About me

I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Murdoch University. I have a passion for teaching, with extensive teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, and am the recipient of more than 20 Excellence in Learning and Teaching awards. I have published numerous books, chapters in books, and articles in domestic and international journals. I am the joint author of Australia's most widely-used first year university economics text book, Essentials of Economics (Pearson Australia), which is now in its sixth edition. My research areas include regional economics and labour economics. I also value contributing to the public discourse in economics, with 33 radio interviews, 29 media articles, and 2 television interviews.

Awards

National Winner: Australian Award for Excellent in Educational Publishing - Teaching and Learning
Australian Publishers Association (Australia, Sydney) - APA, 2002
Best Text Book Adaption - All Discipline Categories - Runner Up. Essentials of Economics.
Australian Publishers Association (Australia, Sydney) - APA, 2010
Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Murdoch University (Australia, Perth), April 2019
Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Murdoch University (Australia, Perth), March 2018

Organisational Affiliations

Senior Lecturer, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University

Member, Economic Society of Western Australia

Education

Economics
19851988, Bachelor of Economics (BEc, BEconSc; sometimes BA(Econ) or BSc(Econ)), The University of Western Australia (Australia, Perth) - UWA

With Honours

Economics
19921995, Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Murdoch University (Australia, Perth)
Economics
20002007, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Canberra (Australia, Canberra) - UC
Language Studies
20002001, Certificate III Applied Language Studies - German, Technical and Further Education (TAFE), Western Australia
Language Studies
20022003, Certificate IV in Applied Language Studies - German, Technical and Further Education (TAFE), Western Australia