Kathryn is Professor of Higher Education in the Centre for Academic Development (CAD) and has two broad areas of research interest: academic working lives, and the theory and practice of 'academic development' in higher education. She also conducts research on student-staff partnerships to improve learning and teaching. Kathryn returned to CAD in 2016 after nearly six years as Associate Dean (Students, Learning & Teaching) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She coordinates the Victoria Early Career Academic Programme (VECAP), designed to support early career academics to establish their academic careers, build supportive peer and mentoring networks, and develop their teaching and research. Kathryn also co-coordinates Te Arawai Ako: Pathway to Learning and Teaching Fellowship, the Advance HE-accredited fellowship programme that enables teaching and learning support staff to receive recognition for meeting professional teaching standards. Kathryn was co-founder of (and occasionally still teaches on) the Ako in Action programme, partnering students and academics to work together on teaching development and design. She has received several awards for both her research and teaching and is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA).