University Priority Research Centres are listed below together with other centres. The Director and Deputy Director(s), where applicable, are shown for each centre, together with research and general staff employed by the centre. Other academics associated with the centres are listed in Faculty staff lists. Full staff lists are provided on each centre’s website.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Institute of Child Protection Studies
University Priority Research Centre
Associate Professor Morag McARTHUR DipWelfare BSocSci(Hons) PostgradCertHigherEdTeaching PhD(UNSW)
Canberra Campus (Director)
Dr Gail WINKWORTH PSM BSW(Hons)(UNSW) DSW(Syd)
Senior Research Fellow
Ms Lorraine THOMSON BSW(Hons)(UNSW) MLitt(UNE) MSW(ACU)
Research Fellow
Quality of Life and Social Justice Research Centre
University Priority Research Centre
Director: Professor Ruth WEBBER TPTC BA MEdSt(Monash) BEd(LaTrobe) PhD(Melb)
Melbourne Campus (Director)
Dr Patricia BAZELEY BA(Hons) PhD(Macq)
Professor Barbara BOWERS RN, BSN(Michigan) MSN(Wayne) PhD(Calif, SF) FAAN
Dr Kate JONES BEc(Hons)(Syd) GradDipLib(Canberra) MA(Melb) PhD(LaTrobe)
Rev Dr Michael MASON STM(Union Theological Seminary, NY) MPhil PhD(Columbia, NY)
Mrs Fiona SPARROW
Administrative Officer
Mr Ian SPARROW BTax(UNSW) ASA
Senior Administrative Officer
Ms Julie WILMOT BSocSc(ACU) PostgradDipArts(Sociology)(Melb)
Research Assistant
Faculty of Education
Centre for Creative and Authentic Leadership
University Priority Research Centre
Associate Professor Michael BEZZINA BA(Hons) DipEd PhD(Macq) MEdStuds(UniSA) MACE FACEL
Strathfield Campus (Director)
Dr Jack FRAWLEY DipT(AquinasTC Vic) BEd(Inservice)(UniSA) MEdStudies(NTU) MEd(TESOL)(UniSA) PhD(UWS)
Senior Research Fellow
Mr Soma NAGAPPAN BSc(Malaya) GDipBIS MBA(Curtin)
Manager
Mathematics Teaching and Learning Research Centre
University Priority Research Centre
Professor Doug CLARKE BSc DipEd MEdSt(Monash) PhD(Wisconsin)
Melbourne Campus (Director)
Ms Anne ROCHE BEd DipEd MEd(ACU)
Centre Manager and Research Assistant
Ms Rose KNIGHT DipT BEd(ACU)
Research Assistant
Ms Louise HAMILTON
Research Assistant
Faculty of Health Sciences
Centre of Physical Activity across the Lifespan
Professor Geraldine NAUGHTON BEd(Primary) BAppSc(Dist)(FootscrayIT) MAppSc PhD(VU)
Strathfield Campus (Director)
National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research
University Priority Research Centre
Professor Sandy MIDDLETON RN, ICUCert BAppSc(Nursing) MN PhD(Syd) FCN MRCNA
Director, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s & Mater Health, Sydney and ACU
Director, National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research (NaCCOR), Nursing and Midwifery, Australia
Professor Paul FULLBROOK RN, DipProfStudNurs BSc(Hons)(Bournemouth, UK) PGDipEd MSc(Manchester, UK) PhD(Bournemouth, UK)
Deputy Director, National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research (NaCCOR), Nursing and Midwifery, Australia
Professor Linda WORRALL-CARTER RN, CorCareCert(UK) BEd MEd(Prelim) PhD(LaTrobe)
Director, Centre for Nursing Research, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Deputy Director, National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research (NaCCOR). Nursing and Midwifery, Australia
Ms Justine BENFIELD DipTrng&AssessSys CertIVBus(FrontlineMgmt), CertIVTrng&Assess (TAA40104)
Executive Officer
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Asia-Pacific Centre for Inter-Religious Dialogue
Professor Raymond CANNING LicPh STB(Greg) PhD STD(Leuven)
Canberra Campus (Director)
Professor Ismail ALBAYRAK BA MA(Ankara) PhD(Leeds)
Melbourne Campus (Assistant Director)
Centre for Early Christian Studies
University Priority Research Centre
Professor Pauline ALLEN BA(Hons)(Qld) MA(Hons)(UNE) DipMedStud(Leuven) DPhil(Oxf) FAHA
Brisbane Campus (Director)
Dr Bronwen J NEIL BA(Hons)(Qld) MATheolRes(Durham) PhD(ACU)
Burke Senior Lecturer in Ecclesiastical Latin
Dr Geoffrey D DUNN BA(Hons)(Qld) MLitt(UNE) PhD(ACU)
Australian Research Fellow
Dr Youhanna Nessim YOUSSEF BCom(AinShamsUniv) BA MA PhD(Montpellier III)
Lecturer in Coptic and Christian Arabic
Dr David LUCKENSMEYER BSc BA(Hons) PhD(Qld)
Research Associate
Dr Stephen LAKE BTheol(Hons)(Flinders) PhD(Cambridge)
ARC Research Associate
Ms Dinah JOESOEF BBA MBA(San Francisco)
Administrative Officer
Mr Thomas BUCHANAN BMus(Hons) LLB(Monash) GradDipLegPrac(TheCollegeofLaw)
Administrative Officer
Golding Centre for Women's History, Theology and Spirituality
Dr Sophie McGRATH BA(Syd) DipEd(UNE) MEd(Syd) PhD(Macq)
Strathfield Campus (Director)
Dr Rosa MacGINLEY BA BEd MA(Qld) DipTh(CIS) PhD(Qld)
Brisbane Campus (Associate Director)
Plunkett Centre for Ethics
Dr Bernadette TOBIN MA MEd(Melb) PhD(Cantab)
St Vincent’s Hospital Campus, Darlinghurst (Director
Kathleen Bradburn
Administrative Officer