Yvonne is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Wollongong (UOW). Her primary research areas include the interaction between privacy law, psychology and emerging technologies, as well as the incremental development of tort law. She is currently working on projects that interrogate the future of privacy law in the technology age.
Since joining the School as a sessional lecturer in 2013, Yvonne has coordinated and taught a number of core subjects within the LLB curriculum, including: Law of Torts, Contract Law and Foundations of Law. Most recently, Yvonne has developed the elective subject Privacy, Law and Technology, which she delivers to upper-year students both within and outside of the LLB program. In addition, Yvonne coordinates and teaches Introduction to Law; the primary law subject delivered to students outside of the LLB program, studying in each of UOW’s domestic and international campuses.
In 2019, Yvonne received the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts Sessional Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL). She was subsequently inducted as a Fellow into the Wollongong Academy for Tertiary Teaching & Learning Excellence (WATTLE).