Learning and Teaching Forum
2023 Speakers
Keynote speaker
Professor Nicola Whitton
Director of the Durham University Centre for Academic Development
Professor of Education
As a Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Academic Development at Durham University, Nicola leads research on game-based learning and digital play in education. She also contributes to the development of digital education initiatives and strategies at the university.
Nicola is widely recognized for her contributions to the field of game-based learning and has published numerous articles and books on the topic. Her books include "Play and Learning in Adulthood", "Digital Games and Learning" and "Learning with Digital Games: A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education."
Introductory speakers
Peter Bryant
Peter is an experienced academic with over twenty-five years teaching and research experience in both the UK and Australia, in the areas of higher education strategy, learning technologies and creative industries management.Peter is a Trustee of the Association for Learning Technology, which supports the professional and policy development of staff using educational technology. He is an experienced researcher, speaker and advocate specialising in pedagogical change, social media in education, the practices of making, and engagement in education and the creative industries. He co-leads the international Future Happens initiative, which uses innovative approaches to problem-solving and change management to engage the wider higher education sector in debates and research-informed conversations around technology, pedagogy and the future of the modern University. He is the Chair of the editorial Board for the peer reviewed open access journal Reserach in Learning Technology.
Elaine Huber
Elaine has been designing curriculum and teaching adults for over 20 years and is currently the Academic Director of the Business Co-Design team at the University of Sydney. Elaine leads this multiskilled team of educational developers, learning designers, media producers and research associates, working together with discipline staff, students and industry partners on a large strategic project called Connected Learning at Scale.Elaine's philosophy of teaching takes a student-centred approach and incorporates active and collaborative learning to improve the student experience. Elaine has a Master of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, a Master of Education (ICT) and her PhD is in Educational Evaluation. Her other research interests include design and development of blended professional development programs for teaching staff as well as the efficacy of different methods of delivery including flipped and the intensive (compressed) modes.
Angela Knox
Angela Knox is a Professor of Work and Organisation and Academic Director of Professional Development. She is an internationally recognized expert in job quality, precarious work, skills and migration. Angie has published widely and her work has appeared in Gender, Work and Organisation, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Industrial Relations, International Journal of Human Resource Management and Work, Employment and Society. She has also co-edited a book, Job Quality in Australia. She is an Editor of Work, Employment and Society and Editorial Board member of Human Relations. Angie has received in excess of ten teaching awards, including the inaugural Dean's Award for Teaching and she is a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy/ AdvanceHE. She is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, UK.Presenters
Laura Applebee-Jones
Laura is a partner and co-Founder at Fifth Frame. Laura completed her Masters of Coaching Psychology, Applied Psychology at the University of Sydney in 2016 and is a valued contributor to our Capstone Units and as a Business Project Partner. LinkedIn profile
Sebastian Boell
Dr. Sebastian Boell is educator at the University of Sydney Business School. He consecutively innovates his teaching practice introducing novel aspects to his teaching. Currently is works on projects with industry partners in the introductory unit for students with the business information systems specialisation for the master of commerce (5000 level unit). He also works with colleagues on a portfolio approach to support graduates in the job market. Sebastian received several awards for his teaching.
Roel Boomsma
Roel is a researcher, learning designer, and educator working in the Discipline of Accounting. His research focuses on non-governmental organisation (NGO) accountability, impact measurement, and disruption in the audit profession. Roel's teaching experience includes courses in Financial Accounting, Sustainability Accounting, Accountability & Ethics, and Qualitative Research Methods. His learning design work focuses on interactive online lectures and the development of authentic assessment using business cases and business simulation games. Roel has previously worked for the University of Amsterdam and is an affiliated researcher of the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) of the Stockholm School of Economics.
Justin Brienza
Justin joined UQ Business School in 2020, after teaching at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. His teaching is focused on Organisational Behaviour, Research Methods, and Leadership. Justin earned his Honours Bachelor of Science with a double degree in Psychology and Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence at the University of Toronto, Canada, and his Masters and PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Alison Casey
Dr Alison Casey is Lecturer in Educational Development with the Business Co-Design team and has enormous enthusiasm for, and extensive experience in, teaching in all its forms. Originally a scientist, she was involved in developing the science teaching components of the Bachelor of Primary Education and the Masters of Secondary Education at the University of Notre Dame before working in the centralised Learning and Teaching office at Notre Dame as a learning technologies developer, leading peer review of teaching and academic integrity research projects.
Raffaele Ciriello
Dr Raffaele F Ciriello serves as a Lecturer in Business Information Systems at the University of Sydney Business School since 2020. He studies digital innovation, blockchain governance, and IS development using qualitative methods and dialectical inquiry. His writings appear regularly in renowned journals and conferences, such as EJIS, I&M, IJIM, BISE, ICIS, and ICSE. Raffaele engaged with software firms, music platforms, startups, NGOs, banks, and IT consulting houses for research and teaching. Before joining Sydney, Raffaele served as Assistant Professor at IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and earned a PhD from University of Zurich (Switzerland). He was recognized as a Distinguished Member of the AIS in 2021, as an Outstanding Associate Editor at ECIS2022, ICIS2021 and ICIS2019, and he received the ITU Award for Teaching Excellence 2018.
Janine Coupe
Janine is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Accounting; she teaches postgraduate and undergraduate financial and management accounting. Prior to joining academia Janine worked as an auditor in a big four accounting firm and for several leading Australian and Global organisations including those in the Telecommunications, Television, Oil & Gas and Banking industries. Janine is a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA) and an award-winning educator; she is the recipient of the Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teaching Award, the Toolbox & Innovator Award and the Academic Enhancement of Student Life Award in recognition of her dedication to supporting and enhancing the student learning experience.
Andrew Cram
Andrew Cram, PhD, is a Lecturer in Educational Development with Business Co-Design unit at the University of Sydney Business School. He is a digital education generalist with over 20 years of experience in learning design, academic development, leadership and learning technologies management. His research examines the intersection of educational design, technology, practice, and student experiences and outcomes.
Wei Cui
Dr Wei Cui commenced as a lecturer of finance at the University of Sydney in 2019. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Sydney and he holds a Master of Economics and a Bachelor of Economics from Ocean University of China. His research interests are in the broad area of asset pricing with a special focus on modelling hedge fund returns. Before he joined the University of Sydney, Wei has served at a number of reputable universities in Australia with a teaching focus on corporate finance and financial accounting.
Alain de Sales
Alain de Sales has worked or consulted to a diverse set of organizations like Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia; Mars, UK; and was Head of Digital for the consultancy a division of Sensis, Australia. Currently, Alain is a Leadership and Followership lecturer at University of Queensland's Business School. He has finished a PhD researching: Breaking Toxic Triangles: How Courageous Followers stand up to Destructive Leadership. He also has a completed BSc (1st Class Hons), MBA, MBIT and a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching. He founded and currently chairs the Teaching Followers Courage Coordinating Council.
Tanya Fiedler
Tanya Fiedler is an accountant interested in interdisciplinary approaches to measuring and delivering sustainable outcomes. With a particular focus on climate change, her research is guided by the belief that the grand environmental and social challenges of the 21st century can only be addressed through deep engagement between the physical and social sciences, industry and society. Tanya has published in leading interdisciplinary journals, including Nature Climate Change and Environmental Research: Climate, and is regularly invited to speak and advise government, regulators, the finance sector and industry more broadly on topics relating to climate risk assessment, management and disclosure.
Paul Finn
Dr Paul Finn is a Lecturer with the Discipline of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Sydney. In his current role, Paul is developing and coordinating the first cross-faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Major/Minor which spans five other faculties in the university as well as multiple disciplines in the Business School. Additionally, Paul is coordinating Entrepreneurship at Masters-level and the new Introduction to Strategy, Innovation and Management unit as part of the Strategy, Innovation and Management specialisation in the Master of Commerce. Paul is also an experienced lecturer in Strategy and Change Management.Paul gained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the disciplines of Organisation Studies and Entrepreneurship from the University of Melbourne. His research interests include organisational creativity, entrepreneurship, power, and advanced qualitative research methods. Outside of academia, Paul has held roles in management consulting and management positions in logistics and services.
Corinna Galliano
Dr Corinna Galliano is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney Business School. Corinna has been key in creating the award winning Leadership in a Post-Crisis (LPC) program through unit and workshop development, content creation and coordination and facilitation. In 2019 Corinna Galliano completed a PhD at the University of Sydney Business School in the discipline of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Corinna combines her scholarship and her passion for teaching to deliver impactful and innovative teaching that integrates theory and practice, co-designs with industry practitioners and utilises reflective processes. Corinna's research sheds insights on managing the competing demands of leading and working in highly dynamic contexts, including start-ups, innovation teams and large organisations undergoing change and transformation.
Craig Gilliver
Craig Gilliver is the Academic Lead for Leading in a Post Crisis World. His background is in literature and he has a graduate in communications with a major in journalism. He is interested in narrative. He has experience in government and tertiary education as well as arts festivals and the not for profit sector. He has skills in teaching and arts programming as well as corporate communications, publicity, live events and entertainment logistics. He had taught and lectured at a tertiary level and has broad experience working with senior leaders in the Arts sector, both in Australia and overseas.
Paul Ginns
Dr Paul Ginns is Associate Professor in Educational Psychology in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney. He has worked with both Australian and international colleagues on a wide variety of educational research projects. He uses a range of research designs (e.g., experimental and survey-based research) and analytic methods (e.g., General Linear Models for experimental and non-experimental designs, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, structural modelling, meta-analysis) to investigate research questions based on cognitive architecture, embodiment, motivation and engagement.
Gaia Grant
Gaia Grant is a lecturer at the University of Sydney Business School in the Work-Integrated Learning Hub. With a strong background as a learning designer, facilitator and business consultant, Gaia has developed a wide range of strategies to help develop solutions to wicked challenges. In her research Gaia has focused on exploring how to develop individual innovative problem-solving skills, leadership approaches and workplace cultures. Gaia's research has been presented in a range of academic conferences including the European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS) and the Process Symposium (PROS), along with Research in Work and Learning (RWL) in Canada, and has been published in the Academy of Management (AOM) Proceedings.
Lynn Gribble
Associate Professor Lynn Gribble is an Education Focused academic in the School of Management and Governance at The University of New South Wales Sydney. Awarded an AAUT citation for her leadership and impact as a digital innovator, she has taught management to large classes of Master of Business Administration and Master of Commerce students for 15+ years and has pioneered the use of voice recordings, audience response platforms and learning analytics to personalise every interaction with her students, increasing both their engagement and learning outcomes. Lynn co-leads Communities of Practice in Online Learning and Innovation, and the 4Cs (A Strategic Approach to Impact) and is Senior Fellow of the Advance HE UK.
Rachael Hains-Wesson
Rachael Hains-Wesson is an Associate Professor and Director of the Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Hub at the University of Sydney Business School. She is responsible for leading the scope and expansion of the School's Work-Integrated Learning strategy and offerings. Rachael is a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust for Young Australians, a University of Western Australia Convocation and Teacher Excellence Awardee. Rachael has received a QS Reimagine Education Team Award (2020) and an Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT, Team Award, 2021). She has extensive senior management and leadership experience in higher education, work-integrated learning pedagogy and practice (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1549-4504).
Oliver Hannon
Oliver is a PhD Candidate within The Business School, currently conducting research on the responsible use of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making. He is a very passionate teacher, and loves making a positive impact on his community through teaching, whether it is as a tutor across three different disciplines in The Business School, or even coaching martial arts and fitness. He also works as part of Business Co-Design (BCD) assisting Lecturers with their units of study. Whilst teaching at The University of Sydney, Oliver has received awards like the Dean's Citation for Tutoring in 2021 and been recognised as an Associate Fellow with the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) in 2022.
Angela Hecimovic
Angela has a positive impact on her students' learning through her ability to bring the subject of auditing to life, for her innovative feedback methods, her creation of a vibrant learning environment and her commitment to advancing the learning of each student in her class. Angela is the recipient of the 2013 Wayne Lonergan Excellence in Teaching Award, recipient of the 2013 University of Sydney Business School Students' Choice Award (Tutor) and numerous Dean's citations. Angela also received the inaugural 2019 Deans Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Steven Hitchcock
Dr Steven Hitchcock is a lecturer of Work-Integrated Learning at the University of Sydney Business School. He has particular interest in experiential learning design, authentic assessment, and student experience in higher education (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-7438). Steven's primary stream of research focusses on engagement in higher education. Steven has an interest in processes of unit development via the likes of innovative teaching practice, and narrative-based instruction. Steven has extensive experience in teaching having taught both large and small courses across all levels of higher education.
Dirk Hovorka
Dirk S. Hovorka is Professor of Systems and Design in the BIS Discipline. His research focuses on speculative approaches to 'knowing' and how scientific and societal practices bring forth unprecedented 'worlds' through their theory, design, and expectations of the future. Committed to preparing students for engaging the challenges of future(s) they are entering, Dirk is honoured as the 2018 Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year and recognised by the Wayne Lonergan Award for Outstanding Teaching. Dirk co-authored the AIS 2011 Best Paper on "Secondary Design," is a JAIS Senior Editor and track chair for prestigious IS conferences.
Maria Ishkova
With more than 15 years of award-winning experience in leading organisational communication in business, Dr Maria Ishkova is an education-focused academic in the discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, USBS. Maria coordinates undergraduate and postgraduate units of study and runs masterclasses on organisational communication for students and professional staff. Her innovative, industry-oriented while personalised approach to educational practice were acknowledged with the most prestigious USYD teaching awards, including Dean's Award for Teaching (2022), Academic Enhancement of Student Life Award (2022), SRES Inaugural Award "Relationship-rich Education" (2021), Vice Chancellor's Award for the Outstanding Teaching (2020, team), Wayne Lonergan Award (2019, team).
Kaiying Ji
Dr Kaiying Ji is a lecturer in the Discipline of Accounting at the University of Sydney Business School. She is a member of CPA Australia and CFA institute. Kaiying has taught in both Undergraduate and Postgraduate curriculum, in the areas of Accounting, Business and Work-integrated Learning. She has various research interests, including how to improve employability learning outcomes through Work-Integrated Learning curriculum and practice in higher education (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4332-3892).
Jane Kerr
Jane Kerr (PhD Candidate) is an Associate Lecturer in International Business at the University of Sydney Business School. Researching, publishing and teaching business and international management for over a decade, Jane's expertise encompasses China, business in Asia, organisational career management, cross-cultural and generation differences within organisations, and supporting first year undergraduate students transition to university. In addition to her award-winning teaching career, Jane's experience includes establishing research and engagement at University of Melbourne's Asialink Business, as well as collaborating with industry, government and NGOs such as AusTrade, PwC, Allianz and the Diversity Council of Australia.
Priya Khanna
Dr Priya Khanna is an academic, educator, and researcher with a background in science and medical education, and work experience in India and Australia. Dr Khanna's current research focuses on curriculum development and complex educational interventions using systems thinking and critical realist perspectives in health professional education as well as Indigenous Health. She currently works as a senior lecturer in Sydney Medical school, the University of Sydney.
Omer Konakci
Omer has been teaching here at the University of Sydney for 18 years. Over the years, he has lectured, tutored, and coordinated many units in The Business school. During these years, his focus has been finding ways to engage students in class to a lively and informed discussion environment.
Laura Kotevska
Laura Kotevska is a lecturer at the University of Sydney appointed in the Education Portfolio in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor. At the University of Sydney, Laura teaches Industry and Community Project Units. Her research is in the history of education, particularly approaches to teaching ethics and epistemology. She has an emerging research interest in the personal traits necessary for successful inquiry. She has written about her teaching experiences for Teaching@Sydney and the ABC.
Anthony Krivokapic
Anthony is a PhD candidate within the Discipline of Accounting and an Associate lecturer in the University of Sydney Business School. He is a keen teacher and has received a number of Dean's citations for teaching excellence. Anthony has experience in developing lecture materials, assessments and incorporating interactive learning technologies to maximise the student experience, across a number of senior masters level and capstone units. His research interests explore how accounting animates both organisational and social lives, with particular focus on digital platforms and novel technologies.
Ingrid Larkin
Ingrid Larkin is an educator and researcher in business, with special interest in work integrated learning. Ingrid has been recognised as a Fellow and National President's Award recipient of the Public Relations Institute of Australia. Ingrid has also received individual and team recognition through Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence and Performance Awards. Prior to joining QUT Business School in 2004, Ingrid was a senior public relations and communication professional in both corporate and consulting roles for clients across Australia and internationally. Ingrid maintains strong connections across industry and education, which is reflected in her research and her leadership of work integrated learning across QUT Business School.
Benjamin Lay
Dr Benjamin Lay is a Tutor in the Discipline of Accounting, Governance and Regulation. Benjamin teaches in multiple financial accounting units of study and has also assisted in their development, including through participation in education research projects. He was awarded the FFT Award for Teaching in 2022. Benjamin's research interests include corporate governance and corporate tax reporting.
Siew Ching Lee
Ching, currently studying for her second Master's degree, in Counselling. With a multilingual, Master's degree in learning & development. Ching has three career transitions, from being a Graphic Designer (over 10 years experience) to a Business/Graphic Trainer (over 5 years), and for over the last 10 years as a Senior/Learning Designer in the sectors of Higher Education, Finance & Banking, Vocation Education, Technology Innovation and Design & Marketing. With demonstrated strengths in the implementation and facilitation of blended learning solutions in both face-to-face and online delivery, complemented by a strong graphic design background, I pride myself on my adaptability, professionalism, and ability to juggle multiple priorities.
Henry Leung
Henry Leung worked as a senior analyst at BT Financial Group, Deutsche Bank and Commonwealth Securities before joining the University. In the process, he has gained extensive knowledge and practical experience in the engineering of large scale trading and dealing systems covering foreign exchange, equities, fixed income and derivatives products. He graduated from the University with first class honours in Electrical Engineering and Commerce (major in finance and economics) and successively completed a Masters of Business in Finance at the University of Technology, Sydney. Henry was a recipient of the Faculty of Economics and Business Research Scholarship.
Danielle Logan-Fleming
A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Danielle actively participates in international-level research, special interest groups and forums, consulting with colleagues and providing advice within both the education and industry sectors. She has received Group, Vice Chancellor and University awards for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and a National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in recognition of the impactful Teaching & Learning projects she has led to completion. Danielle's areas of expertise include authentic oral assessment, academic integrity, learning loss and curriculum alignment.
Vanessa Loh
Dr Vanessa Loh joined the University of Sydney Business School in 2017 as an education-focused academic responsible for co-designing the award-winning core undergraduate unit BUSS2000. As a Lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies since 2019, her PhD research on individual differences in learning has informed her students-as-partners approach, which provides opportunities for students to explore, individualise and co-create their own learning in ways that are most relevant to them within a structured learning environment. Her dedication to high-quality, student-focused teaching has resulted in repeat nominations for the Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teaching Award every year since 2019, and Unit of Study Student Survey Awards for Teaching since 2021.
Danilo Lopomo Beteto
Danilo is a Senior Lecturer in Finance (Education Focused) at the University of Sydney Business School. He has previously held academic appointments at the University of Queensland and Australian Institute of Business. In finance, Danilo's research predominantly focuses on financial crises and the impact of government intervention in financial markets; in education, Danilo has been studying the role of machine learning in the provision of efficient feedback and the use of mind maps in online learning. His research has been published in The International Review of Economics and Finance and the Journal of Financial Economic Policy, among others.
Simon Loria
Simon is teaching focussed academic in the Discipline of Business Analytics at USBS, who lectures in Decision Making, Operations and Project Management. Prior to teaching he spent 20 years in industry, firstly in consulting and then in construction and logistics. He is an alumnus of both UNSW and Macquarie University with degrees in Finance and Business Administration. He has a teaching philosophy that seeks to make his student's learning experience both authentic and engaging with the aim of developing within them, many of the graduate qualities that USYD promotes.
Rachael Lowe
Rachael is a Digital Learning Designer in the Business Co-Design team at The University of Sydney Business School. With a background in marketing and educational publishing Rachael enjoys working alongside teachers and educational developers to explore digital technologies and improve the student learning experience in large courses. She is passionate about creating and developing sustainable, accessible, and innovative online units of study.
Louise Luff
Louise is a Lecturer in the Accounting, Governance and Regulation Discipline and is a financial reporting specialist. Previously Louise worked in professional accounting and commercial roles including an accounting technical manager in the banking industry. Louise is a Fellow of Advance HE, a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and has co-authored several corporate reporting textbooks and publications for CA ANZ. In recognition of Louise's interest in developing resources to enhance student readiness for the business world, Louise was the recipient of a 2021 Dean's award for FFT and a 2020 Dean's Award for Teaching.
Stafford Lumsden
Dr Stafford Lumsden is an award-winning online teaching and learning specialist and educational designer with over a decade of classroom experience in the higher education sector. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Macquarie University, a Master of Research from the same institution, and a Master of Arts in TESOL from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Stafford has worked as an Educational Designer at the University of Wollongong (2018-2023) and more recently at the University of Sydney (2023-). Stafford's latest work on social semiotic approaches to examining learning management systems (Lumsden, Djonov & Slatyer, 2023) will appear in Designing Learning with Digital Technologies (Fei & Querol Julian, Eds., 2023) later this year.
Christine Luo
Christine Luo is the Lead Tutor of SIEN1000, the foundation unit of the new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Major/Minor. She is also an Associate Director at the NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet. She has been a Facilitator at the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) since 2018, teaching Management Accounting, Tax and Ethics & Business. She recently became a co-author and contributor to the CA ANZ elective "Sustainability for Accountants."
Hamish Malloch
Dr. Hamish Malloch commenced as a lecturer at the University of Sydney in 2009 and received his PhD from the same institution in 2011. Hamish's PhD involved the valuation of exotic options called "passport options" and this work has subsequently been published in the high quality international journal Quantitative Finance. Hamish's research interests lie in the field of mathematical/quantitative finance. Specifically, he is interested in theoretical models of derivative valuation and asset allocation and the empirical application of such models.
Robyn Martin
As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and certified HEA accreditor, Robyn is a USBS Lecturer in Academic Development and Leadership, having recently moved from the USYD DVC (Education) portfolio. She is currently coordinating the Open Learning unit 'Succeeding in a post-crisis world' where the student cohort draws from all USYD faculty, and also coordinates the Tutor Development Program – Engaged Learning in Tutorial Environments (ELiTE) as well as being the USBS central port of call for HEA fellowships. With her background in Leadership, Marketing and Business she has taught across USBS disciplines, in undergraduate/postgraduate courses, and within the DVC-E, Robyn taught into the USYD Modular Professional Learning Framework (MPLF) and coordinated the foundation and capstone units for the USYD GradCert in Educational Studies (Higher Education). Her current research focus investigates how academics develop their teaching practice in disrupted learning environments, such as COVID-19, and how we can develop learning environments for experienced academics to 'organically' develop their teaching practice.Prior to academia, Robyn had considerable international marketing/education corporate experience predominantly in Pharmaceuticals and not-for profit organizations.
Ryan Menner
Ryan Menner is an experienced research professional, focussing on public/community sector workforces; knowledge and expertise in organisations; and, science and public research funding. Ryan has held a number of roles across university research portfolios, that involve pure and applied qualitative research; developing and coordinating research strategies, policy and initiatives; research training and supervision of undergraduate research projects; industry/community engagement; and, communicating research findings / public forums. Further to this, Ryan has contributed to a number of university service roles through committee, academic network and union membership.
Joanne Nash
Joanne Nash is an Educational Designer with Business CoDesign at the University of Sydney. She brings a practical and strategic approach to educational design with extensive experience in unit coordination, lecturing, marketing, advertising and strategy. She is particularly interested in the codesign of units to help teaching outcomes, and ways to enhance academic integrity at the same time as student learning.
Hannah Nguyen
With a degree in English Literature and Business Management (University of Sydney), Hannah is motivated to utilize her written and verbal communication skills to explore disciplines in Work and Organisational Studies, Marketing and Management. Being a graduate and a passionate advocate of the Students as Partners approach, after working in the Business Development team at Amazon, Hannah has transitioned to the tertiary education sector as a professional staff member at the Business School and a teaching assistant in a hybrid classroom. Her dynamic approaches to creative and critical thinking bring new perspectives to transferring knowledge in the classroom and beyond.
Anastasios Panagiotelis
Anastasios Panagiotelis is an Associate Professor of Business Analytics at the University of Sydney Business School. He is also a Director of the International Institute of Forecasters. His work lies in the intersection of business analytics, statistics and econometrics. He conducts research on the development of novel statistical methodology and its application to large scale datasets in energy, macroeconomics and online retail. He led the Australian Research Council Discovery Project "Macroeconomic Forecasting in a Big Data World". This project saw the launch of www.ausmacrodata.org, a website that enables researchers to easily search for and download data on over 40,000 Australian macroeconomic variables. Anastasios received his PhD from the University of Sydney.
Stacey Petersen
Stacey Petersen works as a Digital Learning Designer in the Business Co-Design team at USYD, building sustainable Connected Learning at Scale (CLaS) units that bring engaging digital learning experiences to students. With a background in communications, distilling information and transforming it into something meaningful to the receiver is something that informs all aspects of both my life and learning design practice.
Carlos Prieto
Dr Carlos Prieto is a senior learning technologist in learning analytics and EdTech design for higher education. He has experience working in EdTech projects for the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney in data-centric projects, co-design, and learner experience design. Currently working as a senior learning technologist for the USYD Business School.
Corina Raduescu
MInfSys, BIT, GradCertEdStud (Higher Education), Associate Fellow (HERDSA)Corina is a Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems with teaching and research focus on innovative experiential and multidisciplinary learning environments. Corina has been instrumental in leading University and School wide curriculum initiatives, Bachelor of Commerce Capstone and Industry and Community Project Units, aimed to produce graduates that adapt and thrive in today's dynamic world. Corina was also part of the team that designed the first Multidisciplinary Major in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She was successful in receiving educational innovation grants and was awarded the Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation and Wayne Lonergan Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Abdul Razeed
Dr Abdul Razeed is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Accounting at the Business School. Abdul's research area focuses on examining how different technologies influence the adoption, reporting of and the dissemination of social and environmental by organisations. Abdul also researches into exploring how the superannuation savings in Australia and around the word are influenced by key Accounting and economic indicators. Abdul has co-authored two academic books and a case study. He teaches across both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs. His passion lies in developing and continually innovating in large core units.
Jessica Richards
Jessica is a lecturer in Sports Management with her research and teaching interests centred on enhancing the fan experience. She has taught and coordinated units in the Sports Management discipline for students pursuing a Bachelor of Business degree in the field. Jessica's teaching accomplishments include several awards, and she has also secured grants and scholarships for both research and teaching. Her expertise in the areas of sports fandom, stadium design and gender is reflected in her numerous published articles. Additionally, Jessica has demonstrated a passion for curriculum transformation and design, having redeveloped several units within the Sport Management major.
Heather Robson
Heather Robson is the Business School's Manager, Education Support and Student Success and has oversight of the Business School's delivery of assessment, from exam creation to delivery, as well as academic integrity and appeals.
Veronica Schulz
Veronica Schulz is a second-year PhD student in the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney Business School and a tutor in the Business Analytics discipline and Master of Commerce discipline. Veronica is a passionate tutor who consistently strives to enhance the learning and engagement of her students. Veronica also received the Dean's Award for FFT in 2022.
Tony Shang
Tony Shang is an Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in the Discipline of Business Analytics at the University of Sydney Business School. With expertise in teaching quantitative subjects in an engaging and entertaining way, Tony is known for his ability to connect with students and make complex topics accessible. As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), Tony has a proven track record of success, consistently receiving top marks from students with feedback scores of 4.8+/5.0.
Sunprit Singh
Assistant Digital Learning Designer passionate about all things design and problem-solving in the world of higher education.
Popi Sotiriadou
Dr. Popi Sotiriadou is a distinguished international expert in the field of "Managing High Performance Sport" and a true pioneer in "Sports Education". Her vast range of expertise encompasses various areas including "Digital Innovation and Technologies", "Sports Infrastructure and Facility Management", "Athlete Management", "Women in Sport", and "Sports Accessibility and Inclusive Practices". Driven by her passion for creating inclusive, safe, and enabling environments for athletes, para-athletes, and sports participants of all backgrounds, Dr. Sotiriadou focuses on advancing enabling programs, technologies, and successful sport development policies, programs, and events.
Daniela Spanjaard
Daniela's background comes from industry experience working for multinational market research agencies specialising in Fast Moving Consumer Goods. She has extensive curriculum design and development experience and has led multiple teams in revisioning the student experience with a specific focus on graduate employability via the application of experiential learning. She is also a Senior Fellow for AdvanceHE and a Qualified Professional Researcher for The Research Society.
Jennifer Sun
Jennifer Z. Sun is a lecturer in finance at the University of Sydney. She has a strong passion for educational research, with a focus on first-year transition pedagogy, academic integrity, and sustainable learning. Her practices focus on designing authentic assessments and creating a feedback loop to promote student learning experiences and learning outcomes. She has a growing interest in student-staff partnerships to make the course inclusive and engaging for students.
Stephen Tierney
Stephen Tierney (FHEA) is a lecturer in Business Analytics and teaches computational statistics, data science and machine learning. His research interests include computer vision, image processing, data visualisation and recommendation systems.
Martin Turner
Martin has more than two decades experience in the financial markets: investment banking, funds management and private equity. He first lectured in accounting four decades ago (at UNSW) at the age of 21, while doing an honours year in Accounting. He has since taught over 10,000 university students: face-to-face, hybrid and online. He is a senior lecturer at CQUniversity. His PhD is in Accounting Education. He researches learning and teaching accounting, focusing on how we can support students to learn for understanding and developing personal meaning, as they develop their professional skills.
Maria Tyler
Dr Maria Tyler is a certified practising accountant and an accounting lecturer with CQUniversity. She has about two decades of tertiary teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and is experienced in curriculum design, development, and implementation. Dr Tyler gained her PhD in Accounting in 2014 and holds several other formal qualifications including an MBA. She is a Fellow with CPA Australia and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dr Tyler has worked in the corporate world for over two decades, with a background predominantly in public practice.
Jessica Tyrrell
Dr Jessica Tyrrell is a teacher and educational researcher with 10 years' experience in the tertiary sector. Jessica's teaching interests focus on studio-based pedagogies and facilitating creative research. Jessica joined the University of Sydney's Business School in 2019 as a Lecturer in Educational Development with Business Co-Design. Jessica is currently co-designing educational innovations in a range of units as part of the Connected Learning at Scale (CLaS) strategic project. Jessica received the Dean's Citation for Tutoring in 2020 and has recently published research on crowdsourcing for learning in the Postdigital Science and Education journal.
Carmen Vallis
Carmen Vallis leads co-design projects for the Connected Learning at Scale (CLaS) initiative with business academics and a multidisciplinary team, to transform learner experience. Her work and research are informed by her multidisciplinary background, spanning Education, English, Creative Writing and Information and Communication Technologies. She has taught English as a Second Language, English and ICTs across the secondary, vocational and adult education sectors, and led learning design teams to creatively solve educational problems. Her expertise is in writing, digital design pedagogies and the research and evaluation of educational innovations, including emerging educational design processes. She is Associate Editor, Educational Technology for The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice(JUTLP).
Andrey Vasnev
Andrey Vasnev is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Business Analytics at the University of Sydney Business School. He graduated in Applied Mathematics from Moscow State University in 1998. In 2001 he completed his Master's degree in Economics in the New Economic School, Moscow. In 2006 he received Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Department of Econometrics and Operations Research at Tilburg University under the supervision of Jan R. Magnus. He worked as a credit risk analyst in ABN AMRO bank before joining the University of Sydney.
Ranjit Voola
Associate Professor Ranjit Voola spent all his childhood watching his parents (gynaecologist and surgeon) providing subsidized and/or free treatment to the poorest of the poor in a non-profit hospital in India. This experience provided unique insights into the lived realities of the poor and created a desire to address some of the vulnerabilities the poor confront daily. Furthermore, as a Kidney Transplant Recipient from a live donor, the relentless nature of the disease as well as the kindness of the donor, has provided Ranjit with a lived experience of vulnerability and kindness. These experiences have shaped the type of academic he wants to be, an academic whose research, teaching and engagement attempt to make lives better, by reimagining the purpose of for-profit firms. With its tagline ofleaving no one behind, the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., End poverty; No hunger, Gender equality), provide an ideal context to realize these academic goals.
James Walker
James was a Dalyell Scholar and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor or Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Finance and Computer Science). He has since joined Goldman Sachs Australia as an Analyst. LinkedIn profile
Dewa Wardak
Dewa is a Lecturer in Educational Development with the Business Co-Design team. She is a Fellow of AdvanceHE and a member of the University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC1). She has a background in Learning Sciences and Technologies and is interested in educational design, co-design for learning, networked learning, multimodal approaches to the analysis of learning and teaching, and ethics.
Dewa Wardak
Associate Professor Janis Wardrop is an award-winning Academic leader, educational change agent and commentator on management education, business ethics and governance. With 15+ years' experience in academia as both lecturer, program leader and manager her expertise lies in adopting a holistic approach to curriculum design and delivery. She is a leader, mentor and champion of education focussed colleagues both at UNSW and across the sector. Janis is also co-Chair of the NSW branch of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia, and also serves on the Oceania committee of the Management and Organizational Behaviour Teaching Society.
Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Wilson is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director (CLaS Project) with Business Co-Design (BCD). Prior to this she worked with Educational Innovation in Business as Academic Lead, Teaching Practice. She is a Senior Fellow (SFHEA) of Advance HE (UK), and a member of the Co-design: Transforming Education and the Student Experience in Business Research Group. Her research spans peer learning, educational futures, studio learning, and the designed environment in higher education.
Eliza Wu
Dr Eliza Wu is the Head of the Discipline of Finance at the University of Sydney Business School. Eliza's expertise lies within finance and banking as well as work-integrated learning and teaching. She is the Co-Director of the Business Financing and Banking Research Group at the University of Sydney and she has successfully led collaborations with many international research teams and has been awarded several Australian Research Council Discovery Grants. Eliza is passionate about and experienced in delivering work-integrated learning and teaching and she is engaged in capstone teaching at the University of Sydney. She is an innovative educator and has received the Dean's Citation for Teaching Excellence.
Jesse Xu
Dr Jesse Xu is the Assistant Manager of Learning Spaces and Services in the University of Sydney Library and manages the operations of the Technology Makerspaces in the University of Sydney (ThinkSpace and CreateSpace), as well as a team of talented Peer Learning Advisors in the University of Sydney. The collaboration between Peer Learning Advisors who operate in the Technology Spaces and with University academic teachers have increased core digital literacy skills in students. The inclusion of technology as part of the student's information and digital literacy is becoming a more important aspect of the student journey, and through novel pedagogical methods, students can continue to develop this core graduate attribute using Library services.
Enosh Yeboah
Enosh is an Assistant Learning Designer with the Business Co-design team at the University of Sydney. A passionate education professional with 10 years of experience in a variety of roles, such as teaching, education support, and, most recently, learning design, all of which are based on a commitment to student engagement, inclusion, accessibility, and understanding.
Anna Young-Ferris
Anna Young-Ferris, PhD, SFHEA, is an ESG, sustainability and climate accounting specialist bringing over two decades of academic and corporate experience. Her award-winning research examines the integration of ESG information in investment. She leads the design and delivery of Responsible Business Mindset (BUSS5220) jumbo MCom unit and has begun publishing in the responsible management education field. Anna is the School's Academic Lead for UN PRME and SDG integration. In 2022, Anna and her team were awarded the prestigious Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability. She consults regularly to industry on leading practice ESG and sustainability reporting global developments.
Sandris Zeivots
Sandris Zeivots is a Lecturer - Educational Development with Business Co-Design at the University of Sydney Business School. He investigates how to design and implement innovative learning experiences that are engaging, meaningful and purposeful. With a professional background in experiential learning, Sandris explores how to design impactful events to strategically improve the experiences of learners through experiential education, emotional engagement, and learning spaces.
Esther (Jiahui) Zeng
Esther completed a Postgraduate Degree in Finance and Data Analysis for Business with us in 2023. She joined Basiq as a data analyst intern last year and has more recently taken on the role of full-time Junior Data Analyst. LinkedIn profile