Faculty Board for the "NEW Faculty" — special election of academic staff from the School of Design
| Election of | 3 academic staff from the School of Design |
|---|---|
| Term | Date of declaration until 31 December 2027 or 31 December 2028 (determined by drawing lots) |
| Electorate | any academic staff member (continuing or fixed-term) can vote in this election within the School of Design (Rule G3-22(1)(b)). |
| Ballot | opens Thursday 12 June 2025 closes at 3pm Thursday 19 June 2025 |
| Voting | VOTE NOW or see how to vote |
Candidates in ballot paper order
Candidates’ statements
Bert Bongers
No candidate statement provided.
Stefan Lie
No candidate statement provided.
Jesse Adams Stein
Dr Jesse Adams Stein, School of Design, is well-connected to staff across many Schools in the new faculty. She supports governance and decision-making processes that are genuinely consultative and fair. Likewise, she is committed to outcomes that prioritise excellence in teaching and research, and that maintain a safe working environment for staff and students. Borrowing Kate Sweetapple’s question from several years before, Stein asks us again to consider what it means to be a Faculty of ________, on Gadigal land, in the Anthropocene. In part, it means we all must be brave, critical, creative and collective in our engagement climate change, with emerging technologies and with threats to social democracy. Stein’s recent governance experience includes: New Faculty Implementation Working Group – Research; DAB Pulse Survey Follow-up Group (Communication – Group Lead 2024); DAB Ethics Committee (current); Vice President, History Council of NSW (current); Australian Centre for Public History (current); Academic Board (2022-2023).
Cameron Tonkinwise
I am a Design Studies scholar with a background in philosophy and a published proponent of practice-based research. From my time teaching at the New School, during which there was a vote of no confidence in the President, and my service on university-wide tenure committees at Carnegie Mellon University, I have learned the importance of well-designed academic governance. As Director of Design Studies, a position I returned to after helping establish the program in the mid-2000s, I have committed to creating systems of transparency for all in that unit around University decision-making. I have an international reputation as an advocate for the importance of design as an interdisciplinary field of impactful education and research. I have been very vocal about the need for teaching and researching staff to be more central to new faculty decisions that govern the future of our valuable and expert practices.
How to vote in an online ballot
- Note your candidate choices and preference order
- Log in to UTS: Elections Online Polling Booth
- Choose the election you wish to vote in
- Select the candidates you wish to vote for
- Check your vote
- When you are ready, choose 'submit' to record your vote.
Conduct
Participants in elections (candidates, their representatives and voters) are expected to follow the same high standard of conduct and behaviour during the campaign process as is expected on campus generally. The behaviour of election candidates and their representatives should meet expected standards of conduct. See Code of Conduct for UTS Elections.
Concerns about security due to election-related conduct should be reported to UTS Security. Phone +61 2 9514 1192, or dial ‘6’ on any UTS phone.
Further information
The schedule for this election has information about the election rules, Returning Officer and Faculty Board for the "NEW Faculty".
See Voting for information about votes, confidentiality and results.
