Rate My Professor Jennifer Dickfos

Dr Jennifer Dickfos is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics within Griffith Business School at Griffith University. She holds a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology, and a PhD from the University of Queensland. Her doctoral dissertation, titled 'Specific Conflicts of Interest and Debtor Opportunism within Corporate Groups: A case for additional creditor protection,' examined mechanisms to enhance creditor safeguards in insolvency scenarios. Prior to her academic career, Dickfos worked for the Australian Taxation Office and in audit, tax, and small business divisions of various large and small accountancy practices. She has held academic positions in the Business faculty at Queensland University of Technology and in both the Law and Business faculties at Griffith University, previously serving as a Lecturer in Business Law and Corporations Law at Griffith's Gold Coast campus.

Dickfos's research specializations lie in corporate law and insolvency law, encompassing corporate groups, creditor protection measures, phoenixing activity, regulation of corporate insolvency practitioners, receivership reforms, and the integration of artificial intelligence in the insolvency profession. Her scholarly contributions include conducting surveys on insolvency practitioners' use of technology and analyzing the value of remuneration in insolvency administration. Key publications feature 'Blended learning: making an impact on assessment and self-reflection in accounting education' (2014, with Craig Cameron), 'Peer Review of Teaching Law to Business Students in Traditional and Flipped Lecture Environments' (2015, with Craig Cameron), 'The Costs and Benefits of Regulating the Market for Corporate Insolvency Practitioner Remuneration' (2016), 'The impact of artificial intelligence on the insolvency profession' (2017), and 'Superannuation and Bankruptcy: Is there a Mid-Life Crisis Looming?' (2017). In teaching, she delivers courses in Business Law and Company Law, pioneering blended learning approaches, video technologies for student engagement, and pracademic placements in insolvency firms to bridge theory and practice. She has contributed to policy discussions through submissions to Australian Treasury inquiries and public commentary on insolvency reforms.