I am a Lecturer, Secondary Social Science, who specialises in geography education. I convene and teach the undergraduate and postgraduate methodology courses for Geography, and Economics-Business; I am also Deputy Director, Master of Teaching (primary and secondary). My research interests focus on transition into the profession, transformation of pedagogical practice in the geography classroom, and out-of-field teaching.

My recently completed doctoral research was a qualitative, longitudinal study focused on transition into the teaching profession and transformation of pedagogical practice in the secondary Geography classroom. The research was conducted with five teacher education students in three phases as they completed their final year of study in an initial teacher education program, entered the profession, and transitioned to their early-career years. Archer's theory of reflexivity was used determine the enabling and constraining influences on practice. Reflection and pedaogy was the conceptual frame, using the Teaching and Assessing for Reflective Learning (TARL) model (Ryan & Ryan, 2013, 2015) and the Professional Standards for the Accomplished Teaching of Geography (GEOGStandards) (Hutchinson & Kriewaldt, 2010). During my doctoral candidature I received the Faculty of Human Sciences Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research.

Outside of Macquarie University, I continue to advocate for quality geography education within initial teacher education programs and in school-based settings through active engagement with the professional associations for geography: President, Geography Teachers Associaton of NSW and ACT (GTANSW&ACT); Chair, Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA); Co-opted member, Geographical Society of NSW; and AGTA Representative for the Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG). 

In 2019 I was appointed by the Academy of Singapore Teachers and Ministry of Education, Singapore, as the Outstanding Educator In Residence for geographical education. The appointment focused on pedagogical practice in Geography, particularly around the incorporation of inquiry-based learning and fieldwork activities in to teaching, learning and assessment programs. Responsibilities associated with this in-country appointment included collaborating closely with the Academy of Singapore Teachers to develop and deliver a series of Masterclasses for in-service teachers of Geography; designing and teaching demonstration lessons in local schools with local students; and participating in a national curriculum dialogue with policy-makers.