Flagships, Research Centres and Institutes

Centre for Early Christian Studies (Senate endorsed Centre)

Professor Pauline ALLEN BA BA(Hons)(Qld) MA(Hons)(UNE) DipMedStud(Leuven) DPhil(Oxf) FAHA
Brisbane Campus (Director)

Dr Bronwen J NEIL BA(Hons)(Qld) MATheolRes(Durham) PhD(ACU)
Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Geoffrey D DUNN BA(Hons)(Qld) MLitt(UNE) PhD(ACU)
Australian Research Council Australian Research Fellow

Dr Youhanna Nessim YOUSSEF BCom(AinShamsUniv) BA MA PhD(Montpellier III)
Senior Research Associate

Dr Edward Morgan BA(Hons)(Melb), MPhil(Cambridge) PhD(Cambridge)
Research Associate

For the following Flagships and Centres, the name and location of the Director is listed. Other staff are members of their respective Schools.

Centre for Creative and Authentic Leadership

Associate Professor Michael BEZZINA BA(Hons) DipEd PhD(Macq) MEdStuds(UniSA) MACE FACEL
Strathfield Campus

This centre is cross-Faculty and cross-disciplinary. Membership consists of staff from ACU as well as other invited members from Australia and overseas.

Mathematics and Literacy Education Research Flagship

Professor Doug CLARKE BSc DipEd MEdSt(Monash) PhD(Wisconsin)
Melbourne Campus

Quality of Life and Social Justice Research Centre

Director: Professor Ruth WEBBER TPTC BA MEdStuds (Monash) BEd(LaT) PhD(Melb)
Melbourne Campus

Associate Director: Professor Barbara BOWERS Edith RN, MN PhD GNP FAAN, Associate Dean for Research and Helen Denne Schulte Professor School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison USA

This centre is cross-Faculty and cross-disciplinary. Membership consists of staff and postgraduate students from ACU as well as invited members from Australia and overseas.

Plunkett Centre for Ethics

Director: Associate Professor Bernadette TOBIN MA MEd(Melb) PhD(Cantab)
Research Associate: Dr Helen McCABE BHA(UNSW) MA PhD(ACU)

Research Associate: Dr Stephen BUCKLE BA(Hons) MA(Hons)(Macquarie) PhD(ANU)
St Vincents Hospital Campus, Darlinghurst

Centre for Lifelong Learning

Professor Judith D CHAPMAN AM BA DipEd(Melb) BEd(LaT) EdD(Nth Colorado) FACE FACEA FWAIEA
Melbourne Campus

Centre for Research into Ethics and Decision-making in Organisations (CREDO)

John LITTLE BE(Elec)
Melbourne Campus

Golding Centre for Women's History, Theology and Spirituality

Dr Sophie McGRATH BA(Syd) DipEd(UNE) MEd(Syd) PhD(Macq)
Strathfield Campus

This is an inter-disciplinary Centre with outreach to all ACU campuses.

Faculty Centre of Physical Activity across the Lifespan

Professor Geraldine NAUGHTON BEd(Primary) BAppSc(Dist)(FootscrayIT) MAppSc PhD(VU)
Strathfield Campus

The Centre supports physical activity research interests and promotes productivity in the Schools of Exercise Science at Strathfield Campus and Melbourne Campus

Institute of Child Protection Studies

Associate Professor Morag McARTHUR DipWelfare BSocSci(Hons) PostgradCertHigherEdTeaching PhD(UNSW)
Canberra Campus

Institute for the Advancement of Research

Professor Peter WILSON BA(Hons) PhD(UNSW)
North Sydney Campus

Institute for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Professor Yoni RYAN BA(Hons)(Qld) DipEd MA(Qld) MEd(Melb) PhD(Qld)
Brisbane Campus (Director IATL)

Andrelyn APPLEBEE DipT(SACAE) BEd(Sec)(UniSA) MEd(UC)
North Sydney Campus (Director of Flexible Teaching and Learning)