Work stuff
I’ve been at Macquarie for…
Seven-and-a-half years.

In a nutshell, my job is to…
Provide support and best practice advice in all things related to learning and teaching in the Faculty of Human Sciences.

The question I hear most often in my work is…
Why can’t I give letter grades in Turnitin? (Turnitin is the software Macquarie uses for text matching and online feedback for written assessment tasks).

The top three things on my to-do list today are…
1) Answer these questions.
2) Review a new program proposal.
3) Work on an online unit standards document.

If I could do any other job at Macquarie (with instant qualifications/knowledge) it would be…
It hasn’t been created yet, but it would be the Manager of the MQ Doggy Day Care Centre.

A Macquarie staff member who impressed me last week…
My team member Kylie Coaldrake. She is incredibly patient and knowledgeable in guiding the Faculty of Human Sciences through the Curriculum Architecture project.

I get my campus coffee fix from …
Cult over in 10HA. Best coffee on campus!

If you were given $50 million to create or build something at Macquarie, what would you do with it?
That’s a lot of money, so many possibilities! Top of the list would be to set up a Doggy Day Care Centre and develop a ‘Dogs at Work’ policy. Second, would be to install solar panels on all buildings.

Personal life
Outside work, you’ll often find me…
Hanging out with my pooch, Samuel and drinking coffee.

I’m really looking forward to…
A trip to Hobart with my friend, Sal. We’re going to visit MONA, eat good food and drink good wine.

The most amazing place I’ve ever visited is…
The pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico.

If I could have dinner with anyone (living or dead) it would be…
The artist Louise Bourgeois.

The last great book I read was…
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, by Peter Frankopan.