Rate My Professor Tracey Coleman

Tracey Coleman serves as a Lecturer in the School of Law within the College of Business and Law at Adelaide University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice with honors from Flinders University, along with a Graduate Diploma in Art History from the University of Adelaide. She is currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Digital Learning). Coleman joined the University of South Australia in 2008 as a founding staff member of the Law School. Prior to academia, her career included practicing as a solicitor and barrister specializing in criminal defense, roles at the Department of Public Prosecutions, serving as a District Court Associate, and working as a commercial lawyer specializing in property and succession law. She coordinated the Essential Trial Advocacy Course for barristers in 2014 and 2016 in conjunction with the South Australian Bar Association. Additionally, she was invited to join the Judicial Images Network, a network of scholars and practitioners supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Coleman's research interests focus on criminal sentencing, the depiction of law in art, and digital learning. Key publications include 'Supporting Jury Understanding of Expert Evidence in a Virtual Environment' (Reichherzer et al., Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces) and 'Bringing the Jury to the Scene of the Crime: Memory and Decision-Making in a Simulated Crime Scene' (Reichherzer et al., Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems). In teaching, she delivers first-year courses, supports student transitions to university and Law School studies, and incorporates the depiction of law in art across her subjects. She is a co-recipient of the Achievement in Teaching and Learning Award in the Top Performing Sessional Staff category (2013) and has been nominated for multiple other UniSA awards.