Helen Adam is an Associate Professor and Researcher in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. She is also the President of the Board of the Primary English Teaching Association of Australia (PETAA). Helen’s research focuses on promoting equitable education and learning environments through publication and use of authentically diverse literature to empower all learners and to help break down barriers of prejudice and misunderstanding. Her work is published in internationally renowned journals, and she is frequently called on for expert media comment and as a presenter to diverse audiences of educators and academics. In 2023, Helen undertook a Churchill Fellowship to the USA and UK meeting with leading international academics investigating ways to enhance expertise in children's books as vehicles for disrupting prejudice and discrimination the culmination of this is her newly released book: Creating Equitable Literacy Learning Environment: A Transformative Model (Routledge, 2026).