She sits on the National Board and is the State Chair (Western Australia) for the Australian Collaborative Education Network, the peak body for work-integrated learning in Australia. Denise has facilitated in Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Management in the tertiary sector in both Australia and the UK. Prior to this, she worked in Human Resources in the UK financial and manufacturing sectors before establishing her own business in the tourism industry in Southern Africa. Denise has received a number of research and teaching and learning awards, most recently a national Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Her research interests include graduate employment and underemployment, the transition from university to the workplace, career development learning, and professional identity development.