Professor Gannon is a leader in Higher Degree Research Education who excels in all aspects of her engagement in this work. Professor Gannon’s approach to supervision exemplifies her commitment to being an engaged, respectful student-centred supervisor. At the same time, she is frank in her feedback and consistent in her drive to ensure students produce work of the highest quality. These characteristics of respectful engagement and commitment to excellence are highly valued by the HDR candidates she works with. Many of her HDR graduates go on to be research collaborators or to work as leaders in education.