Our People

Key People in Our School

Dean of School
Professor Saba Bebawi

Director, HDR & Honours
Lorraine Sim

Director, Learning and Teaching
Dr Roger Dawkins

Director, Research
Dr Charles Barbour

Director, Writing and Society Research Centre
Kate Fagan

HOD Creative Writing & English
James Gourley

HOD Politics, History & Philosophy
Bret Bennett

HOD Design
Michelle Cantanzaro

HOD Language & Culture
Peter Maunch

HOD Media & Communication
Nicole Bridges

HOD Creative Production & Performance
Bruce Crossman

PL Communication Core
Milissa Deitz

PL Design
Alison Barnes (Dan Johnston Acting)

PL History
Margareta Poulos

PL International Relations
Diane Colman

PL Creative Writing
George Haddad

PL English
Helen Koukoutsis

PL Film
Vincent Tay

PL Performance & Drama
Anthony Uhlmann

PL Music Therapy
Allison Fuller

PL Music
Noel Burgess

PL Advertising
John Greig

PL Journalism
Asha Chand

PL Public Relations
Vanessa Campbell

PL Philosophy
Mark Kelly

PL Culture & Society
Alana Lentin

PL Interpreting & Translation
Kenny Wang

PL Languages
Hiromi Muranaka

PL Religious Studies
Milad Milani

Directors of Academic Programs

Associate Professor Brett Bennett and Dr Charles Barbour, Arts

Dr Nicole Bridges, Creative Industries, Communication, Screen Media

Dr Michelle Catanzaro, Design (Visual Communication)

Dr Peter Mauch, Languages, Linguistics, ICT and TESOL

Associate Professor Andrew Milne, Music and Music Therapy

Academic Program Advisors

Dr Diane Colman, Arts Coordinator

Dr Myra Gurney, Communication

Enrico Scotece, Design (Visual Communication)

Dr Milissa Deitz, Creative Industries

Dr Milad Milani, Arts (Bankstown)

Dr Helen Basides, Arts (Parramatta)/International Studies

Dr Hiromi Muranaka, Arts (Penrith)

Dr Chong Han, Languages and Linguistics

Dr Kenny Wang, Interpreting and Translating

John Encarnacao, Music

Associate Professor Lorraine Sim, Master of Research

Dr Allison Fuller, Masters of Creative Music Therapy

Adrian Hale, Masters of Arts (TESOL)

First Year Advisors

Dr Rachel Morley, Communication, Creative Industries, Design, Music and Screen Media

Dr Margarite Poulos, Arts, Languages, Linguistics, Interpreting C Translation, and TESOL

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