Sue Mate

Dr. Susan (Sue) Mate (she/her) is a Career Development lecturer at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, where she teaches career planning to postgraduate students. 

Sue's research concentrates on two principal areas:

1) Investigating the interplay between higher education, career development learning, and workplace learning.

2) Establishing inclusive preparatory career development learning environments where students can thrive during their study and engage in professional learning.

Sue advocates for neurodiversity, mental health, well-being, and non-visible conditions that affect study and work.  She is also part of the Narrative Practice Research Network, which endorses lived experience research.

She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and pursued postgraduate studies in Education at Deakin University, followed by a PhD at Victoria University. Her ongoing studies at Melbourne University focus on Counselling Practices, emphasizing the coaching of postgraduate students in further studies and the enhancement of employability and professional abilities. Sue has held various roles in research, lecturing, career guidance, and coaching/mentoring at RMIT University and La Trobe. Her passion for education and research continues to drive her learning journey.

Sue has been involved in offering supervision to higher-degree research students and can be contacted at sue.mate@jcu.edu.au if you would like to discuss the possibility of research supervision.