Elena Poletti

Lecturer

Elena has been with the department since late 1988, joining under the then Teaching Fellow programme. She has taught in the first year papers for majors and for non-specialists, and is a guest lecturer for courses in Human Nutrition (Dietetics) and Pharmacy. She has been convener and sole teacher of the 300-level course Accounting for the Public Sector for a number of years.

Her research interests reflect both the major focus of her teaching and her earlier work in foreign languages and literature. Current work includes a reassessment of models for understanding the ways that accounting is understood and deployed in church or faith communities and a study of training in budgeting for girls in New Zealand high schools in the 1950s and 60s. A joint project with staff from Design Studies that aims to bring archival material from the Hocken Collections to the notice of the Department's students while giving design students experience in carrying out a design brief is ongoing.

Student Consultation Hours

Monday: 1.00 - 3.00pm
Thursday: 1.00 - 3.00pm

Contact Details

Room: Commerce 4.36
Telephone: (03) 479 8108
Email: epoletti@business.otago.ac.nz