Illuminate, Edition 6 2021

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Our contributors

Erica Bell

Reverend Punam Bent

Kieran Dale-O’Connor

Erica Bell has a background in

Punam Bent has been at Pymble since

Kieran Dale-O’Connor is an Inquiry

psychology and is currently undertaking

2016 and has taught Religion and Ethics

Learning Leader in the Conde Library

a Doctor of Philosophy under the

in her role as School Chaplain at both

at Pymble. In this role, he supports

supervision of Professor Malhi,

Pymble and MLC School, Burwood.

students with research and inquiry

examining the construct of irritability

She is passionate about wellbeing

projects across a range of learning areas.

within psychiatric disorders. She has a

and spirituality, and social justice with

Prior to this, he was a Secondary English

particular interest in the mechanisms

focus on regional partnerships and

teacher for six years, during which time

that underlie psychiatric disorders,

environmental action. This includes

had roles in faculty leadership, pastoral

and how this understanding can be

SS4C (Schools Strike for Climate),

care of refugee students, restorative

translated into clinical practice. In this

raising First Nations awareness and

practices, and library management.

regard, she has published research

engagement, and promoting religious

He also co-designed and taught Te

examining these phenomena and has

and cultural diversity. In Punam’s work in

Awakairangi, a cross-curricular and

synthesised these findings into clinical

girls’ education she aims to create a just

place-based program of learning for

practice guidelines.

and holistic environment where students Senior students. Kieran’s area of interest are accepted in their own identity

is how student voice and feedback

(cultural, religious, non-religious) and

are used to help design, construct and

where they can grow as global citizens.

refine programs of learning.

She is an ordained minister of religion, practising within the Uniting Church in Australia and UMC (USA) since 1992.

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