Teaching

Teaching has been a major part of my life since I first began in 1994 as a swim teacher. I have since realised a love for professional and higher education teaching, for which I developed a teaching practice framework comprising three pillars:

• Reflexive practice for social justice

• Learning as dialogue

• Theoretical grounding

I can provide a copy of my teaching and learning philosophy upon request.

I am an Associate Fellow of Advance HE (previously the Higher Education Academy) and hold a Certificate of University Teaching (non-award; Griffith University). My specialties are well-suited for teaching, including qualitative research methodologies, health promotion and health policy, health equity, population and public health, participatory processes and research, diversity equity and inclusion, and working in cross-cultural settings.

In addition to health and social services sector training, and a role in developing Griffith University’s first Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion, I have held lecturer/guest lecturer, tutor and assessor roles for the following courses:

• INDH5213 Goals, Objectives and Strategies (The University of Sydney Indigenous Health Promotion students)

• SWB109 Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and people (Queensland University of Technology [QUT] nursing, environmental health, public health and social work students)

• NSB017 Diversity in health – Cultural safety and Indigenous perspectives (QUT nursing students)

• SWB105 Human Rights and Ethics (QUT social work and public health students)

• PUN635 Evidence Based Health Policy (QUT masters-level students)

• PBH1977 Health Promotion (Griffith University nursing and environmental health students)