Dr Jacqueline Mackaway is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University (MU). For the past 4 years she has taught a social research unit which requires students to undertake an internship. Previously, she has worked with MQ’s Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) initiative, providing scholarly underpinning for pedagogy in this area. 

Jacqueline’s research interests cover the sociology of education and work, and she recently completed a PhD focused on equitable student access to work-integrated learning. Prior to her time in higher education, Jacqueline spent 15 years working as a human resource professional across a range of sectors including government, not-for-profit and large multi-nationals.