I was appointed Associate Dean International in the Faculty of Education in 2017. Until end of 2017, I was Director, Centre for Global Studies in Education, which I established in 2012. Having been a NZ secondary school teacher for 16 years (Head of Guidance, Counsellor), I began my academic career as Research Fellow at University of Glasgow, UK in late 2000, then I moved to University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA. I have been a Full Professor since appointment in 2006 at California State University, San Bernardino. In 2008 I returned to University of Illinois Urbana Champaign as Research Professor before appointment at Waikato in August 2011. I work closely with Prof. Michael A. Peters and with a wide international network of scholars. Awards/ Honours 2014 Fellow Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (FPESA) Fellow Royal Society of Arts (UK) (FRSA) American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award, 2009: Besley, A.C. & Peters, M. A. (2007). Subjectivity and Truth: Foucault, Education and the Culture of Self. New York: Peter Lang. Faculty Fellows Award, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 - present California State University San Bernardino, Collaborating through Team Teaching Grant Award, 2007 California State University San Bernardino, College of Education, Outstanding Faculty Professional Growth Award, 2007

Philosophy of Education; Education Policy & Politics; Education Research; Globalisation; Interculturalism, Morals and Ethics; Subjectivity; Sociology and Education; Social Justice; Youth; Counselling