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4.08/20/2025

Always approachable and supportive.

4.05/21/2025

Makes complex ideas simple and clear.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages students to think creatively.

4.02/27/2025

Inspires students to love learning.

5.02/5/2025

Great Professor!

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About Kathleen

Dr Kathleen Mahon serves as Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Innovation at the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland, within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. She also holds the position of Docent (Associate Professor) in Pedagogical Work at the University of Borås, Sweden, where she has served as an academic developer since 2016. Mahon completed her PhD at Charles Sturt University in 2014, focusing on critical pedagogical praxis in higher education. Her career includes more than twenty years of teaching and leadership in secondary schools in Queensland and the Northern Territory, as well as in outdoor education centers in Queensland, Australia. She currently supervises PhD candidates in Sweden and Uganda and supports University of Queensland staff in enhancing teaching practices, courses, programs, student experiences, and scholarly engagement with teaching and learning.