Our people

Head of Department

Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith Postgraduate Coordinator (PhD students)

Professional staff

• Ahmad Sharif, Administrator
• Cathrine Stensgaard, Administrator
• Candi Young, Administrator

Professors

• Professor Kerry Shephard
• Professor Clinton Golding
• Professor Joyce Koh
• Professor Ben Daniel

Emeritus Professors

• Professor Tony Harland

Associate Professors

• Associate Professor Vijay Mallan

Senior Lecturers

• Dr Russell Butson
• Dr Julie Timmermans
• Dr Navé Wald
• Dr Rob Wass

Lecturers

• Dr Qian Liu Postgraduate Coordinator (PGCertHighE, PGDipHighE and MHEd)
• Dr Ana Stojanov
• Dr Ruth Toumu'a
  Wellington Campus offers their heartfelt condolences to Ruth's family and loved ones on the tragic news of her passing on 15 May 2024.

Teaching Fellows

• Pauline Brook
• Claire Hudson
• Pam Melgren
• Dr Mark F Owusu

Affiliated staff

• Dr Sarah Stein Director, Distance Learning

Research and other staff

• Associate Professor Farhana Abu Bakar
• Associate Professor Thong Chee Ling

Current postgraduate students

Doctoral students

• Qin An
• Đào Thị Hồng Vân Đào
• Kexin Feng
• Anjin Hu
• Paul Kane
• Natheeporn Keawkhong
• Pingjing Liang
• Rui Ma
• Patrick Mazzocco
• Pei Jun See
• Shivasadat Shafaei
• Jasbir Singh
• Maree Steel
• Soovendran Varadarajan
• Yan Yang

Masters' students

• Claire Carran
• David Coburn
• Alexandra Dempster
• John Egbuji
• Chandimal Jayawardena
• Hanna Olson
• Katheryn Pascoe
• Abby Spronken
• Darryl Tong
• Sheena Townsend
• Paul Trani
• Mary Woods
• Chunyi Zhao