Dr Lesley Scanlon is a practitioner, researcher, and author in adult education. As a practitioner Lesley has worked in schools, the British Council, Hong Kong, Technical and Further Education, Newcastle University, the University of Technology and Sydney University. She has worked across a range of disciplines teaching and lecturing in the fields of sociology, anthropology, research methodologies, history, and Mandarin. Her eclectic interests culminated in her work as a senior lecturer in teacher education at the University of Sydney, where she continues to hold an honorary position. She has published books on a range of educational issues, written articles for peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Lesley brings a narrative turn to her research, drawing on historical and sociological methodologies to highlight the role of the individual embedded within multiple contexts.
