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Dr Hae Seong Jang is an award-winning lecturer in Korean Studies with over 15 years' teaching experience. As an educator, Hae Seong has lectured in both South Korea and Australia, on topics including Korean Language, Korean Contemporary Gender and Culture, and Korean Literature. Hae Seong holds a Master of Arts in Sociology and a Doctor of Arts in Gender and Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney. She is also a dedicated visual ethnographer, amateur photographer and author, with her latest publication Social Identities of Indigenous Young People in Contemporary Australia: Neo-colonial north, Yarrabah published in 2015.

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Monica Jarman has been teaching senior high school English for 15 years. Her English Standard, Advanced, Extension 1 and Extension 2 students are regularly in the highest bands of achievement in the HSC. She has been involved in all areas of the HSC assessment process. She has Masters degrees from Sydney and Deakin Universities, has recently published on Jane Austen post texts in the Jane Austen Society of Australia Journal, ‘Sensibilities’ and presented at the 2013 biennial Romanticism Studies of Australasia Association conference.

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Katie is a senior digital marketer who specialises in paid media and marketing analytics. She leads the digital arm of Pinstripe Media, an Australian media company with a dedicated focus on small business, startups and personal finance that engages more than 2 million monthly users across its brands and media platforms.

Previously, Katie managed global PPC and nurture marketing campaigns at STAT Search Analytics, increasing conversion rates by 67%. As a member of the founding team at RED Academy, Katie managed a team of 10 and launched technology schools in Vancouver and Toronto. She also developed the digital marketing program which maintains a graduate hiring rate of 100% within 3 months. Prior to teaching at RED Academy and BCIT, Katie founded two startups in digital media and fashion technology. She also worked with the Mindset Social Innovation Foundation to add ‘access to affordable medicine’ to the UN’s 2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

Katie has been recognised by American Express and Ashoka as one of the top 45 emerging innovators in North America. She holds Google certifications in AdWords and Analytics, a Diploma in User Experience Design, and is completing her Masters in Learning and Technology.

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Miranda Jefferson. Tutor of CCE

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Kapp Jenny. Tutor of CCE

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Jo Jenwood. Tutor of CCE

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Sarah Jessup. Tutor of CCE

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Xiaojing Ji was selected by the Confucius Institute Headquarters of China to assist Chinese language teaching at the University of Sydney Confucius Institute. She is an experienced Chinese language instructor at Fudan University, China with extensive Chinese language teaching experience. She has taught at Nottingham University Confucius Institute in the U.K. and State University of New York at Albany in America. Ms Ji is experienced of teaching Chinese to non-Chinese speaking background students of all levels and ages, upholding a student-centered pedagogy while adopting a flexible teaching approach with respect to students' varied learning needs and styles. She is also adept at combining Chinese language teaching with Chinese culture to enhance the classroom experience. As an intercultural communicator, she takes delight in sharing her own understanding of Chinese language and culture with people from various backgrounds, as well as learning from their cultures.

Xiaojing holds a B.A in Chinese as a Foreign Language from Shanghai International Studies University and a Master in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Fudan University.

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Allen is a product manager with EY, where he focuses on emerging industries such as space technology, AI, blockchain, and sustainability. Previously Allen was a product manager at Qantas where he helped launch a greenfield venture in insurance and wellbeing. Originally from the USA, Allen was a product manager and entrepreneur of digital healthcare start-ups in the Silicon Valley.

Allen received a B.A. in Psychology and began his early career in technology investment banking. Allen has taught courses in Sydney and San Francisco, which have helped students explore various career paths, land jobs, and see the world in new ways.

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Michelle completed her Master of Clinical Psychology and PhD degrees at The University of New South Wales. She has extensive experience working with adults presenting with a wide range of psychological issues. Her primary area of interest and expertise is in the assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Michelle is also working part-time as a psychologist at WSLHD Anxiety Treatment and Research Unit, an outpatient anxiety disorders specialist clinic at Cumberland Hospital, where she works extensively with adults presenting with severe anxiety disorders with complex comorbid issues. Michelle’s treatment approach is primarily informed by Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), due to the strong research evidence for its efficacy. She is also trained in other evidence-based therapy approaches and skills, such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Michelle has several research publications in peer-reviewed journals from her PhD. She has also been invited to provide presentations on anxiety disorders to other health professionals in the Western Sydney Local Health District. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA), and the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT).