Dr Jenny Mee’s over 30 years of nursing experience encompassed many roles in clinical nursing, health promotion, teaching, research, management and directing her own home care business. In 2012, she joined the University of Ballarat, the predecessor entity to Federation University, as a lecturer in Nursing. In this role, she has led significant change in home care simulation, clinical hospital simulation learning and curriculum on campus and in the areas of online and authentic reality learning. In 2015, Jenny co-led a group of Nursing and Midwifery students on a Commonwealth Student Mobility Grant ($30,000) study tour of Timor-Leste, focusing on women’s health and social disparities of health in a developing country.

In 2021, Jenny gained her PhD by examining Australian home care quality and the challenges that business managers and home care owners face during times of political and societal change. She also holds a Master of Applied Science (Research) from QUT in feminist research, examining women's lived experiences of studying nursing at university. In addition to her leadership roles as the international student coordinator in nursing and NTEU union delegate, she has postgraduate qualifications in teaching and learning and higher education leadership.

Jenny has several publications, received a National Excellence in Education Leadership scholarship, is a Golden Key Honour Society Member and leads innovative, authentic teaching strategies and research at Federation University in simulation, virtual reality and online.