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PositionPro-Vice-Chancellor
Pro-Vice-Chancellor's Office
Waimairi Building
Dovedale Entrance
Ilam Campus
Phone: +64 3 366 7001 ext 44024
Direct dial: +64 3 343 7724
Email: gail.gillon@canterbury.ac.nz
Mailing Address:
College of Education
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, 8020, NEW ZEALAND
Professor Gail Gillon completed her qualifications in education, teaching, and speech-language therapy with distinction at our former Christchurch College of Education.
After graduating in 1983 she spent several years working in New Zealand and Australia in the special education sector, before completing her PhD in Speech and Hearing at the University of Queensland. She returned to New Zealand in 1995 to undertake a Foundation for Research, Science and Technology post-doctoral fellowship.
Upon the completion of her post-doctoral Fellowship, Prof Gillon was appointed as a lecturer and researcher within the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Canterbury where she held a position for nearly 10 years. During this period she also held leadership positions within the university as the Dean of Science (2003-2005) and Kaiārahi Māori (2005- 2007). Professor Gillon was appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, College of Education, in September, 2007.
Professor Gillon is well known internationally for her research in reading disorder and the prevention of reading disorder for children at risk. Her innovative work in phonological awareness intervention has received particular international acclaim and acknowledged through prestigious research awards. Her work has been widely published in leading international journals in speech language pathology, education, and reading. She has presented at numerous conference presentations and keynote addresses throughout the world including in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, Spain, England, and India. In recognition of her contributions, Prof Gillon recently became the first New Zealander to be made a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Prof Gillon has served on a wide variety of professional and academic advisory committees, at both local and national levels and is currently involved in the South Island Hub for the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence.
Please see UC Research Profile for full list of publications.