Penny Van Bergen

• Associate Professor in the Psychology of Education, Macquarie University

Penny is an Associate Professor in the Psychology of Education at Macquarie University. She is Honorary Professor and former Head of School at the University of Wollongong (2022-2025), and former Associate Dean: Learning and Teaching at Macquarie University (2019-2020).

Penny's background is in developmental psychology. She completed her doctoral studies in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (2008), investigating how children develop autobiographical memory and emotion skills by reminiscing with their parents. She now applies her understanding of memory, emotion, and learning to the field of education, focusing on memory and learning, emotional development and wellbeing, and student-teacher relationships.

• 2022–2024 Professor and Head of School, University of Wollongong
• 2018–2021 Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University
• 2012–2017 Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University
• 2009–2011 Lecturer in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University

• 2008 University of New South Wales, PhD (psychology)

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