Wendy teaches in Adult and Vocational Education in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University. She has been a practitioner in the adult education field for over 25 years. She is well-versed in national training initiatives and with adult and vocational education issues and has worked extensively as an 'upfront' trainer and training developer.

Wendy has developed an extensive skill-set in current training and staff development issues as well as possessing broader human resource management expertise. She has experience in project management and production management, including working as a leader of multidisciplinary teams developing educational multimedia.

As an adult educator, she has endeavoured to develop a flexible and responsive teaching style to promote quality teaching and learning. Her achievements to date include developing effective distance-based teaching strategies that model best practice in adult and vocational education, enhancing competence as an academic who operates effectively as a member of staff and who has value-added to the faculty’s commercial capability.