Louise is currently Course Director (Undergraduate Nursing) and a PhD candidate. Since joining Charles Sturt University as a Lecturer in Nursing in 2008, Louise has held teaching, subject coordination and leadership roles including Nursing Discipline Lead and Course Director. In her leadership roles Louise has contributed to governance processes and led major curriculum review and professional accreditation activities, with a focus on educational quality and student experience.

A graduate of Charles Sturt’s Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Nursing programs, Louise is currently undertaking doctoral research exploring educational mobility for rural, regional and remote nurses, with a focus on understanding how further education for nurses can strengthen the nursing workforce and improve health outcomes in underserved communities.

Drawing on her academic leadership and clinical background in rural critical care and emergency nursing, Louise’s interests include nursing education, curriculum design, professional accreditation, student success and the development of a sustainable rural, regional and remote nursing workforce.