Professor Janelle Wilkes
Professor - School of Environmental and Rural Science
Biography
Professor Janelle Wilkes has extensive experience in higher education including leadership roles in learning and teaching at a university and Australasian level.
Janelle is the Program Leader of Education and Training for the Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre (ZNE-Ag CRC). She oversees research and training that supports Australia's transition in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Whilst continuing to teach into sustainable agricultural systems, fundamentals of agriculture and feedlot management.
Janelle is an active researcher in sustainable management of feedlots, ammonia reduction in housed ruminants, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) - UNE
- PhD (Environmental Engineering) - UNE
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - UNE
Awards
2017 - Senior Fellow Advance HE (UK)
2017 - UNE Award for Teaching Excellence
2012 - Office of Teaching and Learning Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2011 - School of Environmental and Rural Science Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
2009 - National Finalist in the Lecturer of the Year (Uni Jobs)
Teaching Areas
- Sustainable Agricultural Management
- Fundamentals in Agriculture
- Feedlot Management
Memberships
Member - International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)
Chair - Australasian University Agriculture Education Award for Excellence in Teaching
Member - Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture Learning & Teaching Academy Steering Group (founding member)
Member - Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture Learning & Teaching Academy
Member - Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)
