Rate My Professor Philippa Keaney

Philippa Keaney serves as International Marketing Co-ordinator (Study Abroad) and International Student Recruitment Co-ordinator at the University of Otago International Office in Dunedin. She contributes to promoting the university's international profile, developing marketing strategies, recruiting international students, and managing strategic partnerships and communications. Her contact details include the email philippa.keaney@otago.ac.nz, direct dial +64 3 470 4612, and mobile +64 21 211 4479. Previously, she worked at the Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) as Student Support Manager and student advocate, organizing teaching awards, supporting student participation, and addressing issues like sexual violence prevention campaigns and access to services. She has also been affiliated with Otago Polytechnic as a teacher involved in learning and teaching initiatives.

A teacher with an academic background in political science and gender studies, Philippa Keaney's interests center on equitable access to opportunities and services, including education, and comparing institutional and governmental rhetoric on value with lived experiences, especially at intersections of divergence. Her key publications include the 2017 Open Praxis article co-authored with Sarah Stein, Simon Hart, and Richard White, 'Student Views on the Cost of and Access to Textbooks: An Investigation at University of Otago (New Zealand).' Based on a survey of 811 undergraduates, it reported median textbook expenditure of NZ$284, with costs affecting course choices for 43% of respondents, negative academic impacts for 49%, preferences for print over digital, and reliance on lecturer resources (77%) and free online alternatives (48%). In 2019, she authored 'Audeamus! We Dare! Otago University Students’ Association 1980-2015,' researching OUSA records, minutes, and Critic issues to chronicle the association's history. In Otago Polytechnic's Scope: Contemporary Research Topics, she published 'What Lies Beneath? The Discourse of Employability and the Ideal, Work-ready Subject,' critiquing neoliberal employability discourses promoting self-regulating subjects amid precarity, and 'Soulfood: The Roles of Food, Faith, Family and Arts in Self and Community Identity,' exploring cultural influences on identity.