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As both a practitioner and a pedagogue Nan’s relationship with the Schools of Architecture and Design at Victoria University has been an enduring one and one of which she is very proud. It is only in recent years that Nan has shifted her primary focus to academia and taken on the roles of First Year Programme Director, Deputy Head of the School, and now Programme Director of the newest programme Design for Social Innovation. Nan’s teaching asks students to study, debate and demonstrate through their process and practice the roles and responsibilities of both design and designers in society. A specific emphasis of both her teaching and research is the incorporation of indigenous, place-based knowledge as a critical component within sustainable design practices and a facilitator towards positive social change through design. Nan believes in taking an inclusive approach to the teaching and learning environment, and embracing diversity in order to introduce students to the multiplicities and intricacies of the design world, its vocabulary and its possibilities. Nan encourages an environment in which our students are both well-equipped and confident enough to confront and challenge the complexities held within the environments they both inhabit and design within. Her approach has gained recognition across the wider university and she was awarded the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award for 2016 for her leadership in this work.
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