Rate My Professor Jacqui Nielsen

Dr Jacqui Nielsen serves as Teaching Fellow in the Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) at the University of Otago, where she provides teaching and learning support to staff and students, coordinates and develops postgraduate programmes, and collaborates with academic departments on curriculum mapping. This includes aligning programme and course learning objectives with university strategic frameworks such as those for Māori, Pacific, sustainability, and Vision 2040. She also holds the position of Research Advisor for Health Sciences in the Research and Enterprise office, supporting departments including Anatomy and Physiology from Room 146 in the Lindo Ferguson Building. With a diverse teaching background spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Nielsen draws on qualifications in both sciences and humanities. Her academic credentials include a BSc, LTCL, DipTchg (Secondary), first-class MSc, and PhD awarded by the University of Otago in 2013 for her thesis titled 'Aboveground-belowground Ecological Linkages in Exotic Thymus vulgaris L. in Central Otago, New Zealand'.