School of Civil Engineering

Dr Jennifer Leigh Campbell

Senior Lecturer
School of Civil Engineering
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Researcher biography

Dr Jennifer Leigh Campbell is an environmental engineer, scientist, and researcher, deeply committed to enriching STEM education with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and connecting people with Country through community-led or codesigned infrastructure, with a particular focus on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), and blue-green infrastructure (BGI).

As the recipient of the 2022 Queensland Women in STEM Breaking Barriers Award and a 2023 Australian Award for University Teaching citation, Dr Jen's innovative approaches to learning and teaching aim to bring playful curiosity back into STEM fields but also promote inclusivity and diversity. She advocates for integrating project-based learning and undergraduate research into the curriculum to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. In her previous position at Griffith University, she co-founded the Kungullanji Indigenous Research Program and continues to work with universities and organisations to expand undergraduate research opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Dr Jen's creativity extends beyond traditional research and teaching methods. As a trained LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator, she designs activities that are both meaningful and engaging, proving that learning can be fun and impactful. Driven by a desire to inspire students, empower researchers, and foster a more equitable and diverse STEM community, Jennifer's work transcends conventional approaches. Her commitment to excellence, innovation, and inclusivity makes her an energetic force in STEM education and environmental engineering research.

Publications

Book Chapters (2)
Journal Articles (4)
Conference Papers (4)

Book Chapters

Campbell, Jennifer Leigh (2024). Applying Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Decolonising Race Theory (DRT) principles to understand how the Kungullanji program contributes to decolonising undergraduate research experiences. Decolonising Teacher Education. (pp. 155-174) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-8939-9_8
Campbell, Jennifer Leigh, Michael, Ruby Naomi and Crough, Julie (2022). Creating authentic, reflexive, and enduring ways to embed indigenous perspectives into a first-year engineering course. Indigenous engineering for an enduring culture. (pp. 42-71) edited by Cat Kutay, Elyssebeth Leigh, Juliana Kaya Prpic and Lyndon Ormond-Parker. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Journal Articles

Ghasemieshkaftaki, Marzieh, Dupre, Karine, Campbell, Jennifer and Fernando, Ruwan (2025). Enhancing Place Attachment Through Developing Public Open Places: A Cross-Cultural Study in Gold Coast, Australia. Architecture, 5 (1) 10, 10. doi: 10.3390/architecture5010010
Campbell, Jennifer Leigh, Lockwood, Krystal, Barnett, Leda, Cook, Becki, Kitson, Greg, Henderson, Leah, Rowland, Dale, Mills, Kyly, Ballangarry, Julie and Corporal, Stephen (2023). Writing retreats as spaces to create Indigenous postgraduate research communities of practice. Studies in Higher Education, 49 (9) 106326, 1684-1697. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2277793
Campbell, Jennifer Leigh and Chang, Sushila (2021). The Kungullanji Program: creating an undergraduate research experience to raise aspirations of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the sciences. SPUR: Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 4 (3), 67-75. doi: 10.18833/spur/4/3/17
Mohamed, Roslinda, Campbell, Jennifer-Leigh, Cooper-White, Justin, Dimeski, Goce and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2012). The impact of saliva collection and processing methods on CRP, IgE, and Myoglobin immunoassays. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 1 (1), 19.1-19.7. doi: 10.1186/2001-1326-1-19

Conference Papers

Winter, Cassidy, Castley, James Guy, Campbell, Jennifer Leigh and Michael, Ruby Naomi (2025). Towards characterising and supporting invertebrate populations on green roofs. 13th International Conference of the IEES series: Closed Cycles and the Circular Society 2025: The Power of Ecological Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland, 16 -18 July 2025. Reykjavik, Iceland: International Ecological Engineering Society.
Winter, Cassidy, Chell, Sylvie, Castley, J. Guy, Campbell, Jennifer Leigh and Michael, Ruby (2023). If you build it, they will come: invertebrates on green roofs. International Conference of the International Ecological Engineering Society, Chania, Greece, 1-5 October 2023. International Ecological Engineering Society.
Michael, Ruby Naomi, Campbell, Jennifer Leigh and Crough, Julie (2022). Seeding new SPACEs: Six principles to guide reflection as we embed Indigenous perspectives into engineering courses. 33rd Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE 2022): Future of Engineering Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 4-7 December 2022. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), a Technical Society of Engineers Australia.
Campbell, Jennifer L., Michael, Ruby N. and Crough, Julie (2020). Embedding Indigenous perspectives in a first-year engineering design challenge course. 31st Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2020): Disrupting Business as Usual in Engineering Education, Virtual, 6-9 December 2020. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), a Technical Society of Engineers Australia.

Areas of research

Environmental Engineering