Dr Sandra Barker

Sandy Barker is a Lecturer in Management at UniSA Business. As a lecturer Sandy is involved in teaching and curriculum development for undergraduate students.

Sandy has a PhD (Business), Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Digital Learning), Graduate Certificate in Education (University Teaching), and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemistry). In early 2021 Sandy was awarded Senior Fellowship with Advance HE (SFHEA). Her PhD investigated the management of end-user computing and end-user development of small-scale information systems. In education, Sandy has a research interests in authentic assessment, feedback and experiential learning with a focus on work placements, graduate qualities/enterprise skills, learning analytics, business simulations and role play. All courses that she teaches have an experiential component to ensure students are ready for the professional world as soon as they graduate.

She is a current member of the ASCILITE Executive, has acted as a campus representative for ASCILITE for many years, was the Convenor for the 2016 ASCILITE conference and was on the organising committee of the 2003 ASCILITE conference held in Adelaide. 

Sandy operated her own database development business for five years prior to joining the University where she worked in a consulting capacity in the mining and fitness industries. Her primary role was the construction of small-scale databases using Microsoft Access however she also consulted in information systems solutions, developed some small software training courses and developed business and advertising documents for her clients. Sandy has also worked as a purchasing and production manager in the chemical and education sectors, as well as a laboratory technician and supervisor in the wine industry.

Sandy's community involvement has included committee positions with the South Australian United Church Netball Association, Morialta Uniting Netball Club, Payneham Cricket Club and East Marden Primary School as well as being a key organiser on national netball tournaments and major fundraising projects. Sandy was the project manager for the implementation of STEP 2010 in the School of Management.

ascilite - Executive Board member (2020), Member and Campus Representative (2000-2020),HERDSA - Member (2002-2007)

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (Business and Management) University of South Australia

• Graduate Certificate in Education (University Teaching) University of South Australia

• Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Digital Learning) University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemistry) University of Central Queensland

• Associate Diploma of Applied Chemistry South Australian Institute of Technology

Work history

• Undergraduate Student Placements and Internships/Lecturer (Level B), University of South Australia, 2015 – 2020
• Teaching and Online Leader, University of South Australia, 2018-2019
• Lecture (Level B), University of South Australia, 2014 – 2015 
• Associate Lecturer (Level A), University of South Australia, 2001 – 2013
• Finance Officer and Administrator, University of South Australia,1999 – 2000
• Sole Owner and Operator, Barker Chemistry & Computing Services, 1995 – 2000 
• Purchasing and Production Manager, Davison Industries,1992 – 1994