UTS: Academic Board - Composition and membership

In accordance with Rule G3-2(1), student members are elected for one year and all staff members are elected for two years. In order to promote continuity on Academic Board, elected staff member terms are staggered.

2022 Academic Board

Position	Member	Term
Chair	Professor Anthony Dooley	9 March 2021 to 31 December 2022
Deputy Chair	Associate Professor Lynn Sinclair	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Andrew Parfitt	Ex officio
Ex officio members
The ex officio members of the Academic Board are to be the person(s) holding the following positions (Rule G3-1(2))
Provost	Professor Lesley Hitchens (acting)	Ex officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)	Professor Shirley Alexander	Ex officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise)	Professor Glenn Wightwick	Ex officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)	Iain Watt	Ex officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)	Professor Kate McGrath	Ex officio
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education)	To be advised	Ex officio
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)	Professor Michael McDaniel, AO	Ex officio
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences	Professor Alan Davison	Ex officio
Dean, UTS Business School	Professor Carl Rhodes	Ex officio
Dean, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building	Professor Elizabeth Mossop	Ex officio
Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology	Professor Ian Burnett	Ex officio
Dean, Faculty of Health	Professor Debra Anderson	Ex officio
Dean, Faculty of Law	Professor Anita Stuhmcke	Ex officio
Dean, Faculty of Science	Professor James Wallman	Ex officio
Dean, Graduate Research School	Professor Helene de Burgh-Woodman	Ex officio
Head of School (equivalent of Dean) TD School	Professor William Purcell	Ex officio
Director, Institute for Interactive Media & Learning	Associate Professor Jan McLean	Ex officio
Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures	Professor Stuart White	Ex officio
Director, Student Administration Unit	Jacqui Wise	Ex officio
University Librarian	Michael Gonzalez	Ex officio
Chair, Courses Accreditation Committee	Professor Sara Denize	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Deputy Chair, Courses Accreditation Committee	Associate Professor Lynn Sinclair	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Deputy Chair, Research Committee	Professor Helene de Burgh-Woodman	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Deputy Chair, Teaching and Learning Committee	Associate Professor Anne Gardner	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
President, UTS Students’ Association	Anna Thieben	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Elected academic staff members
One member elected by and from the academic staff of each faculty (Rule G3-1(3)(a))
Arts and Social Sciences	Associate Professor Nick Hopwood (Temporary replacement for Associate Professor Ilaria Vanni Accarigi who is on Professional Experience Program (PEP) leave from 1 January 2022 to 31 July 2022.)	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Business	Dr Christina Nikitopoulos	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Design, Architecture and Building	Dr Tim Schork	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Engineering and Information Technology	Professor David McGloin	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Health	Professor Lisa Pont	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Law	Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Science	Associate Professor Bernadette Saunders	22 November 2021 to 31 December 2022
TD School	Dr Susanne Pratt	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Eight members elected by and from the professoriate and associate professoriate (level D and E), with no more than two from any one faculty or unit (Rule G3-1(3)(b))
Arts and Social Sciences	Associate Professor Christina Ho	25 May 2021 to 31 December 2022
Arts and Social Sciences	Professor James Goodman	24 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Engineering and Information Technology	Professor Xiangjing Sean He	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Engineering and Information Technology	Associate Professor Behzad Fatahi	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Health	Professor Kathleen Baird	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Health	Professor Beata Bajorek	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Science	Professor James Brown	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Science	Professor Anthony Dooley	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Four members elected by and from the academic staff (levels A, B, C), with no more than two from any one faculty or unit (Rule G3-1(3)(c))
Business	Dr Vitali Alekseev	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Design, Architecture and Building	Dr Jesse Adams Stein	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Engineering and Information Technology	Dr Diep Nguyen	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning	Dr Rosalie Goldsmith	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Two members elected by and from the deputy deans or associate deans, or heads of schools (or equivalent) (Rule G3-1(3)(d))
Business	Professor Prabhu Sivabalan	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Health	Associate Professor Lynn Sinclair	1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
Elected student members
One student elected by and from each faculty (Rule G3-1(3)(e)), and an alternate from each faculty appointed as per Rule G3-1(4). (Note: The provision for alternates would be exercised as required after the elections, and does not affect the total number of eight in the category.)
Arts and Social Sciences	Melodie Grafton	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Business	Hussein Oubani	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Design, Architecture and Building	Samuel Otton	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Engineering and Information Technology	Jemma Swaak	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Health	Christine Lee	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Law	Kurt Cheng	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Science	Nour Al Hammouri	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
TD School	Mariana Zafeirakopoulos	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Elected postgraduate research student member
One postgraduate research student elected by and from the postgraduate research students of the university (Rule G3-1(3)(f)), and an alternate appointed as per Rule G3-1(4). (Note: The provision for alternates would be exercised as required after the elections, and does not affect the total number in the category.)
One postgraduate research student	Erika Frey	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Elected Indigenous student member
One Indigenous undergraduate or postgraduate student, elected by and from the UTS Indigenous student body, as per Rule G3-1(3)(g).
Indigenous student member	Ricky Kirby	1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022