Leadership
Leadership
Board of Directors
Academic Board Members
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Associate Professor Michelle Cavaleri
Dean Academic/Chair, Learning and Teaching Committee
BA Hons (Languages and Linguistics); MA (TESOL); PhD (Applied Linguistics)
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Professor Gary Day
Deputy Dean, Programs/Chair, Board of Examiners
DHSM, MHM, BNurs, DipAppSc (Nursing Mgt), RN, EM, FCHSE, FGLF
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Dr Scott Dickson
CEO Higher Education
PhD (UNE), MEd (UOW), BEd (Physical and Health Education) (UOW)
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Assoc Prof Beulah Moses
General Manager Higher Education Quality
BEng., MIT, MBA, PhD (AI and Comp Eng.), Grad Cert Tertiary Education
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Professor Ian Rouse
Dean, Research and Scholarship/Chair, Scholarship and Research Committee
BSc Hons( Biomed Science), Grad Dip Health Science, Dip Proj Mgmnt, PhD (Epidemiology)
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Elena Shifrina (Lena)
General Manager, Higher Education Operations
B.Ling. & CCC, Grad Dip IHM, Grad Cert Couns
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Emeritus Professor Annabelle Duncan
Independent Chair
BSc Otago U, NZ; MSc Otago U, NZ; PhD La Trobe; PSM, FTSE, FRSN
Emeritus Professor Annabelle Duncan is a Microbial Ecologist by training, who was educated at Otago University in New Zealand, La Trobe University, and Monash University. She has completed a Senior Executive Management course at Harvard University as well as the Director’s course and the Advanced Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She worked sixteen years at CSIRO, initially as a research scientist and later in science management. As the Chief of CSIRO Molecular Science for six years, she supervised the spin-off of six start-up companies.
From 2005–2007 she was Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne. From 2007–2010 she was the Executive Director, Science Collaboration at the Biosciences Research Centre, a joint venture between La Trobe University and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries.
Emeritus Professor Duncan has acted as an adviser to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on biological weapons control and in this capacity represented Australia at international arms control meetings. She was awarded a Public Service Medal in 1996 and an Honorary DSc from Murdoch University in 2005 for her work in arms control. She has also served as a biological weapons inspector with the United Nations in Iraq.
In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary DSc from La Trobe University for achievements in academia and contributions to science.
Emeritus Professor Duncan joined the University of New England in late 2010, initially as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). She later became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and in late 2014 was appointed the Vice-Chancellor, serving in this role until mid-2019.
She currently serves as a non-executive director on boards and chairs the NSW Physical Sciences Fund.
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Dr John Jenkins
Independent Member
Chair Of The Academic Board
Assoc. Dip. Hort. (HAC), BA (UNE), BA(Hons) (UNE), PhD (UNE), GAICD
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Emeritus Professor Anne Cummins
Independent member
BEd (Canberra CAE); MA (MQ); GradDipEd (Catholic College of Education Sydney), MEDL (ACU); GAICD
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Mr. John Cameron
Director/Chair, Audit and Risk Committee
M Com (Hons) UNSW
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Professor Dawn Bennett
Independent Member/Chair, Course Advisory Committee
PhD, ALTF, PFHEA
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Professor Ian Rouse
Dean, Research and Scholarship/Chair, Scholarship and Research Committee
BSc Hons( Biomed Science), Grad Dip Health Science, Dip Proj Mgmnt, PhD (Epidemiology)
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Adjunct Professor Sally Robertson
Independent Member
RN; BN(UNE); MEd(Adult)(UTS); GCHigherEd(Macq); FCN; FHEA.
Adjunct Professor Robertson is an experienced academic with over 25 years experience in higher education. Adjunct Professor Robertson was the Dean of the School of Nursing, Sydney at the University of Notre Dame(UNDA) and prior to this the Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching. During her time in the School of Nursing she led both undergraduate and post graduate curriculum development, led the expansion of post graduate programs and engaged with industry partners to develop industry based graduate certificate programs. She has previously worked at a non self-accrediting higher education provider where she was responsible for program development and both internal and external accreditation.
Adjunct Professor Robertson has extensive experience in learning and teaching, curriculum development and stakeholder engagement. At UNDA she served on Academic Council, was the Chair of the Educational Technology Advisory group and the Chair of the University Learning and Teaching committee.
Adjunct Professor Robertson is passionate about nursing and education and has a keen interest in learning and teaching, curriculum development, standards and accreditation.
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Emeritus Professor Jo-Anne Reid
Independent Member
BA. Dip Ed. UQ; BEd. PhD Deakin; GCertULT, Ballarat.
Professor Reid is Emeritus Professor of Education at Charles Sturt University. Prior to her retirement in 2018, she served as the Presiding Officer of the CSU Academic Senate, Associate Dean Teacher Education, and Head of the School of Teacher Education. She completed her professional qualifications at the University of Queensland and her PhD at Deakin University. After teaching with the Education Department of WA she worked casually at the University of Western Australia, Murdoch, Deakin, and Monash Universities while completing her doctorate, and then at the Universities of Ballarat and New England as a full time academic prior to joining Charles Sturt in 2002.
Professor Reid remains active as a researcher and publisher, and over her career has won a range of ARC and other National Competitive Grants focussed on literacy and English teaching, teacher education, Indigenous and overseas-born teachers, as well as rural teacher education. She has been co-editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education and has recently been appointed to the editorial board of this journal. She is a past president of the NSW Council of Deans of Education, the Australian Teacher Education Association, and the Australian Association for Research in Education.
Professor Reid has a keen interest in university governance and has led external review processes at the Course, School, Faculty, and Academic Board level across a range of Australian institutions.
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Dr M. (Mohammad) Ashiqur Rahman
PhD, MEMDV, MEng, Beng
Dr M. Ashiqur Rahman has been a teacher and lecturer since 2001 and before joining APIC in 2018 has taught at Western Sydney University, Education Centre of Australia and the North South University in Bangladesh. Dr Rahman completed his undergraduate studies and Master of Civil Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering before pursuing a Master of Environmental Management at the Australian National University. Ashiq gained his PhD in Project and Environmental Management from the University of Sydney.