of practical experience as a health and physical education teacher in schools, in Victoria and South Australia. Her HPE teaching experience has been in primary schools, Foundation to Year 12 schools and single-sex girls' and coeducation schools. Alison is a member of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion Concentration (CRESI). Her research expertise is in critical and relational pedagogies, teachers' work, inclusion and justice effects of schooling. She is a strong advocate for pedagogical practices that involve an interplay of social, emotional, intellectual and physical dimensions.
- Kristy O'Neill, University of New England, Australia
Kristy O'Neill is a Senior Lecturer (Health and Physical Education) at the University of New England. She is a qualified secondary health and physical Education teacher, and completed both a Bachelor of Education (Secondary: Human Movement and Health Education) (Hons 1 & University Medal) and PhD at the University of Sydney. Kristy has 17 years' experience working on sport and physical education research projects, with her most recent interests focused on migrants, youth and wellbeing in regional Australia. Teaching has always been a key passion for Kristy, with over a decade of teaching experience in university settings, including at the University of Sydney and University of Wollongong. In 2026, Kristy received international SFHEA status for her sustained contribution to leadership in high-quality university teaching. Nationally, Kristy has been recognised with both individual (2022) and team (2024) Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) – Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, and in 2023 was the inaugural recipient of the ODLAA National Open and Distance Learning Award for Higher Education. This is her first textbook contribution.