Encourages students to think critically.
Always patient, kind, and understanding.
Encourages questions and exploration.
Brings energy and passion to every lesson.
Dr. Anne Palmer is the Assistant Dean for Learning and Teaching at Murdoch University’s Singapore Campus. Her academic background includes a BA (Hons) in European Studies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDip ED) from the University of Western Australia, an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of New England, Australia, and a PhD in Education from the University of Western Australia. Dr. Palmer has been actively involved in teaching at the Singapore Campus since 2009 and has extended her teaching efforts to Myanmar since 2018. In her role, she supports students through Skype sessions addressing both academic and non-academic issues, contributing to student success in transnational higher education environments.
Dr. Palmer’s teaching emphasizes teaching and learning, academic integrity, and lecturer development within transnational higher education contexts. Her research interests encompass teaching and learning, academic integrity, lecturer development in transnational higher education, adult education programs in industry and academia, applied linguistics, and cross-cultural communication and education. Notable publications include 'Transnational higher education students’ views on plagiarism,' co-authored with Grace Oakley and Mark Pegrum and published in 2017 in the International Journal of Management in Education, and 'Investigating staff views on plagiarism in transnational higher education,' published in 2021 in the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching. As Assistant Dean and Learning Development Lecturer, she also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching. Her work addresses critical challenges in academic practices across international borders, drawing from her extensive experience in higher education pedagogy.
