Academic background

Articles, presentations, teaching, research

2010	Faculty of Arts and Sciences, UNE	Research	Investigation of how the teaching of physiology can be adapted to take account of the diversity of backgrounds and future paths of students
2010	School of Law, UNE	Research	Assisting a Professor of Law to locate material on the establishment of self-government in NSW and the Canadas
2010	School of Humanities, UNE	Teaching and marking	Lecturer (casual) RELS387/587: Earliest Christianity-Text and Context
2010	School of Health, UNE	Research	Benchmarking the Grad Dip Mental Health course against professional association competencies – for DHA grant project
2010	School of Rural Medicine, UNE	Research	e-Portfolios in higher education – research report for ALTC grant project
2010	Journal of Biblical Literature	Article	“How Accurate are Eyewitnesses? Bauckham and the Eyewitnesses in the Light of Psychological Research”
2008	Society of Biblical Literature International Conference	Participant Paper	“Eyewitness testimony in psychological research – some consequences for Richard Bauckham’s work”
2007	Faculty of Arts and Sciences Postgraduate Conference	Participant Paper	“If the Gospels were eyewitness accounts, what difference would it make to biblical scholarship?”
2007	Rice University, Houston, Texas	Religious Studies Department	Visiting Scholar, working with Prof April DeConick, Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies
2006	UNE	RELS 306/406: Earliest Christianity: Social Context and Sacred Text	Teaching Assistant – residential school: Methods of Textual Interpretation
2006	UNE	Introductory Coptic	Tutor
2006	Tertiary Campus Ministry Association Annual Conference	Participant Paper	“Commemorating Death on a Multi-cultural, Multi-faith Campus”
2005	NH&MRC Ethics in Human Research Conference	Participant Paper (with Dr Debra Panizzon)	“Evaluating online teaching – teachers as researchers”
2005	UNE Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference	Participant Paper	“The Parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas – a comparison with the Synoptic versions”
2002,3,5	Tertiary Campus Ministry Association Annual Conference	Participant Workshop	Introduction to Tertiary Chaplaincy
1996	“A Virtual University?” National Conference University of Melbourne	Participant Case Study	“Creating Community and Collegiality on a Virtual Campus”

Degrees and diplomas

1995	Masters in Theology Qualifying (Theol M Qual) Thesis topic: “A Survey of Christian Feminist Writings as They Relate to Corporate Worship – an examiniation of Uniting in Worship in the light of contemporary feminist theological writings”	Melbourne College of Divinity
1987	Bachelor of Divinity (BD) Major: Ethics and Pastoral Care	Melbourne College of Divinity
1980	Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics (Grad Dip Nut & Diet)	Queensland Institute of Technology
1977	Bachelor of Science in Agricultre (B Sc Agr) Research topic: “The Effect of Feeding Oat Bran and Brown Meal to Broiler Chickens”	University of Sydney