Dr Cathy Stone, Managing Editor

Dr Cathy Stone is is the Managing Editor of the Student Success Journal with primary responsibility for the development of content, production and layout of Student Success and general ongoing management of the publication.

Cathy is a consultant and researcher in higher education student success, a Conjoint Associate Professor with the School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Newcastle, and an AASW (Australian Association of Social Workers) accredited mental health social worker. For more than 30 years Cathy has been closely involved in the development and provision of strategies to enhance student equity, widen participation and improve the experience and outcomes for increasingly diverse student cohorts, both in the online and on-campus environments. She is an active researcher, publishing extensively in the areas of mature-age, first-in-family, regional/remote, and online students. As an inaugural Equity Fellow with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (now ACSES), Cathy developed Guidelines for Improving Student Outcomes in Online Learning which have been of particular relevance since the Covid-19 pandemic, helping to inform the HE sector during its transition to online learning delivery. Cathy is a Lifetime Member & Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand Student Services Association (ANZSSA), former editor and current member of the editorial board of its journal, JANZSSA. She also sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning (WPLL), and the Journal of Continuing Higher Education (JCHE). As a STARS Fellow, Cathy is also delighted to be now taking on the Managing Editor role with the Journal of Student Success.