Associate Professor Michael Carey is a quantitative researcher in the field of education, specialising in English language and literacy. He has over 20 years’ experience in developing mixed methods designs in Education research, including design, delivery and evaluation of education programs to determine impact and transformation as measurable and evidenced outcomes. He has taught and conducted research within applied linguistics in the fields of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), speech science (perception and pronunciation modification), academic writing, language testing and assessment, and preparation for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Michael has published curriculum materials on IELTS preparation and journal articles on placement testing and high-stakes testing. He has won several competitive research grants within the field of language testing and for international development projects aimed at building the capacity of English teachers in Indonesia. For his work in Indonesia he has been awarded an Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning as a member of the IPG "For stimulating systemic educational reform in Indonesian Papua through a unique, outcome-driven teacher education program for students within an Australian university".

His teaching role at USC includes undergraduate and post-graduate language and literacy courses and research methods in education. In 2014 he was awarded a Commonwealth Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Individual Citation) “For excellence in developing curricula, resources and services that improve the English language skills and knowledge of pre-service teachers, colleagues and the wider student cohort”. He also supervises a number of Masters and PhD research students in various fields of linguistics.