Dr Hazel Tan is a senior lecturer at the School of Curriculum, Teaching, and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her areas of research and teaching interest are in secondary mathematics education and STEM education. Her research methodological expertise is in quantitative and mixed methods and her work on Facebook as a recruitment tool for research has gained academic interest. Before moving into academia Hazel worked as a senior secondary mathematics teacher and head of mathematics department, and as an educational technology officer for the Singaporean Ministry of Education. This prior experience provided a solid foundation for her current academic work.