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Dr Samantha Clarke
PhD, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer
Phone
+61 2 9114 1425
Address
F04 - Fisher Library Stack
The University of Sydney
Websites
Samantha is a marine geologist turned academic developer, working with educators to improve the learning experience for all students. Her expertise spans academic development, educational technology, and equity-focused teaching innovation in higher education. She leads university-wide initiatives including the Modular Professional Learning Framework and Peer Review for Teaching program. As a Senior Lecturer in the Educational Innovation team within the DVC (Education) Portfolio, her innovations have been recognised through multiple international, national, and university teaching awards. Sam is also a Managing Editor for Teaching@Sydney and a Senior Fellow of Advanced HE.
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Samantha's current research focuses on advancing teaching practice and the student experience in higher education. Her interests include professional development for educators, generative AI integration in teaching and learning, equity-focused teaching, and technology-enhanced learning strategies. Her work strategically bridges educational research and practical implementation through high-impact non-traditional research outputs (NTROs) that directly influence teaching practice, cross-institutional collaborations, and traditional scholarly outputs.
Teaching:
- EDPR5001 University Teaching and Learning
- EDPR5002 Reflection and Practice in University Teaching and Learning
- EDPR6012 Developing Integrated eLearning Environments
- EDPR5003University Teaching Portfolios
Samantha is open to supervising students interested in any of her broad teaching and research areas.
- Leading the university-wide Peer Review for Teaching (PRT) Program
- Directing the Modular Professional Learning Framework (MPLF)
- Developing educator capacity for generative AI integration through Cogniti
- Implementing the "Green Guide" for enhancing learning experiences of students from equity backgrounds
- Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA)
- Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT)
- Advanced Higher Education (AHE)
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
- Brené Brown Dare to Lead™ Program alumni
- QS Wharton Reimagine Education Awards Gold Winner
- ACODE Technology Enhanced Learning Award
- Gartner Eye on Innovation Higher Education Innovation in AI award
- Future Campus Best Use of AI in Learning and Teaching
- Vice-Chancellor's 'Sydney Leaders' Award (MPLF)
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership (SEFP)
- Exemplar in EDUCAUSE Horizon Report for Professional Development for Hybrid/Remote Teaching
- Exemplar in Jisc Principles of Good Assessment and Feedback report
- EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Learning Analytics exemplar
- ASCILITE Innovation Award
- Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- International Wharton QS Reimagine Education Awards Gold Winner
- Australian Awards for University Teaching National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Outstanding Early Career Teaching Award, Faculty of Science
- Outstanding Teaching Award (Team), Faculty of Science
Publications
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Book Chapters
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T. (2016). Landslides. In James Goff, C R de Freitas (Eds.), Natural Hazards in Australasia, (pp. 178-224). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Hubble, T., Webster, J., Yu, P., Fletcher, M., Voelker, D., Airey, D., Clarke, S., Puga-Bernabeu, A., Mitchell, D., Howard, F., et al (2016). Submarine Landslides and Incised Canyons of the Southeast Queensland Continental Margin. In G Lamarche, J Mountjoy, S Bull, T Hubble, S Krastel, E Lane, et al. (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 7th International Symposium, (pp. 125-134). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T., Airey, D., Yu, P., Boyd, R., Keene, J., Exon, N., Gardner, J., Ward, S. (2014). Morphology of Australia's Eastern Continental Slope and Related Tsunami Hazard. In D.C. Mosher, R.C Shipp, L. Moscardelli, J.D. Chaytor et al (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 4th International Symposium, (pp. 529-538). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. [More Information]
Journals
- Kinsela, M., Hubble, T., Webster, J., Clarke, S., Passos, T., Airey, D., Mitchell, D. (2020). Floating High Over Beaches and Dunes Without Wing, Chute or Rotor. Journal of Coastal Research, 101 (SP1), 351-357. [More Information]
- Mollison, K., Power, H., Clarke, S., Baxter, A., Hubble, T. (2020). Sedimentology, structure, and age of the Wide Bay Canyon submarine landslide on the southeast Australian continental slope. Marine Geology, 419, Article number 106063(January 2020), 106063. [More Information]
- Mollison, K., Power, H., Clarke, S., Baxter, A., Lane, E., Hubble, T. (2020). The sedimentology and tsunamigenic potential of the Byron submarine landslide off New South Wales, Australia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 500(1), 27-40. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Warren, D., Clarke, S. (2019). Choose your own adventure: Experiencing research through first-year group projects in data science. ACSME, Sydney: The University of Sydney.
- Power, H., Clarke, S., Wilson, O., Hubble, T. (2015). Tsunami hazard from submarine landslides: 3D inundation modelling in New South Wales, Australia. Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference 2015: 22nd Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference and the 15th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: Engineers Australia.
- Hubble, T., Yu, P., Airey, D., Clarke, S., Boyd, R., Keene, J., Exon, N., Gardner, J. (2012). Physical Properties and Age of Continental Slope Sediments Dredged from the Eastern Australian Continental Margin - Implications for Timing of Slope Failure. 5th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. [More Information]
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Report
- Clarke, S., Frawley, J., Kalman, E., Denham, R., Miller, B., Martin, R., Bridgeman, A., O'Shea, S., Liu, D. (2024). Green Guide: Enhancing the learning experiences of students from equity backgrounds. [More Information]
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2024
- Clarke, S., Frawley, J., Kalman, E., Denham, R., Miller, B., Martin, R., Bridgeman, A., O'Shea, S., Liu, D. (2024). Green Guide: Enhancing the learning experiences of students from equity backgrounds. [More Information]
2020
- Kinsela, M., Hubble, T., Webster, J., Clarke, S., Passos, T., Airey, D., Mitchell, D. (2020). Floating High Over Beaches and Dunes Without Wing, Chute or Rotor. Journal of Coastal Research, 101 (SP1), 351-357. [More Information]
- Mollison, K., Power, H., Clarke, S., Baxter, A., Hubble, T. (2020). Sedimentology, structure, and age of the Wide Bay Canyon submarine landslide on the southeast Australian continental slope. Marine Geology, 419, Article number 106063(January 2020), 106063. [More Information]
- Mollison, K., Power, H., Clarke, S., Baxter, A., Lane, E., Hubble, T. (2020). The sedimentology and tsunamigenic potential of the Byron submarine landslide off New South Wales, Australia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 500(1), 27-40. [More Information]
2019
- Power, H., Clarke, S. (2019). 3D seismic-derived bathymetry: a quantitative comparison with multibeam data. Geo-Marine Letters, 39(6), 447-467. [More Information]
- Warren, D., Clarke, S. (2019). Choose your own adventure: Experiencing research through first-year group projects in data science. ACSME, Sydney: The University of Sydney.
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T., Miao, G., Airey, D., Ward, S. (2019). Eastern Australia's submarine landslides: implications for tsunami hazard between Jervis Bay and Fraser Island. Landslides, 16(11), 2059-2085. [More Information]
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2017
- Hubble, T., Clarke, S., Stokes, A., Phillips, C. (2017). 4th International Conference on soil bio- and eco-engineering (SBEE2016) ‘The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability’. Ecological Engineering, 109, 141-144. [More Information]
- Clarke, S., Power, H., Wilson, K., Hubble, T. (2017). Scars left by Australia's undersea landslides reveal future tsunami potential. The Conversation.
2016
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T. (2016). Landslides. In James Goff, C R de Freitas (Eds.), Natural Hazards in Australasia, (pp. 178-224). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T., Webster, J., Airey, D., De Carli, E., Ferraz, C., Reimer, P., Boyd, R., Keene, J. (2016). Sedimentology, structure and age estimate of five continental slope submarine landslides, eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63(5), 631-652. [More Information]
- Hubble, T., Webster, J., Yu, P., Fletcher, M., Voelker, D., Airey, D., Clarke, S., Puga-Bernabeu, A., Mitchell, D., Howard, F., et al (2016). Submarine Landslides and Incised Canyons of the Southeast Queensland Continental Margin. In G Lamarche, J Mountjoy, S Bull, T Hubble, S Krastel, E Lane, et al. (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 7th International Symposium, (pp. 125-134). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
2015
- Power, H., Clarke, S., Wilson, O., Hubble, T. (2015). Tsunami hazard from submarine landslides: 3D inundation modelling in New South Wales, Australia. Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference 2015: 22nd Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference and the 15th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: Engineers Australia.
2014
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T., Airey, D., Yu, P., Boyd, R., Keene, J., Exon, N., Gardner, J., Ward, S. (2014). Morphology of Australia's Eastern Continental Slope and Related Tsunami Hazard. In D.C. Mosher, R.C Shipp, L. Moscardelli, J.D. Chaytor et al (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 4th International Symposium, (pp. 529-538). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. [More Information]
2013
- Hubble, T., Airey, D., Sealey, H., De Carli, E., Clarke, S. (2013). A little cohesion goes a long way: Estimating appropriate values of additional root cohesion for evaluating slope stability in the Eastern Australian highlands. Ecological Engineering, 61(Part C), 621-632. [More Information]
2012
- Hubble, T., Yu, P., Airey, D., Clarke, S., Boyd, R., Keene, J., Exon, N., Gardner, J. (2012). Physical Properties and Age of Continental Slope Sediments Dredged from the Eastern Australian Continental Margin - Implications for Timing of Slope Failure. 5th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. [More Information]
- Clarke, S., Hubble, T., Airey, D., Yu, P., Boyd, R., Keene, J., Exon, N., Gardner, J. (2012). Submarine landslides on the upper Southeast Australian passive continental margin - preliminary findings. 5th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. [More Information]
2011
- Clarke, S., Airey, D., Yu, P., Hubble, T. (2011). Submarine Landslides on the South-Eastern Australian Margin. 2011 Symposium Coastal and Marine Geotechnics: Foundations for Trade, Sydney, Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2010
- Hubble, T., Yu, P., Airey, D., Clarke, S., Boyd, R., Keene, J., Exon, N., Gardner, J. (2010). Physical properties and age of mid-slope sediments dredged from the Eastern Australian continental margin and the implications for continental margin erosion processes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010 / AGU 2010. American Geophysical Union.
2006
- Clarke, S., Craig, M., Garnett, S., Chan, A., Cowell, C., Cusumano, J., Kordonouri, O., Sambasivan, A., Donaghue, K. (2006). Increased adiposity at diagnosis in younger children with type 1 diabetes does not persist. Diabetes Care, 29(7), 1651-1653. [More Information]
- Arrowsmith, F., Allen, J., Gaskin, K., Gruca, M., Clarke, S., Briody, J., Howman-Giles, R., Somerville, H., O'Loughlin, E. (2006). Reduced body protein in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 83(3), 613-618. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2011
- Submarine landslides on the upper southeast Australian continental margin, Hubble T, Clarke S, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)/Awards
Access these open educational resources developed by Samantha and collaborators:
- Green Guide: Enhancing learning experiences of students from equity backgrounds - Practical guide with strategies for educators supporting students from equity backgrounds, featuring an accompanying AI agent
- UniReady Toolkit - Digital resource supporting student transition to university
- Inclusive Teaching Guide - Educator resource for supporting first-year students
- Student Readiness Assessment Tool for Generative AI Competencies - Self-assessment tool helping students evaluate their AI literacy using generative AI