Rhonda Faragher
Biography
Associate Professor Rhonda Faragher, PhD
Down Syndrome International and The University of Queensland
Australia
Dr Rhonda Faragher is the Director of the Down Syndrome Research Program at The University of
Queensland in Australia where she is Associate Professor of Inclusive Education in the School of
Education.
She has internationally recognised expertise in the mathematics education of learners with Down
syndrome. She is Vice-President of Down Syndrome International and an Independent Director of
Down Syndrome Australia. She is an appointed Board member to the Academy on Education,
Teaching and Research of IASSIDD - the International Association for the Scientific Study of
Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Chair of the Down Syndrome Special Interest Research
Group of IASSIDD, and the Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual
Disabilities.
Dr Faragher is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has received a number of
awards for her work including the 2016 ACU Vice-Chancellor's Medal for Staff Excellence, a
Commonwealth of Australia Endeavour Executive Award and the 2020 University of Queensland
Award for Excellence in Community, Diversity and Inclusion.