I earned a B.A. in English, M.A. in Library Science, and an M.Ed in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Missouri. I also earned a Ph.D. from Florida State University in 2009 in Educational Foundations from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and majored in Sociocultural and International Development Education Studies, which was interdisciplinary and covered topics in policy studies, educational leadership, organizational theory, sociology of education, philosophies of teaching and learning, international education, multicultural education, and quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. 

Contact information:
Monash University
​Melbourne, Australia 
melanie.brooks@monash.edu