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Professor David Smith is Professor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law and Business at ACU. Immediately prior to taking on this role, David was Dean of the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain at RMIT University. He previously held professorial appointments at the University of Queensland and Monash University. David is an internationally-recognised researcher in the field of management accounting, where he has published widely in leading accounting journals, and is an Editorial Board member of several leading accounting journals. He has received competitive external funding for his research from a variety of sources, including the ARC. He is a former Board member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and a former chair of the Chartered institute of Management Accountants Centre of Excellence (Australasia). He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand.
Dr. Bhavani Sridharan has extensive transnational experience in working with many higher education business faculties, including Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), Massey University (New Zealand), Monash University and Deakin University. A former CRADLE (The Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University) scholar, Dr. Sridharan’s research interests are in assuring graduate capabilities, analytics, assessment, feedback, student engagement and retention, and quality in higher education.
Before joining ACU in July 2023, Joy was a Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO in the Australian eHealth Research Centre and previously was Research Director of Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith University, the world's largest academic social marketing centre. Joy has led large industry funded research and evaluation projects with partners including Queensland Health, Diabetes Queensland, Stroke Foundation, and Western Queensland PHN. Behaviour change programs Joy has developed have directly engaged over 200, 000 participants resulting in improved health behaviours and quality of life. Joy serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Health Marketing Quarterly and has been a member of the Australian Association of Social Marketing Management Committee from 2014 serving as vice president between 2021 and 2023.
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