Research
My research trajectory has been atypical and highly disrupted, having either heavy teaching or administration load throughout my entire career. My average FTE is 1.0, and my average research workload over my career is 20%. 80% of my time has been taken up by teaching and leadership
An overview of my research:
$2.2 million+ in research funding in Category 1, international and internal grants.
6700+ citations, an H-index of 29 and i10 index of 40 (Google Scholar)
58 articles and book chapters
I have cross-discipline expertise and have PhDs in education and psychology.
FWCI is 4.25 for the last 5 years
I have supervised 6 HDR students (as primary or associate) and 40 Honours students to completion.
Ranked among the world's top 2% of scientists by Stanford University/Elsevier for the single years of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 (released in late 2023) and ranked in the world's top 2% of scientists for career-long achievement in 2022.
Given my limited time dedicated to research throughout my career to date, these metrics indicate that the research I produce is impactful. I have done this by leveraging: (1) my discipline knowledge in health psychology and behaviour modification and applying it to the higher education context, (2) my expertise in online and large class teaching, and (3) my high-level leadership roles, which give me insights into translation practices of importance.
My research interests:
My primary research interest is understanding how University students self-regulate their learning in online settings and how this might differ from students who have the opportunity to attend University on-campus (key papers in next section).
In addition, I am interested in the scholarship of teaching learning- with particular emphasis on:
Determinants of student success, engagement, and retention,
Use of feedback and other online technologies to ensure positive student outcomes even in large cohort settings, and
Feedback and evaluative judgment in learning
Health behaviour change:
The application of health behaviour change principles to improve healthy lifestyle choices in the general population as well as at-risk groups,
Development of risk models based on psychosocial determinants of poor health behaviour.
