Movers and shakers
Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe
Eminent scientist and environmental campaigner Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe was awarded an honorary doctorate from Griffith recognising his work to promote community understanding of science, technology and environmental issues.
The honorary doctorate was conveyed to Professor Lowe at the September graduation ceremony involving nearly 1000 graduates.
"Professor Lowe is an inspirational teacher and introduced new and innovative ways of learning in science and technology while working at Griffith," Vice Chancellor Professor Ian O'Connor said.
Professor Lowe is the President of the Australian Conservation Foundation and the chair of the Queensland Government task force implementing the reform of science education. He has won numerous awards in his career including an Officer of the Order of Australia, a Centenary Medal, the Eureka Prize, Australian Prime Minister's Environment Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, the Queensland Premier's Millennium Award for Excellence in Science, and he was named 'humanist of the Year' in 1998.
Professor Stuart Bunn
Professor Bunn has been appointed Director of the recently launched Australia Rivers Institute at Griffith, the home of Australia's largest group of university-based scientists with expertise in river, water catchment and coastal research. Professor Bunn was formerly director of the Centre for Riverine Landscapes and currently leads Griffith's contribution to the multi million dollar Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge national research hub.
Associate Professor Nick Buys
Associate Professor Nick Buys has been appointed Dean, Learning and Teaching for the Health Group. He joined Griffith in 1994 as a lecturer in rehabilitation and disability studies in the then Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences. He was instrumental in helping to establish the School of Human Services at Logan campus and was Head of School between 2001 and 2005.
Associate Professor Buys is currently co-convening a major International Forum on Disability Management to be held in Brisbane in October, in conjunction with colleagues from the Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Queensland. (pic on file)
Associate Professor Ian Glendon
School of Psychology's Associate Professor Ian Glendon has been elected president of the Division of Traffic and Transportation Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology. The Division fosters research aimed at improving safety on the roads including the social and cognitive aspects of driver behaviour, ergonomics and vehicle design, driver response to new technology such as car navigation systems, and pedestrian behaviour. He will serve a four year term culminating at the International Congress of Applied Psychology to be held in Melbourne in 2010.
Professor Amanda Henderson
Professor Amanda Henderson is the first academic title holder to be appointed in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Professor Henderson, Nursing Director, Education, at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, has a strong background in clinical education and plays an important leadership and coordination role across Queensland Health's Southern Area Health Service. Her appointment at Griffith strengthens the links between the university and hospitals in terms of undergraduate and postgraduate nurse education and enhances opportunities for collaborative nursing research in clinical settings.
Associate Professor Roger Hughes
Associate Professor Roger Hughes, deputy head of the School of Public Health on the Gold Coast, has been appointed an Associate Scholar at the prestigious Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. The appointment recognises his ongoing collaboration with their Unit of Preventive Nutrition. A recent outcome of this collaboration has been the granting of 280,000 euros by the European Commission to conduct research into the development of the public health nutrition workforce in Europe. The successful submission for funding drew heavily on PhD research conducted by Associate Professor Roger Hughes at Griffith during 2001-2003.
Dr Darryl Jones
Dr Darryl Jones has been appointed Director of the Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies. The centre, established 12 months ago, aims to achieve conservation solutions through innovative ecological, social and economic mechanisms.
Professor Adrian Wilkinson
Professor Adrian Wilkinson has joined Griffith Business School as Professor of Employment Relations. His previous appointment was with the Manchester School of Management, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and Loughborough University Business School where he was Professor of Human Resource Management from 1998 to 2006 and also Director of Research.
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Education. She joined Griffith in 1994 as a lecturer in literacy education and is the former Director of the Centre for Applied Language, Literacy and Communication Studies. Professor Wyatt-Smith's research interests include teacher judgment, the use of new technologies in curricular learning, and literacy and numeracy support for students with learning difficulties.
Her most recently awarded ARC Linkage grant addresses the Australian Government's call for standards-referenced reporting of student achievement, with the project focusing on standards, teacher judgement, and inclusion in the middle years of schooling. She delivered the Keynote Address at the National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2006 State Conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Bank, on August 28.
Professor Tony Makin
Griffith Business School Professor of Economics Tony Makin has been re-appointed as a member of the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council - Australia (AUSPECC) until end-2007. AUSPECC coordinates Australian involvement in PECC work, covering trade policy, human resources, telecommunications, transportation, financial markets, food and agriculture, and the Pacific Economic Outlook.
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