Rate My Professor Catherine Clarke

Catherine Clarke served as Senior Lecturer in the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale, Australia, within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education. She holds a BA and DipEd from the University of Adelaide, a GradDip Library Studies from the University of South Australia, and DipSocSci, MLitt, and PhD from UNE. Her PhD focused on archaeological narratives and their role in public and formal education. She was a past academic staff member in the School of Human and Environmental Studies, particularly in Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, and worked previously as a cultural heritage consultant, teacher, and librarian.

Over the last 20 years of her career at UNE, Clarke functioned as an instructional designer and project manager for multidisciplinary initiatives developing educational programs and resources, emphasizing web-based and digitally enabled formats. She led project management for the benchmarking of archaeology degrees across Australian universities, resulting in a published booklet supporting national curriculum standards. As a member of the Heritage Futures Research Centre, her research specializations include significance assessment of Aboriginal cultural heritage places, community archaeology projects, electronic media in archaeological interpretation and education, and communication and media technologies in cultural heritage. Key publications comprise editing the book Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia, detailing wetland heritage studies in areas such as the Tasmanian Midlands and New England Tablelands; Electronic Media in Archaeological Interpretation and Education (World Archaeology, 2004); Archaeology (Australian Archaeology, 2005); and contributions to Teaching, Learning and Australian Archaeology (2005). She also co-authored works on foundational academic development and higher education practices. Clarke's contributions have impacted archaeological pedagogy, heritage management, and digital educational resources in Australia.