MsJan Fermelis

Jan Fermelis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Jan has been employed by Deakin for more than twenty years, teaching a range of units which fit into the broad 'Management' discipline including Change Management, Human Resource Management, Management, Business Communication, Academic Communication and Interpersonal Skills. During that time she has received numerous faculty and university awards, including the Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Achievement for Student Support Services, Faculty of Business and Law Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Faculty's Operational Plan in Student Support and Faculty of Business and Law Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Faculty's Strategic Priorities in Teaching. In 2007, her teaching achievements were recognised nationally when the Australian Carrick Institute awarded her one of their prized citations for the collaborative development of generic skills in business communication and the associated support of international student learning in commerce.

Jan has presented academic papers at many annual conventions and regional conferences on pedagogic topics including teamwork, self and peer assessment, electronic portfolios, use of second language teaching techniques, as well as aspects of intercultural business communication. She has also published on some of these areas within Cross-Cultural management: An International Journal, Business Communication Quarterly, and within edited research books. Jan has undertaken qualitative research for her PhD studies at Monash University, on the intercultural adaptations to communication style made by Australian expatriate business managers working with local Chinese subordinates in Shanghai, and hopes to complete her doctorate in the near future.