Qualifications

Ph.D., ‘Teenage Technological Experts: Bourdieu and the Performance of Expertise’, Deakin University, 2007

M.Ed. (Curriculum and Administration Studies), Deakin University, 2004

B.Ed., Bethlehem Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand, 2000

Dip. Tchg. (Primary), Bethlehem Teachers College, Tauranga, New Zealand, 1996


Born and bred in Tauranga, New Zealand, Nicola moved to Wollongong in February 2007 where she commenced as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong (UOW). From 1997, Nicola taught in a New Zealand intermediate (middle school) for five years, working full-time while completing her Bachelor of Education degree, and beginning her Master of Education degree.


In 2002, she opened a private music school teaching classical and contemporary guitar to students aged from 6-60 to support her full-time postgraduate study. Nicola was awarded a Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship in 2005 and 2006 and graduated as Dr Johnson in April 2008. She commences as a senior lecturer at Monash University in February 2010.


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Nicola is a teacher educator in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. She has written a book entitled ‘The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction: The Misrecognition of Leisure and Learning’ (Ashgate, 2009).