Biography
My professional identity is a Dental Technologist, who after 23 years of teaching Dental Technology (1999 - February 2023) transitioned to being an Educational Developer (mid-May 2023) in the Academy of Future Education at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, and an Honorary Research Associate (HRA) in the Department of Operations and Quality Management at DUT, South Africa. A Fulbright Fellow, Teaching Advancements at Universities Fellow, and Y2 NRF-rated researcher, my research interests include virtual exchanges through COIL, the Teaching - Research - Professional Practice Development Nexus within a transdisciplinary learning system, Specifications Grading, and innovative pedagogies such as game-based teaching and learning.
