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Ms Emma Mills

Lecturer

Bachelor of Design, Â鶹Éçmadou

Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Art & Design

Emma Mills is a Sydney based designer, with 25 years’ experience in industry. She is one of the founding directors of nero+rossi design studio, a creative agency offering innovative design services to Australia’s top tier companies through an understanding of the corporate brand.

Emma holds a Bachelor of Design from Â鶹Éçmadou Art & Design and returns to her alma mater as an Associate Lecturer, teaching numerous courses across both the under-graduate and post graduate design degrees.

Emma is an education focused academic and is passionate about sharing knowledge and skill by applying real-world contexts to course material, delivering narratives relevant to industry to spark engagement with students. She aims to provide a meaningful learning experience that best prepares students for life outside university as professionals.

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  • Journal articles | 2024
    Mills E; Moline K, 2024, 'Complicating the connections between curriculum, sustainable development and socially engaged design', Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 23, pp. 115 - 129,
  • Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Mills E; Cassidy C; Watson KT; Jones MI; Goddard S; Vickers C, 2023, 'Leveraging innovation using MSTeams in mixed modal learning spaces to develop an equitable and engaged scalable cross-disciplinary teaching model', in HERDSA 2023 Annual Conference Onsite Oral Abstract Book, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, pp. 138 - 138, presented at Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 04 July 2023 - 07 July 2023,
    Conference Posters | 2023
    Mills E; Thiele K; Jones MI; Goddard S; Cassidy C; Vickers C, 2023, 'Leveraging MS Teams to develop innovative and scalable mixed-mode teaching models for rapidly changing learning contexts', Utrecht, Netherlands, presented at ISSOTL Conference 2023, Utrecht, Netherlands, 08 November 2023 - 11 November 2023,
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Peters E; Green R; Crea T; Mills E; Loo S, 2023, '!Do Something: Provoking sustainable behaviour change through collective design initiatives', in WDO Research and Education Forum Tokyo 2023 Proceedings, World Design Organization, Tokyo, pp. 142 - 148, presented at World Design Organization Research & Education Forum, Tokyo, 27 October 2023 - 29 October 2023,
    Reports | 2023
    Thiele K; Jones MI; Cassidy C; Mills E; Goddard S; Vickers C, 2023, Studio Teaching on the MSTeams Platform as a Scalable Model for Innovation in Education
    Conference Posters | 2021
    Thiele K; Wardrop J; Birzniece V; Campbell P; Crea T; Gooi C; Gribble L; Honson V; Helme-Guizon L; Kim J; Maloney C; Peters E; Mills E; Costello E, 2021, 'Connecting Threads – Enriching the EF Community', Sydney, Australia, presented at Â鶹Éçmadou Office of the PVC Education 2020 Learning and Teaching Forum, Sydney, Australia, 21 November 2021 - 21 November 2020,

My Teaching

Master of Design (MDes):
Design Studio: Insight, Processes, Communication
Critical Approaches to Design Practice, Integrated Studio: Culture and Identity, Design Studio Project.
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Bachelor of Design (BDes):
Design Narratives, Design Communication, Graphics 1 - Image & Type
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