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Joanna Jenkins (neé Baker)

Joanna is Head of Student Experience and Academic Outcomes for the School of Human Sciences.

Photograph of Joanna Jenkins.

Joanna Jenkins

Joanna holds an MSc Dance Science from Trinity Laban, a Postgraduate Certificate with Distinction in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from London Metropolitan University and a BSc (Hons.) Sports Therapy from The University of Hertfordshire.
 
Joanna has worked at London Met since 2009 and has held positions relating to quality assurance both internally and externally. She has developed new courses and led reviews of existing courses within the Sports area and across the University. In her early career Joanna has previously worked with a number of dance companies and schools, educating dancers on safe dance practices and prevention of injury.
 
More recently Joanna received her Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and was a awarded University Teaching Fellowship in 2024. These accolades demonstrate Joanna's commitment to enhancing student outcomes for our students, in a data-driven context, translating to high impact interventions.

Joanna has previously taught across all modules of Sports Therapy from levels 3 to 7, more recently Examination and Assessment of Sports Injuries and Clinical Reasoning. In her current role she teaches Core and Professional Skills and Research Methods for levels 4 and 5 to students on Sports Therapy, Sport and Exercise Science, and Sport Psychology and Coaching. She has a strong interest in implementing the Education for Social Justice Framework within her modules and supporting others to do the same. Joanna also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation students.

Research interests

- Factors affecting student academic performance (notably grit and resilience)
- Development of grading schemes and rubrics to enhance outcomes
- Dance injuries (prevention and treatment)
- Anatomy and biomechanics
- Examination and assessment
- Genetics of flexibility
 
Member of the Healthcare Education Innovation research group and the Performance Rehabilitation and Physical Activity (PRPA) research group.
  • Presentation at 34th Annual Conference of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (2024) (Bologna, Italy) "The Effects of Soft Dance Shoes on Biomechanics - A Systematic Review
  • Contribution to: Ward, K (2016) Routledge Handbook of Sports Therapy. Oxon: Routledge
  • Baker-Jenkins, J, Wyon, M and Nevill, A (2013) Can turnout measurements be used to predict physiotherapist-reported injury rates in dancers? Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 28(4), 230-235
  • Baker, J, Scott, D, Watkins, K, Keegan-Turcotte, S and Wyon, M (2010) Self-reported and Reported Injury Patterns in Contemporary Dance Students, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 25, 10-15
  • Nordin-Bates, S M, Walker, I, Baker, J, Garner, J, Hardy, C, Irvine, S, Jola, C, Laws, H and Blevins, P (2011) Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, 15(2), pp.76-85
University Teaching Fellow (awarded 2024)
Transformation bid - Digitisation of the Sports Injury Clinic (awarded 2023)
Annual Travelling Scholarship - The Society of Sports Therapists (awarded 2008)

Joanna Jenkins (née Baker)

Head of Student Experience and Academic Outcomes (School of Human Sciences)

j.jenkins@londonmet.ac.uk