Frances Chang

Biography – Frances Chang

I am an experienced academic with extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and am skilled in managing large and small student enrolments. My experience spans higher level roles, developing and leading teaching academics and mentoring teaching staff.

I bring strong industry experience to my teaching, having held senior management and marketing positions in multinational corporations. I continue to engage with industry leaders and entrepreneurs to ensure currency and relevancy in my teaching and research.

Following are highlights of my academic roles, achievements, research and teaching interests.

Academic roles:

• Lecturer in the Department of Management, Macquarie University Business School
• Current Course Director, Master of Commerce Degree
• Teaching Excellence Advisor
• Previous Academic Integrity Officer for Department of Management

Awards:

• 2021 Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Higher Education Advance, UK
• 2021 MQBS Teaching Excellence Award
• 2021 Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching Highly Commended Finalist
• 2019 Macquarie Business School Sessional Staff Learning and Teaching Award
• 2019 Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching Highly Commended Finalist Sessional Staff
• Teaching success 2016 (Macquarie University, Dept of Marketing and Management) 

Grants:

• 2020 Teaching Grant under MQBS Teaching Leadership Support Scheme (TLSS)
• 2021 Adobe Creative Cloud Grant
• Australian Government Postgraduate Award 2013 (APA)
• Macquarie University Postgraduate Research Fund 2013 (MQPGRF) 

Research and Teaching interests:

• Entrepreneurship and small business
• Social networks
• Internationalization
• Business Models
• Pedagogical methods and Management Education

International and domestic academic conferences and Visiting positions: 

• Presented my research at several international and domestic conferences, notably Academy of Management (AOM), Higher Education Research and Development Australasia (HERDSA), Academy of International Business (AIB), Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE), Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA), European International Business Academy (EIBA), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).
• Visiting scholar at Goettinger University, Germany, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Columbia and Shanghai International Studies University, China.

I continue to explore creative ways to engage students in ways that impact students’ learning and continue to collaborate with colleagues in ways that impact our practices for the benefit of learning for students and academics.