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Sarah Teakel

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Sarah Teakel

B Med Sc (Hons 1), PhD (CSU), CSS

Lecturer, Animal Anatomy and Physiology
Wagga Wagga
Building 294

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Sarah is a dedicated academic with a PhD in Cell Biology and Protein Biochemistry from Charles Sturt University in 2021. Sarah developed a university-wide support for students program, embedding tutors into key first-year undergraduate subjects to increase student engagement.

The Program was recognised nationally for its impact on student retention and success, particularly for equity cohorts and students from underrepresented backgrounds. Her efforts in enhancing student success in higher education has been recognised nationally with the prestigious 2022 Australian Award for University Teaching Program award (Student experience that supports diversity and inclusive practices) as well as a 2022 ASCILITE innovation award and was a finalist in the 2023 Australian Financial Review Educational Awards (Equity and Inclusion).

Publications

  • van der Ploeg, N., Linden, K., & Teakel, S. (2025). Nudge power in higher education: altering choice defaults to reduce student failure and associated debt. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2446322
  • Teakel, S., Linden, K., Neil van der Ploeg & Noelia Roman (2024) Embedding equity: online tutor support to provide effective feedforward on assessments, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 49 (3), 320-333 https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2232955
  • Linden, K., Teakel, S. An interactive and adaptive learning resource for teaching first year human anatomy Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 21 (10), 1-21 https://doi.org/10.53761/rsvewq08
  • Teakel, S., Linden, K., & Bradshaw, E. R. (2024). Empowering first-year social work students: improving student success and retention with a discipline-specific tutor to provide feedforward on assessments. Social Work Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2324917
  • Gibbs, L., Linden, K., Teakel, S., & Dell, E. (2024). Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 49(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391231220050
  • Teakel, S., Linden, K., & Clatworthy, D. (2024) Embedded tutors: Enhancing student success and academic integrity with a pedagogy of kindness in first-year university. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 7(Sp. Iss. 1). https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2024.7.S1.4
  • Irwin, P., Magee, D., Weiley, S., Teakel, S., & Linden, K. (2024). Improving student success and retention in first-year nursing through embedded tutor support. Nurse Education Today, 106134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106134
  • Teakel, S., Marama, M., Aragao, D., Tsimbalyuk, S., Forwood, J., Cahill, M. (2021). Structural characterization of a MAPR-related archaeal cytochrome b protein. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.30.470528
  • Tamarit, D., Teakel, S., Marama, M., Aragão, D., Gerdes, S., Forwood, J., Ettema, T., Cahill, M. (2021). MAPR origins reveal a new class of prokaryotic cytochrome b5 proteins and possible role in eukaryogenesis. bioRxiv .11.17.468889; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.17.468889
  • Thejer, B.M., Adhikary, P.P., Teakel, S.L. et al. (2020). PGRMC1 effects on metabolism, genomic mutation and CpG methylation imply crucial roles in animal biology and disease. BMC Mol and Cell Biol 21, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12860-020-00268-z
  • Thejer, B.M., Adhikary, P.P., Kaur, A. et al. (2020). PGRMC1 phosphorylation affects cell shape, motility, glycolysis, mitochondrial form and function, and tumor growth. BMC Mol and Cell Biol 21, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12860-020-00256-3
  • Teakel, S., Ludescher, M., Thejer, B., Poschmann, G., Forwood, J., Neubauer, H., Cahill, M. (2020). Protein complexes including PGRMC1 and actin-associated proteins are disrupted by AG-205. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 524(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.12.108

Conference papers

  • Linden, K.,Teakel, S. (2024) Increasing student success in first-year university through intentional curriculum design: the development of consistent unit guidelines. Student Success annual conference, Melbourne.
  • Teakel, S., Linden, K.,& Clatworthy, D. (2024). Embedded tutors: enhancing student success and academic integrity with a pedagogy of kindness in first year university. HERDSA conference, Adelaide.
  • van der Ploeg, N., Linden K., & Teakel S. (2024). Nudge power: should we alter students enrolment choice defaults based on risk to improve student outcomes?. HERDSA conference, Adelaide.
  • Roman, N.,Linden, K.,Van Der Ploeg, N., Hicks, B., & Teakel, S. (2022). Developing a learning analytics resource with meaningful data for first year teachers. ASCILITE conference, Sydney.
  • Linden, K., Teakel, S., & Van der Ploeg, N. (2022) Improving student success with online embedded tutor support. Students Transitions Achievement Retention and Success