Associate ProfessorRoxanna Pebdani

PhD, CRC, SFHEA

Roxanna Nasseri Pebdani, (PhD, CRC, SFHEA) is Director of Academic Career Development in the Sydney School of Health Sciences. She holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the American University of Paris, a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counselling from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. in Counsellor Education from the University of Maryland. She completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Washington. She has been at the University of Sydney since July 2018.

She is an active member of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney.

Roxanna's research interests are rooted in advocacy. She focusses on sex, sexuality, and reproductive health for women and gender expansive people with disability. Her other streams of research are inclusive pedagogy in Rehabilitation Counselling and gendered expereinces in academia. She also conducts interdisciplinary research on quality of life for individuals with spinal cord injury.