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Phone: 
08 8201 5893

Office of Graduate Research 

OGR Who's Who - HDR Teams

Support Contacts

The Office of Graduate Research is available to HDR students along with HDR coordinators and contact officers in each college.

Where to go for support? 

College HDR Coordinators 

College Contact Officers 

College HDR Student Representatives 

UHDRC Student Representatives 

Research Integrity Advisors 

Where to go for support

Who What they can help with
Your supervisor
  • Deals with all academic matters, including thesis content, publications
  • Signs off on all paperwork, including variation of candidatures and scholarship forms
College Dean (Research)
  • Oversees HDR matters in the college and liaises with the college HDR coordinator
College HDR coordinator
  • Is one of the first points of contact when problems occur between students and supervisors
  • assists with the appointment and change of supervisors
  • Signs off on most HDR forms
  • Representative for HDR matters at college committees
  • Represents the college at the University Higher Degree by Research Committee
  • Reviews examiner’s reports and recommends award of degree
  • Reviews college cases for HDR candidature management 
College contact officer
  • Provides advice to students and staff about policies, procedures and possible solutions
  • Students can see a contact officer in any college
Office of Graduate Research
  • Dean of Graduate Research is an additional point of contact
  • Oversees higher degree by research policies and procedures
  • Provides training and advice to HDR students and supervisors
  • Processes all administrative procedures to do with enrolment, variation of candidature, examination
  • Manages the Register of HDR supervisors

College HDR Coordinators

Business, Government & Law

Associate Professor Hossein Esmaeili

✉ cbgl.hdrstudents@flinders.edu.au

Education, Psychology & Social Work

Associate Professor Deb Agnew

✉ deb.agnew@flinders.edu.au

Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology) - Contact Associate Professor Lisa Beatty

Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

Associate Professor Udoy Saikia

✉ HASSEnquiries@flinders.edu.au

Medicine & Public Health

Dr Tim Schultz

✉ hdrsupport.cmph@flinders.edu.au

Doctor of Public Health - Contact Dr Tim Schultz

Master of Clinical Education - Contact Dr Gillian Kette

Nursing & Health Sciences

Associate Professor Ivanka Prichard

✉ CNHS.hdrstudents@flinders.edu.au

Including Master of Health and Clinical Research

Science & Engineering

Associate Professor Martin Johnston

✉ cse-hdr-enq@flinders.edu.au

 

College Contact Officers

Contact officers are members of the academic staff of each college that have been appointed to provide HDR students and supervisors with advice and support related to:

  • The University's policies and procedures
  • The student complaints process relating to supervised higher degree by research

HDR students can choose contact officers from colleges other than their own.

Students can also seek assistance through the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion unit, studenteo@flinders.edu.au.

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College

Contact officers

Business, Government and Law 

Vivienne Brand
Education, Psychology and Social Work Sam Elliott

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Gareth Butler
Medicine and Public Health Amy Reynolds
Nursing and Health Sciences Mallika Prem Senthil

Science and Engineering

Jian Qin

Luciana Moller

Sunitha Ramesh

Melanie MacGregor

Youhong Tang

Amin Mahmoudi

 

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In consultation with the Deans of the relevant Colleges and the postgraduate student members of the Higher Degrees by Research Committee in a College, each Executive Dean of the College has appointed an appropriate number of members of the academic staff of the College as Contact Officers to provide the relevant parties with access to advice and support, and the means to achieve resolution of matters. 

Contact Officers are selected on the basis that they can demonstrate effective interpersonal skills and a good level of understanding of the administration of higher degree by research matters and the operation of these procedures; and have appropriate experience in supervising the higher degree by research students. It is the responsibility of Contact Officers to:

  • provide advice to students and staff about the University's policies and procedures for the administration of higher by research degrees
  • provide support to students and staff in relation to student and supervisor concerns
  • provide a first point of contact to enable the parties to resolve a matter of concern.

Further policy information can be found in the:

  • HDR Policy, Section 5, Student complaints
  • Charter for HDR Student and Supervisor Responsibilities, Section 10
  • Student Complaints Policy and Student Complaints Procedures

 

College HDR student representatives

 

College

Student representative

Contact information

Business, Government and Law

Hongmei Xie

xie.hongmei@flinders.edu.au

Education, Psychology and Social Work

Yeling Shen

Emily Haines

Michael Montejo

Sam Arthurson

shen0293@flinders.edu.au

emily.haines@flinders.edu.au

mont0179@flinders.edu.au

sam.arthurson@flinders.edu.au

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Iriana Freitas De Jesus Ximenes

deje0010@flinders.edu.au

Medicine and Public Health

Angela Le

Egi Vasil

Sarah Dowden-Parker

Timothy Penn

Molly-Eve Day

angela.le@flinders.edu.au

vasi0041@flinders.edu.au

dowd0060@flinders.edu.au

timothy.penn@flinders.edu.au

mollyeve.day@flinders.edu.au 

Nursing and Health Sciences

Yumi Naito

Mary-Ann Carmichael

Hassan Ali

Seifu Kebede Weldegiorgis

yumi.naito@flinders.edu.au

maryann.carmichael@flinders.edu.au

hassan.ali@flinders.edu.au

seifu.weldegiorgis@flinders.edu.au

Science and Engineering

 

 

UHDRC Student Representatives

The University Higher Degrees by Research Committee (UHDRC) is an important governance sub-committee of the Academic Senate, which assists Senate to discharge its responsibilities regarding the accreditation, quality and compliance of higher degree by research education and training.

The UHDRC has student representation in its membership to enhance its student-centred approach and voice for the governance of HDR students. Student representation is embedded in the UHDRC’s Member Composition, within its Terms of Reference (ToR), and provides for:

  • two HDR Student Members as voting members, and
  • two HDR Student Alternate Members, to attend meetings as observers and Student Member back-ups.

The committee membership comprises the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Training and Capabilities) and Dean of Graduate Research, College HDR Coordinators, two HDR student members as voting members, two HDR student alternate members, a student finance representative and HDR administrators. The term of the HDR student members is 1 year.

Your HDR Student Members (voting) are Evan Woolbright and Christopher Hogan. The HDR Student Alternate Members are Citra Orwela and Hongmei Xie. If you'd like to contact your HDR student representatives, please send an email to: UHDRC.studentreps@flinders.edu.au

Email the UHDRC Student Representatives

UHDRC Terms of Reference

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About Evan Woolbright

Hello, I’m a full-time PhD student in the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. I am a scholar of culture, gender, and media with a focus on inclusive practices in fan communities. My doctoral project examines how men are defining their masculine identities through engagement with Viking media and history. In addition to media analysis methodologies unpacking male Viking characters in film, television, and video games, I am approaching this through ethnographic data gathering from members of Neo-Norse pagan faiths and Viking-themed costuming and reenactment communities. I spent three months abroad last year interviewing participants in these groups at various Viking and Medieval festivals and historic sites.

I served for four years on the executive board of an international charity organization. During my time in that role, I created an education team to build a library of content for internal training and external communication and oversaw the translation of that material into four other languages. I am a father of three kids ranging in age from 3 to 13. I am honoured to serve as HDR student representative and welcome you to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

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About Christopher Hogan

I am a full-time PhD student in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. My project is investigating the human development outcomes of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. I’m aiming to provide insights into a research gap that has emerged between quantitative and qualitative methods in this and similar labour migration contexts to improve outcomes for participating workers and countries.

My background is in Demography and Geography through my undergraduate studies, which I completed through Flinders University. I also currently work part-time in the Population Statistics Branch at the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

I’m grateful for and looking forward to the opportunity to represent Higher Degree by Research students. Please reach out to me as one of the HDR student representatives if there is anything I can help you with!

Research integrity advisors

In compliance with the Code, the University has appointed research integrity advisors to advise University staff and students on all matters relating to research integrity, the Code, and relevant University policies.

These advisors also act as potential contacts for any staff member or student wanting to make, or considering making, an allegation of research misconduct.

Research Integrity Advisors

Office of Graduate Research

HDR Admissions

We are the first point of contact for all enquiries and advice in relation to HDR admissions, scholarship eligibility and degree management.

HDR Progression

We are the first point of contact for all enquiries and routine advice in relation to HDR progression, milestones and degree management.

HDR Exams

We are the first point of contact for all enquiries and routine advice in relation to HDR examination and completion.

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HDR Development

We undertake the coordination and support of the HDR Induction Program, REST and any other academic support programs s well as developing and maintaining the suite of online learning material.

Industry & Cotutelle

We liaise with the Colleges regarding the delivery of HDR pathways, coordinating the Cotutelles Program, identifying industry engagement opportunities and generating collaborative opportunities for the HDR students

HDR Supervisor Development

We maintain and manage the Register of HDR supervisors and development training for the HDR supervisor, the coordination and support of the HDR Supervisor Development Program and develop and maintaining the suite of online learning material.

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