I present an equal balance of research, teaching and practical experience. My teaching philosophy reflects my interests in identifying and nurturing entrepreneurial intentions among business students through the application of student-centred teaching that foster learning by students and teacher alike. This means that in both composition and classes, I encourage students to spend a fair amount of time in smaller groups to engage with the subject and I apply a range of teaching methodologies and assessment strategies for teaching that is appropriate to the discipline and type of session.

I have a good wealth of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students both in undergraduate and graduate programs utilising multiple formats, including contact, low-residency, hybrid, and online.

 My scholarly interests range widely, encompassing entrepreneurship and focusing on the culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competencies, family businesses, entrepreneurship education and the informal economy.  I am a member of the Global Women Entrepreneurship Program involved in OECD projects on women entrepreneurship policies. I am also an external examiner at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.