Staff

Executive Dean
Heads of Schools 
Personal assistants

Please direct all Head of School enquiries to:

  • Trish Gilchrist: Personal Assistant to Head of School, School of Business
  • Pamela Edsall: Personal Assistant to Head of School, School of Communication
  • Sue Chamberlin: Personal Assistant to Head of School, School of Social Sciences
Director, Sustainability Research Centre (SRC)
Associate Deans

 

School of Business academic staff
  • Dr Robert Alexander: Senior Lecturer, Economics
  • Professor Sajid Anwar: Program Leader, Graduate Certificate in Business Research; Professor, Finance
  • Dr Peter Baxter: Program Leader, Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting major), Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Graduate Certificate in Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting; Senior Lecturer, Accounting 
  • Neville Bell: Program Leader, Bachelor of Business (International Business); Teaching and Research Fellow   
  • Steven Boyd: Program Leader, Bachelor of Property Economics and Development; Lecturer, Property Economics and Development
  • Dr Leone Cameron: Lecturer, International Business
  • Professor Mike Clements: Head of School, School of Business
  • Wayne Clutterbuck: Associate Lecturer, Information Systems 
  • Dr Jane Craig: Program Leader, Graduate Certificate in Business Administration *, Graduate Certificate in Management *, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration *, Master of Business Administration *, Master of International Business; Senior Lecturer, Management, and Human Resource Management
  • Dr Justin Debuse: Senior Lecturer, Information Systems
  • Dr Retha de Villiers Scheepers: Lecturer, Entrepreneurship 
  • Dr Susan Douglas: Lecturer, Business Law and Human Resource Management
  • Dr Rod Farr-Wharton: Program Leader, Entrepreneurship; Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship
  • David Fleischman: Associate Lecturer, Marketing, Management 
  • Professor David Gadenne: Professor, Accounting, Finance
  • Dr Wayne Graham: Program Leader, Associate Degree in Business, Bachelor of Business; Lecturer, Management
  • David Gration: Program Leader, Diploma of Events / Bachelor of Business, Diploma of Hospitality / Bachelor of Business; Teaching and Research Fellow
  • Professor Mike Hefferan: Professor, Property and Development
  • Oscar Imaz-Mairal: Teaching and Research Fellow
  • Associate Professor Don Kerr: Program Leader, Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology; Associate Professor, Information Systems
  • Dr Greg Laing: Senior Lecturer, Accounting
  • Associate Professor Meredith Lawley: Program Leader, Bachelor of Business (Marketing); Associate Professor, Marketing
  • Dr Mark Manning: Senior Lecturer, Management
  • Dr Paul Manuell: Program Leader (Business), Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education / Bachelor of Business; Lecturer, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
  • Dr Gayle Mayes: Program Leader, Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Science (Sport Management); Lecturer in Tourism, Leisure and Events Management  
  • Dr Gabrielle Parle: Associate Lecturer, Accounting, Finance
  • Dr Maria Raciti: Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching); Senior Lecturer, Marketing
  • Stuart Ross: Senior Lecturer, Property Economics and Development
  • Dr Vikki Schaffer: Program Leader, Bachelor of Business (Tourism, Leisure and Events Management); Lecturer, Tourism, Leisure and Events Management
  • Dr Bishnu Sharma: Program Leader, Bachelor of Business (Management), Bachelor of Business (Honours), Bachelor of Commerce (Honours); Faculty Human Resource Ethics Peer Adviser (FHREPA); Senior Lecturer, Management
  • Dr Wendy Spinks: Lecturer, Marketing
  • Dr Amir Talaei-Khoei: Lecturer, Informatics
  • Dr John Teale: Program Leader, Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning major), Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning), Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning); Senior Lecturer, Financial Planning 
  • Selina Tomasich: Teaching and Research Fellow  
  • Dr John Whiteoak: Program Leader, Bachelor of Business (Human Resources); Lecturer, Human Resource Management
  • Associate Professor Monte Wynder: Associate Professor, Accounting

* Program available on campus and online

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School of Communication academic staff
  • Mary-Rose Adkins: Associate Lecturer, Communication
  • Dr Clare Archer-Lean: Lecturer, English
  • Renee Barnes: Senior Lecturer, Journalism 
  • Anna Bishop: Program Leader, Bachelor of Justice and Legal Studies; Lecturer, Justice and Legal Studies
  • Dr Lisa Chandler: Senior Lecturer, Art and Design
  • Kelly Choong: Lecturer, Advertising
  • Associate Professor Gary Crew: Program Leader, Bachelor of Creative Writing, Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing #, Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing for Youth, Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing #; Associate Professor, Creative Writing
  • Gail Crimmins: Associate Lecturer, Communication 
  • Professor Robert Elliot: Professor of Philosophy
  • Elizabeth (Jane) Fynes-Clinton: Lecturer, Journalism
  • Dr Folker Hanusch: Program Leader, Bachelor of Journalism, Graduate Certificate in Journalism, Graduate Diploma in Journalism; Senior Lecturer, Journalism
  • Dr Umi Khattab: Program Leader, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Marketing Communication), Bachelor of Corporate and Public Affairs **, Bachelor of Public Relations, Graduate Certificate in Public Relations, Graduate Diploma in Public Relations; Senior Lecturer, Public Relations
  • Benjamin King:  Multimedia Technical Support Officer
  • Dr Debra Livingston: Program Leader, Bachelor of Computer-Based Design, Bachelor of Design **, Bachelor of Design and Communication, Diploma of Photoimaging / Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Visual Arts–Fine Arts / Bachelor of Arts; Lecturer, Digital Design
  • Dr Jo Loth: Lecturer, Drama 
  • Associate Professor Rod McCulloch: Head of School, School of Communication; Program Leader, Graduate Certificate in Communication#, Graduate Diploma in Communication, Master of Communication; Senior Lecturer, Creative Advertising 
  • Dr Phillip Mahnken: Program Leader, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Indonesian and International Business) **; Lecturer, Indonesian  
  • Dr Gregory Nash: Program Leader, Bachelor of Communication; Faculty Human Resource Ethics Peer Adviser (FHREPA); Lecturer, Communication  
  • Dr Anna Potter: Lecturer, Communication
  • Dr Francesco Ricatti: Cassamarca Senior Lecturer, Italian Language 
  • Dr Uwe Terton: Lecturer, Computer Based Design  
  • Kevin Todd: Program Leader, Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Business (Design and Marketing), Graduate Certificate in Digital Design (Print and Imaging); Senior Lecturer, Art and Design
  • Rika Tsuchida: Associate Lecturer, Japanese
  • Janet Turley: Associate Lecturer, Communications 
  • Dr Ross Watkins: Lecturer, Creative Writing
  • Dr Ian White: Program Leader, Graduate Certificate in Digital Design (Electronic Media), Graduate Diploma in Digital Design (Print and Electronic Media); Senior Lecturer, Digital Design and Media
  • Dr Paul Williams: Lecturer, Creative Writing

** Program is suspended or discontinued

# Program is approved for discontinuation

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School of Social Sciences academic and professional staff
  • Dr Lucinda Aberdeen: Program Leader, Bachelor of Social Science, Diploma of Community Services Work/Bachelor of Social Science, Diploma of Community Services Work/Bachelor of Social Science***; Lecturer, Sociology
  • Dr Phillip Ablett: Lecturer, Sociology
  • Dr Claudia Baldwin: Senior Lecturer, Environmental and Planning Studies
  • Dr Harriot Beazley: Lecturer, Human Geography
  • Deborah Blakeney: Associate Lecturer, Social Work
  • Christine Boulter: Field Education Coordinator 
  • Karryn Bratby: Associate Lecturer, Social Work
  • Dianne Brough: Lecturer, Psychology 
  • Dr Marcus Bussey: Program Leader, Graduate Certificate in Future Studies; Lecturer, History and Futures
  • Associate Professor Jennifer Carter: Associate Professor, Geography; Program Leader Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours)    
  • Dr Michelle Curran: Associate Lecturer, Psychology 
  • Dr Elizabeth Eddy: Program Leader, Associate Degree in Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Certificate in Arts, Graduate Diploma in Arts; Lecturer, Social Sciences
  • Suzanne Evans: Associate Lecturer, Counselling 
  • Dr Natassia Goode: Research Fellow 
  • Dr Peter Innes: Faculty Human Resource Ethics Peer Adviser (FHREPA) (excluding Psychology); Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences
  • Dr John Janzekovic: Lecturer, Politics and International Relations
  • Gerard Jefferies: Field Education Coordinator 
  • Associate Professor Christian Jones: Associate Dean (Research); Program Leader, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Business (by Research), Master of Arts (by Research), Master of Creative Arts (by Research), Doctor of Creative Arts (by Research); Associate Professor, Interactive Digital Media 
  • Dr Lee Kannis-Dymand: Lecturer, Clinical Psychology
  • Professor Mary Katsikitis: Associate Dean (International and Engagement); Program Leader, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Psychology and Human Resource Management), Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Exercise Science), Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Arts (Special Education and Psychology)**, Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology), Master of Psychology (Clinical); Professor, Psychology
  • Dr Athena (Tina) Lathouras: Lecturer, Social Work
  • Dr Geoff Lovell: Program Leader, Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) (Honours); Faculty Human Resource Ethics Peer Adviser (FHREPA) (Psychology); Senior Lecturer, Psychology
  • Associate Professor Julie Matthews: Associate Professor, Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Business; Associate Director of the Sustainability Research Centre
  • Neil Mellor: Lecturer, Counselling
  • Dr Prudence Millear: Lecturer, Psychology
  • Dr Ann Moir-Bussy: Program Leader, Bachelor of Counselling, Master of Counselling, Master of Counselling Practice; Senior Lecturer, Counselling 
  • Associate Professor Christine Morley: Program Leader, Bachelor of Human Services, Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health (Human Services and Health Promotion), Master of Social Work, Master of Social Work (Qualifying); Associate Professor, Social Work
  • Dr Kate Mulgrew: Lecturer, Psychology
  • Dr Sandra Phillips: Lecturer, Indigenous Studies 
  • Dr Kay Pozzebon: Lecturer, Psychology
  • Dr Lisa Raith: Lecturer, Psychology 
  • Associate Professor Johanna Rosier: Program Leader, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (Planning and Environmental Science)**, Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)/Bachelor of Human Services) **, Bachelor of Regional and Urban Planning, Master of Regional and Urban Planning, Master of Regional Planning by Research; Associate Professor, Regional and Urban Planning
  • Associate Professor Paul Salmon: Senior Research Fellow, Human Factors
  • Dr Bridie Scott-Parker: Research Fellow  
  • Dr Rachael Sharman: Lecturer, Psychology
  • Dr Dixie Statham: Director, Psychology Clinic; Senior Lecturer, Psychology
  • Bronwyn Stevens: Program Leader, Bachelor of International Studies; Lecturer, Politics
  • Dr Nicholas Stevens: Lecturer, Regional and Urban Planning
  • Dr David Trudinger: Lecturer, History
  • Dr Angela Wardell-Johnson: CRN Senior Research Fellow (Sustainability)    
  • Dr Donna Weeks: Program Leader, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Japanese and International Business)**; Lecturer, Japanese Studies and International Relations
  • Judith Wickes: Field Education Officer 

** Program is suspended or discontinued

*** This program is an articulation between the University of the Sunshine Coast and TAFE

Law academic staff

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Sustainability Research Centre (SRC)
SRC executive staff
Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Fellows
SRC academic staff

Based in the Faculty of Arts and Business, the Sustainability Research Centre includes colleagues from both University faculties.

SRC research staff
  • Lila Singh-Peterson:  Research Officer
SRC administrative staff

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Administrative, professional and technical staff

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Faculty industry staff
  • Toni Coles  
  • Ben King
  • Andrew Mortimer
  • Rosanna Natoli
  • Peter Owen
  • Sarah Pye
  • Sarah-Jane Scott
  • Shirley Sinclair
  • Michelle Smytheman
  • Matthew Tanner
  • Julie Thompson
  • Jean Tulloch
  • Irene Visser
  • Alistair Ward
Adjunct academic staff
  • Dr Terence Boyd —Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Kurt Brereton, DipArt Alexander Mackie CAE., PhDTechnol.Syd — Adjunct Professor
  • Mr Kevin Burgess —Adjunct Professor 
  • Dr Ken Cato, DDesign Swinburne UT — Adjunct Professor
  • Professor Michael Drew —Adjunct Professor
  • Emeritus Professor Robert Elson, BA (Hons) Monash, PhD Monash — Adjunct Professor
  • Mr Glenn Ferguson — Adjunct Professor 
  • Dr Jason Fitzsimmons —Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Joanne Freeman — Adjunct Professor
  • Morag Gamble, MEnvEd(Hons) Griff., PGDip Landscape Architecture, Melb., BEnvPlanD, Melb. — Adjunct Lecturer
  • Dr Kathryn Geldard, DipOccThpy NSW College Occupational Therapy, MQual Qld. MCouns Qld.UT, PhD Qld.UT — Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Ms Barbara Haddon — Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Kathy Hastings —Adjunct Professor
  • Professor John Henningham, BEc Syd., MA Syd., PhD Qld. — Adjunct Professor
  • David Hollinsworth, BASyd., BA(Hons)Syd. —Adjunct Professor
  • Professor Sohail Inayatullah, BA Hawaii, MA Hawaii, PhD Hawaii — Adjunct Professor
  • Professor Gary Johns —Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Rana Manning —Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Ivana Milojevic, BA(Hons) Belgrade, PhD Qld. — Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Gale Moloney, BA(Psych) Murd., BA(Psych)(Hons) Murd.,PhD Murd. — Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Associate Professor Peter Murray —Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Lorraine O'Neill, MBA E.Cowan, PhD E.Cowan — Adjunct Lecturer
  • Dr Martin Sharp, BA(Hons) History NSW, PhD Australian History ANU — Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Dr Ailbhe Travers, PhD (Geography CoastEng), W.Aust, BSc(Hons)(EnvSc), Ulster.
    — Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
  • Professor Carl A. Trocki, BA(History) Cleveland State University, MA Cornell University, PhD Cornell University — Adjunct Professor
  • Professor Iain Walker, BA Adel, BA(Honours Psychology) Flin, MS UC Santa Cruz, PhD UC Santa Cruz — Adjunct Professor of Psychology
  • Dr Karl Wennberg —Adjunct Professor
  • Professor William Wiggs —Adjunct Professor
  • Robyn Willey — Adjunct Professor
  • Professor Keithia Wilson, PhD Qld., Psych(Hons) Qld., BEdStud Qld., BA Qld. — Adjunct Professor

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