Kathy LynchAssociate Professor Kathy Lynch obtained her PhD in 2005 from Monash University. She is a cross-disciplinary academic who lectures information technology and education. She joined the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2007 as a researcher in Teachng and Research Services . Before joining USC, Dr Lynch was at Monash University (Melbourne) in the Faculty of IT between 1997 and 2006, and in the Faculty of Education between 1995 and 1997. Prior to this she was in the Victorian TAFE sector, the Northern Territory, Queensland and the New South Wales secondary education sectors. During her work in universities, Dr Lynch has been a founding director of the Centre for Educational Multimedia (Monash Education), a founding member of the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (Monash) and the Information Systems Development Research Group (Monash IT). She remains an associate researcher for each of these groups. Additionally, she is an honorary research associate in the Faculty of IT at the University of Technology Sydney and in the Faculty of Computing and IT at Makerere University (Uganda). Dr Lynch is Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge and Management (http://ijikm.org/), and is an Associate Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects (http://ijklo.org/). She has also reviewed papers for ASCILITE, ACIS, AusWeb, ACE (Australian Computer Education Conference), ICTEV, HERDSA, ICCE (International Conference on Computers in Education), and the Hawaiian International Conference on Education. Dr Lynch was the co-track chair-Education at ACIS 2007, and is the track chair for ICT for Sustainablity at ICCIR 2009 (Uganda). In 2005, Dr Lynch spent 5 weeks in Uganda, and since her return has established Aussie Friends of VOLSET, a charity organisation that supports villagers in the Lake Victoria region of Uganda to build capacity, and improve their health and education. Read More Read Less