Associate Professor Leonardo Veliz
Associate Professor - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Education
Email: lveliz@une.edu.au
Biography
Leonardo Veliz is an Associate Professor in Language and Literacy at the University of New England, Australia. He is a qualified secondary school teacher with more than 20 years of experience across highly diverse educational contexts in Australia, the United Kingdom, and South America. His academic career spans over two decades and encompasses teaching, leadership, research, and service in schools and higher education institutions.
Leonardo’s research is situated broadly within the fields of education, applied linguistics, and language teacher education. His work focuses on multilingualism and multilingual education, language and literacy development, culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogies, English language teaching and teacher education, teacher identity and agency, linguistic and racial justice, decolonial and critical approaches to education, heritage language maintenance, and the experiences of migrant, refugee, and international students and educators. He is also interested in issues of equity, inclusion, social justice, and the role of language in shaping educational opportunities and outcomes in diverse societies.
His scholarship is underpinned by a commitment to fostering inclusive, equitable, and transformative educational practices that recognise and value the linguistic, cultural, and epistemic resources of diverse learners and communities.
