Linda Pfeiffer
CQUniversity
Deputy Dean Research, School of Education and the Arts
Associate Professor Linda Pfeiffer is the Deputy Dean (Research) for the School of Education and the Arts at CQUniversity. She is a Research Higher Degree Supervisor and has a broad range of successful teaching experiences in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Linda has been awarded many prizes including the 2016 Women in STEM Research Prize. She has authored books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers and has experience leading multiple large projects including the MIT REAP Gladstone Connects program, and the Regional Enablers project: Enhancing renewable innovation in Central Queensland. Linda leads the Australia Pacific LNG STEM Central project, which includes the Buraligim Weiber (place of learning) program for Year 4 Indigenous students which won an Education Queensland Showcase Award in 2023. Her research interests include science education, STEM education, learning environments, situated learning, and partnerships. Linda co-authored STEM Education in the Primary School: A Teacher’s Toolkit book which won best overall tertiary resource in the Education Publishing Awards Australia in 2021. She works with industry, community groups, First Nations people and local schools to improve science and STEM outcomes across all sectors.
