Amanda White

Amanda White

Associate Professor


University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, NSW AUS


Starting small is the key.

Milestones

My road in life took a while to figure out.
Cadetship position offered at Coopers and Lybrand - 1997
Left the profession to take an academic role - 2002
Earned my doctorate - 2009
Posted my first video on YouTube and welcomed my first son into the world in 2012
Invited to give my first conference keynote in 2014
Won my university's teaching award (2016), welcomed my 2nd son & then 6 months later a national citation for teaching
Promotion to Senior Lecturer (tenured, the equivalent of Associate Professor in the USA)
Keep following my journey

Education

High School
St George Girls High School (Australia)
Bachelor
Accounting
University of Technology Sydney
Graduate
Accounting
University of Technology Sydney
Doctorate
Accounting
University of New South Wales

Career

Associate Professor

I teach undergrad students about audit

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Technology
Teaching / Mentoring

Day to Day

Every day is different - I'll have teaching responsibilities usually for an entire day, then on a different day I'll prep for all of those classes. The rest of the week I'm usually working on projects to improve the student learning experience.

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for college students

An internship while in university.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

undergrad
Bachelor
Accounting
graduate
Graduate
Accounting
doctorate
Doctorate
Accounting

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Peers:

"Teaching isn't important - research is - so make sure you focus on that."

Challenges I Overcame

Self doubt