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Heads of School

Name	Title
Professor Jeff Brooks	Head of School
Associate Professor Rekha Koul	Deputy Head of School
Professor John Williams	Director, Graduate Research
Dr Sally Lamping	Director, Learning and Teaching
Dr Sonja Kuzich	Director, Learning and Teaching
Dr Carol Carter	Director, Student Experience and Community Engagement
Dr Sender Dovchin	Director, Research

Discipline leads

Name	Title
Associate Professor Toni Dobinson	Discipline Lead, Languages, Linguistics and TESOL
Associate Professor Rekha Koul	Discipline Lead, STEM Education
Dr Craig Whitsed	Discipline Lead, Education and Pedagogy

Course coordinators

Name	Title
Ms Emma Cross	Course Coordinator (Early Childhood Education – UG) and (Educational Studies – UG)
Dr Sally Murphy	Course Coordinator (Primary – UG)
Ms Siobhan Unwin	Co-Course Coordinator (Primary – UG)
Dr Saul Karnovsky	Course Coordinator (Secondary Education – UG)
Dr Sonja Kuzich	First Year Course Coordinator (UG)
Dr Julian Chen	Course Coordinator (Asian Languages – PG)
Dr Qian Gong	Major Coordinator (Chinese – UG)
Dr Hiroshi Hasegawa	Major Coordinator (Japanese – UG)
Ms Von Sawers	Course Coordinator (Master of Teaching, ECE & Primary – PG)
Dr Fadi Ma’ayah	Course Coordinator (Master of Teaching, Secondary – PG)
Dr Brad Gobby	Course Coordinator (Master of Education – PG)
Associate Professor Toni Dobinson	Course Coordinator (Master of Arts TESOL – PG)
Dr Craig Whitsed	Course Coordinator (Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovative Learning and Teaching – PG, OUA)
Professor John Williams	Course Coordinator (Doctor of Education)

Academic staff

Name	Title
Professor Jill Aldridge	Professor
Dr Yuko Asano-Cavanagh	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Susan Beltman	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Susan Blackley	Associate Professor
Dr Tetiana Bogachenko	Senior Research Officer
Dr Paul Brown	Lecturer
Dr Carol Carter	Senior Lecturer
Dr Julian Chen	Senior Lecturer
Dr Audrey Cooke	Senior Lecturer
Dr Grant Cooper	Senior Lecturer
Dr Martin Cooper	Senior Lecturer
Dr Sharon Davies	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Judith Dinham	Associate Professor
Dr Sender Dovchin	Senior Research Fellow
Associate Professor Toni Dobinson	Associate Professor, (Master of Arts Applied Linguistics – PG) and (Graduate Certificate in TESOL – PG)
Dr Madeleine Dobson	Senior Lecturer
Dr Kathryne Ford	Deputy Director, Graduate Research
Professor Barry Fraser	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Dr Paul Gardner	Senior Lecturer
Dr Stefania Giamminuti	Senior Lecturer
Dr Brad Gobby	Senior Lecturer
Dr Qian Gong	Senior Lecturer
Dr Graeme Gower	Associate Professor, On Country Academic Lead
Dr Hiroshi Hasegawa	Senior Lecturer
Dr Saul Karnovsky	Senior Lecturer
Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker	Research Fellow
Associate Professor Rekha Koul	Associate Professor
Mrs Katie Kumasaka	Lecturer
Dr Sonja Kuzich	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Craig Lambert	Associate Professor
Dr Sally Lamping	Lecturer
Dr Geraldine Lane	Ongoing Sessional Fellow
Associate Professor Lisa Lim	Associate Professor
Dr Fadi Ma’ayah	Senior Lecturer
Dr Helen McCarthy	Lecturer
Dr Val Morey	Senior Lecturer
Professor John Malone	Emeritus Professor
Associate Professor Karen Murcia	Associate Professor
Dr Sally Murphy	Lecturer
Associate Professor Karen Nonis	Associate Professor
Dr Samantha Owen	Senior Lecturer
Dr Lisa Paris	Senior Lecturer
Professor Leonie Rennie	Emeritus Professor
Mrs Fran Rhodes	Associate Lecturer
Ms Von Sawers	Lecturer
Associate Professor Rachel Sheffield	Associate Professor
Mr Craig Sims	Lecturer
Dr Matthew Sinclair	Lecturer
Dr Cindy Smith	Lecturer
Dr Carly Steele	Lecturer
Ms Keryn Sturrock	Lecturer
Dr Sabine Tan	Senior Research Fellow
Associate Professor Kok-Sing Tang	Associate Professor
Professor David Treagust	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Ms Siobhan Unwin	Associate Lectuer
Associate Professor Rebecca Walker	Associate Professor
Dr Jia White	Lecturer
Dr Craig Whitsed	Senior Lecturer
Professor John Williams	Professor
Associate Professor Mihye Won	Associate Professor

Professional staff

Name	Title
Mr Michael Tindall	School Business Manager

Ms Catherine Brett	Administrative Officer
Miss Jenny Lister	Administrative Assistant
Ms Aoife McCarthy	Administrative Officer (AO to HoS/PLHub)
Miss Justine Platel	Administrative Officer (Learning & Teaching)
Mrs Rosalie Wood	Administrative Officer

Ms Nikki Jenkins	Educational Technologies Lead
Mr Marcelo Jopia Vilches	Learning Technologies Support Officer
Mr Liam Lynch	Learning Technologies Support Officer (Online Content Designer)
Ms Sophie Malaga	Learning Technologies Support Officer
Mr Jake Molcher	Learning Technologies Support Officer
Mr John Simpson	Media and Technical Assistant
Mr Paul Turner	Learning Technology Adviser

Ms Emma Pellicione	Program Manager, Industry Engagement
Mr Mitch Alco	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Mrs Helen McAullay	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Ms Sofia Giradi	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Mrs Olivia Ramsamy	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Ms Catherine Tesoriero	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Ms Billie Thomas	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Ms Felicia Tierney	Industry Engagement Coordinator
Mr Ali Ali	Professional Experience Officer
Ms Shontelle Galvin	Professional Experience Officer
Ms Lauren Hestelow	Professional Experience Officer
Mr Pavan Kumar	Professional Experience Officer
Ms Rachel Leonhardt	Systems Officer (Professional Experience)
Ms Maggie Millward	Professional Experience Officer
Ms Katie Ramsay	Professional Experience Officer
Mr Glyn Sturrock	Professional Experience Officer

Mrs Melissa Brodie	Sessional Coordinator

Ms Jane Sutherland	Project Coordinator, Professional Learning Hub for Educators
Kate Mattes	Adminisration Officer, Professional Learning Hub for Educators

Mindy Oxenburgh	On Country Teacher Education Programme Manager
Ms Sophie Benson	Student Support Officer (OCTE)

Miss Emma Balaam	Planning Coordinator, Learning & Teaching
Dr Kathryne Ford	Higher Degree by Research Officer

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