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.
  Visit Dr Ruth Toumu'a remembered for her wisdom and grace 

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