Assoc. Prof. Jodi Sita

Dr Jodi Sita has over 20 years experience in the Higher Education Industry. She is Deputy Head of School in School of Behavioural and Health Sciences on the Melbourne campus and has a broad understanding of the major issues facing schools, courses and staff today.  Jodi is a passionate educator who has a GCHE and is a Senior Fellow of the HEA.  She has been national course convenor for several large national units over the last 8 years and is currently developing and teaching units in the biomedical and health sciences (anatomy, neurosciences and Biomedical capstone units) as well as supervising a PhD student. Her current scholarly interests include developing graduate attributes, authentic assessment, curriculum design for blended environments, student engagement and attention to important cues in learning. Jodi is Chair of the Schools Learning and Teaching Committee and is very active promoting improvements to systems and process to enable student engagement, learning and achievement. She was part of a large OLT funded teaching research project 'Translating concept into practice: enabling first-year health sciences teachers to blueprint effective flipped learning approaches' and is currently undertaking a Learning and Teaching Development Grant "Graduate Attributes - A Stocktake".

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Amati. M, McCarthy, C., Parmehr, E., & Sita, J. (2019). Combining Eye-tracking Data with an Analysis of Video Content from Free-viewing a Video of a Walk in an Urban Park Environment. Journal of Visualized Experiments (147) e58459  DOI:10.3791/58459

Sharpe, G Camoes Costa, V Doube, W Sita, J McCarthy, C and Carding, P. (2018). Communication changes with laryngectomy and impact on quality of life: A review. Quality of Life Research. 28 (1) DOI: 10.1007/s11136-018-2033-y

Amati. M, McCarthy, C., Parmehr, E., & Sita, J. (2018). How eye?catching are natural features when walking through a park? Eye?tracking responses to videos of walks. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

Redmond, S. and Sita, J. (2018). Shaping Abstractions: Eye Tracking Experimental Film, In Seeing into Screens. Eye Tracking and the Moving Image. Edited by Tessa Dwyer, Claire Perkins, Sean Redmond, Jodi Sita. Bloomsbury 2018.

Pepe, A. & Sita, J.C. (in submission). Eye-hand Timing Relationships with Signature Simulations. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.

Sita, J. C., & Taylor, K. A. (2015). Eye movements during the handwriting of words: Individually and within sentences. Human Movement Science, Volume 43, pp 229-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2015.01.011

Batty, C., Dyer, A., Perkins, C., and Sita, J. (2015). Seeing Different Worlds: Eye tracking, animation and the experience of narrative. In Making Sense of Cinema: Empirical Studies into Film Spectators and Spectatorship. Edited by CarrieLynn Reinhard and Christopher Olson. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Batty, C., Perkins, C., and Sita, J. (2015). How 'looking' feature in our disciplines, and what we might expect to &lsquosee&rsquo, in the Eye-Tracking the Moving Image Special Edition, Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media, 25. http://refractory.unimelb.edu.au/2015/02/06/batty-perkins-sita/

Redmond, S., Sita, J., Vincs, K. (2015). Our Sherlockian Eyes: the Surveillance of Vision, in the Eye-Tracking the Moving Image Special Edition, Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media, 25. http://refractory.unimelb.edu.au/2015/02/07/redmond-sita-vincs/

Pepe, A and Sita, J. (2014). Gaze Shifts and Pen Velocity Minima during Line Copying with Consideration to Signature Simulation. In Current Trends in Eye Tracking Research Edited by Dr. Mike Horsley, Dr. Matt Eliot, Dr. Bruce Knight, and Dr. Ronan Reilly. Springer International Publishing, pp 101-106.

Dyer, A., Found, B., Merlino, M., Pepe, A., Rogers, D., and Sita, J. (2014). Eye movement evaluation of signature forgeries: insights to forensic expert evidence. In Current Trends in Eye Tracking Research Edited by Dr. Mike Horsley, Dr. Matt Eliot, Dr. Bruce Knight, and Dr. Ronan Reilly. Springer International Publishing, pp 211-224.

Pepe, A., Rogers, D. and Sita, J. (2012). A consideration of signature complexity using simulators&rsquo gaze behaviour. Journal of Forensic Document Examination. Volume 22, 2012

McLeod, S., Roberts, A., & Sita, J. (2006). Tongue/palate contact for /s/ and /z/ production. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 20, 51-66.

Sita, J., Found, B., Rogers, D (2004). A model using quantitative data for forensic signature identification. Journal of Forensic Document Examination, 16, 91-101.

Sita, J., Found, B., Rogers, D (2004). A quantitative analysis of the spatial properties of questioned signature and the relationship to forensic document examiners' opinions. Journal of Forensic Document Examination, 16, 17-89.

Roberts, A., McLeod, S. & Sita, J. (2002). Using the EPG to describe normal and impaired /s/ and /z/. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing, 4, 158-163.

Sita, J., Found, B. & Rogers, D. (2002). Forensic handwriting examiners' expertise for signature comparison. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 47, 1117-1124.

Sita, J. & Rogers, D. (1999). Changes in forger&rsquos handwriting pressure related to the original writer&rsquos dynamics. Journal of Forensic Document Examination. Vol.12 Fall 1999. pp. 101-112

Found, B Sita, J. & Rogers, D. (1999) The development of a program for characterising handwriting examiners expertise: Signature examination pilot study.  Journal of Forensic Document Examination. Vol.12 Fall 1999. pp. 69-100

Published Peer Reviewed Conference Papers:

Pepe, A and Sita, J. (2015). The Timing of Eye-hand Movements during Signature Simulations.  The 16th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Pointe-a-Pire, Guadeloupe, June 21-24, 2015.

Pepe, A and Sita, J. (2013). An Objective Look into the Effect of Legibility and Inversion on Signature Simulation Difficulty. The15th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Nara, Japan June 1-13, 2013.

Taylor, K. and Sita, J. (2013). Eye movements during word writing Single words and words in sentences. The15th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Nara, Japan June 1-13, 2013.

Pepe, A and Sita, J. (2012). Gaze Shifts and Pen Velocity Minima during Line Copying with Consideration to Signature Simulation. Eye Track Australia, Central Queensland University, Noosa, Australia May 29-30, 2012.

Dyer, A., Found, B., Merlino, M., Pepe, A., Rogers, D., and Sita, J. (2012). Eye movement evaluation of signature forgeries: insights to forensic expert evidence. Eye Track Australia, Central Queensland University, Noosa, Australia May 29-30, 2012.

Pepe. A., Rogers, D., and Sita, J (2011). A cognitive look into simulations of high and low complexity signatures. In Advances in Graphonomics Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Mexico, 136-139.

Sebastian, J., Sita, J. and Rogers, D. (2009). Some Relationships between Eye Movements and Handwriting Movements. In Advances in Graphonomics Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, France, 211-215.

Sita, J.(2009). Development Of A Pilot 3D Anatomy Game For Students To Explore And Learn About The Human Digestive Tract. Journal of Clinical Anatomy 22:399&ndash409

Sita, J., Wentworth, S. (2008). Comparing online assessment items to traditionally delivered assessments for a large undergraduate mulit-campus unit.  Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 21-3, 274

Sita, J. (2006) Teaching anatomy to masters level students in a PBL course.  Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 19, 176.

Dyer, A., Found, B., Sita, J., & Rogers, D. (2006). Eye Movement Evaluation of Signature Forgeries. In Proc. Aust. Ophthalmic Visual Sci. Meeting, Dec 2-4. ANU Aust.

Sita, J, Rogers, D & Found, B (2003). A model using Complexity Classification, Spatial Score and Line Quality for Forensic Signature Comparison. In Hans-Leo Teulings, Arend Van Gemmert(ed/s), Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, USA, 257-260.

Sita, J, Rogers, D & Found, B (2003). Spatial Comparison of Questioned to Specimen Signatures using Matrix Analysis Software. In Hans-Leo Tueulings, Arend Van Gemmert(ed/s), Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, USA, 299-303.

Sita, J. & Rogers, D. (1999). Changes in simulated handwriting pressure: Can the forger capture the original writer&rsquos dynamics? Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 6, 7& 8 June, 1999, p. 205-208.

Found, B Sita, J. & Rogers, D. (1999). The development of a program for characterising handwriting examiners expertise: Signature examination pilot study. Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 6 - 8 June, 1999, p. 205-208. pp. 69-100.

Online Publications/Blogs:

Sita, J., McCarthy, C., Parmher, E.,Amarti, M (2016). How 'eye?tracking' could change our experience of cities &ndash for better or worse. The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/sep/02/eye?tracking?melbourne?change?experience?cities (Published 2 September 2016)

Sita, J., McCarthy, C., Parmher, E.,Amarti, M (2016). The Panopticons are coming! And they&rsquoll know when we think the grass is greener. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/the? panopticons?are?coming?and?theyll?know?when?we?think?the?grass?is?greener?63935 (Published 22 August 2016) 22,563 downloads (as of May 2018).Sita, J., Pepe, A. (2014) Is your signature safe? How to detect a forgery. The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.com/is-your-signature-safe-how-to-avoid-forgery-21377 (Published January 22, 2014) 7462 downloads (as of July 2014)
 

Redmond, S., Sita, J. (2013) What eye tracking tells us about the way we watch films. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/what-eye-tracking-tells-us-about-the-way-we-watch-films-19444 (Published 5 December 2013) 5203 downloads (as of July 2014)

Redmond, S., Sita, J. (2013) My Sherlockian eyes: an introduction to the work of the eye tracking and moving image research group. CST Online.  Available at: http://cstonline.tv/sherlockian-eyes (Published on Friday 12 April 2013).
 

2021       ACU Faculty Teaching Development Grant  $5000- Graduate Attributes- a Stocktake

Dr. Jodi Sita, Associate Professor Chris Lorenzen, Associate Professor Sharon Croxford, Dr. Tanya Uebergang, Associate Professor Rachel Dryer.

2016       ACU Faculty Grant $24800? Face to Voice project.

Dr. Gabriella Sharpe (ACU), Dr Jodi Sita (ACU), Associate Professor Wendy Doube (Swinburne), Dr Christopher McCarthy (Swinburne) and Professor Paul Carding (ACU).

2015       RMIT Faculty Grant  $18000- Seeing Animated Worlds &ndash Eye Tracking Project

Associate Professor Adrian Dyer (RMIT), Dr Jair  Garcia (RMIT), Associate Professor Craig Batty  (RMIT), Dr Darrin Verhargin (RMIT)  &  Dr Jodi Sita (ACU)

2015       OLT Grant (ID14-3883)  $225000 - Translating concept into practice: enabling first-year health sciences teachers to blueprint effective flipped learning approaches

Ms Sophie Karanicolas (Uni SA), Dr Catherine Snelling (Uni SA), Dr Tracy Winning (Uni SA), Dr Jamie Chapman (Uni Tas) Dr Georgia Clarkson (ACU) & Dr Jodi Sita (ACU)

2014       City of Melbourne Grant $14000  Understanding the design impacts of park and walk design on stress reduction.

Dr Marco Amati (RMIT) & Dr Jodi Sita (ACU)

Chair School of Behavioural and Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Committee

Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.

July 2019- Present

Deputy Head of School (Melbourne), Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology

School of Behavioural and Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.

2019- 2022

Associate Deputy Head of School (Melbourne), Public Health,

School of Behavioural and Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.

2018 - 2019

Senior Lecturer (Level C4), Health Sciences, Neurosciences & Anatomy

School of Science,  Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.

2016 - 2018

Senior Lecturer (Level C1), Neurosciences & Anatomy

School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.

2013- 2016

Recent Committee Membership

·        Chair of the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Committee. July 2019- present

·        Member of Faculty Learning and Teaching Standing Committee. July 2019- present

·        Member of the School Executive Committee. July 2018- present

·        Member of the School Committee. July 2018- present

·        Member of the ACU Student Policy Lifecycle Committee (Nominee of the Executive Dean). Jan 2020- present

·        Elected member of the ACU Academic Promotions Committee. (2019-2021)

·        Conference Organising Committee. Australian and New Zealand Association for Clinical Anatomists (2020-2021).

·        Member of the Speech Pathology External Advisory Committee and Speech Pathology Course Review Committee (2015 -2020).

Conferences Organised 

18^t International Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Clinical Anatomists (2021). Virtual three-day Conference run for Clinical Anatomists. Attended by 120 International delegates.

3^rd  International Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Clinical Anatomists (2006). Conference held at International House, La Trobe University. Three day conference run for Clinical Anatomists. Attended by 80 International delegates. 

Education & Certificates awarded 

• Leading, Managing and Developing People &ndash Aim Business School, 2022
• Senior Fellow - Higher Education Academy, 2021
• Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - Australian Catholic University, 2016
• Doctor of Philosophy - La Trobe University, 2003
• Neuroscience and Forensic Sciences
• Bachelor of Health Science with Honours - La Trobe University, 1996
• Anatomy and Neuroscience major Pathology and Physiology minor

·        Member of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (2016 ongoing).

·        Member of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (2016 ongoing).

·        Member of the Australian Neuroscience Society (2010 ongoing)

·        Member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (2004 ongoing)

·        Elected Vice President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (2008- 2011)

·        Elected Council member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (2004- 2011)

·        Member of the International Graphonomics Society (1999- 2015)

·        Member of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (1996- 2012)