• 1971-2: Tutor in Education, University of Sydney.
  • 1972-4: University Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
  • 1975-8: Senior Research Associate, Centre for Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia, UK.
  • 1978: Independent consultant to the national Curriculum Development Centre, Canberra.
  • 1978-94: Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor, then Professor of Education, Deakin University, Geelong (also Deputy Vice Chancellor – Research, ’91; Chair, Academic Board, ’93-4; Director, Deakin Institute for Studies in Education, ’81-’93; Co-Director, Deakin Centre for Education and Change, ’94).
  • 1994-5: Principal, Stephen Kemmis Research & Consulting.
  • 1996-7: Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) then Deputy Vice Chancellor (Operations), University of Ballarat.
  • 1997 – 2002: Director, Stephen Kemmis Research & Consulting, Pty Ltd (ABN 26 081 107 164).
  • 2002 – 2015: Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga campus
  • 2013 – : Professor Emeritus, School of Education, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, and Professor Emeritus, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.