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Associate ProfessorKaren Young

Associate Professor

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Office of the Executive Dean Science, Engineering and Built Environment

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Office of the Executive Dean Science, Engineering and Built Environment
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

I am the Academic Director, Work Integrated Learning in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment (SEBE) at Deakin Uuniversity. I lead strategic and operational initiaves in WIL. My engagement is framed by the nexus of teaching, research and service via an action-research approach, which has resulted in a track record of delivering high impact faculty-wide enhancements to existing and emerging whole-of-course WIL practices purposefully designing, delivering and measuring student employability learning.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, Office of the Executive Dean Science, Engineering and Built Environment

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Academic WIL Director, SEBE
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia2011 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Monash University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
  • HEA Senior Fellowship
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Education systems
  • Specialist studies in education
  • Curriculum and pedagogy

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Office of the Executive Dean Science, Engineering and Built Environment