The governance bodies of our Faculties
Faculty Boards form a critical component of Macquarie University’s academic governance framework. Each Board consists of academic and professional staff as well as student representatives.
Faculty Boards have been established under the Faculty Rules. These rules were made by the Council of Macquarie University under section 29 of the Macquarie University Act 1989.
Faculty Boards operate under the Terms of Reference approved by the Vice-Chancellor.
Faculty of Arts (FoA)
FoA Faculty Board meeting dates and agendas
Faculty of Arts (FOA) Faculty Board meetings are scheduled for the calendar year. Meeting details, including agendas, are accessible from the links in the tables below.
Please contact the FOA Faculty Board Secretary should you require any further information.
2024 meeting information
| Date | Agenda |
|---|
| Tuesday 6 February | Agenda |
| Tuesday 16 April | Agenda |
| Tuesday 21 May | Agenda |
| Tuesday 2 July | Agenda |
| Tuesday 30 July | Agenda |
| Tuesday 24 September | Agenda |
| Tuesday 3 December | Agenda |
Historical agendas
2023 meeting information
FoA Faculty Board members
(As at 13 June 2024)
Ex-officio members
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Executive Dean
|
Professor Chris Dixon
|
|
Deputy Dean, Education and Employability |
Professor Albert Atkin |
| Associate Dean, Curriculum and Learning | Dr Maryam Khalid |
| Associate Dean, Research Training and Performance | Professor Sarah Sorial |
| Deputy Dean, Research and Innovation | Professor Louise D’Arcens |
| Interim Dean, Macquarie School of Education | Professor Deborah Youdell |
| Head of Department, Critical Indigenous Studies | Professor Bronwyn Carlson |
| Dean, Macquarie Law School | Professor Lise Barry |
| Head of Department, History and Archaeology | Professor Malcolm Choat |
| Head of Department, Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature | Professor Hsu-Ming Teo |
| Head of Department, Philosophy | Professor Paul Formosa |
| Interim Head of Department, Security Studies and Criminology | Associate Professor Julian Droogan |
| Dean, Macquarie School of Social Sciences | Professor Tess Lea |
| Faculty Executive Director | Neil Durrant |
Elected academic staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
|
Department of History and Archaeology
| Dr Bronwen Neil |
|
Department of Critical Indigenous Studies
| Vacant |
|
Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature
| Dr Marika Kalyuga |
|
Department of Philosophy
|
Associate Professor Mianna Lotz |
|
Department of Security Studies and Criminology
| Vincent Hurley |
|
Macquarie Law School
|
Dr Sonya Willis
|
| Macquarie School of Education | Associate Professor Kathleen Tait |
| Macquarie School of Social Sciences | Dr Andrew Burridge |
Elected professional staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Educational Governance and Initiatives Manager | Karina Arakel |
Elected students
| Position | Member |
|---|
|
Undergraduate
student | Vacant |
|
Undergraduate
student | Tahlia Miller-Dietrich |
Co-opted members
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Member outside of the faculty - Lecturer from the Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences | Dr Rania Salama |
| Head of Educational Services, Arts Administration |
Lynn Negus |
Macquarie Business School (MQBS)
MQBS Faculty Board meeting dates and agendas
Macquarie Business School (MQBS) Faculty Board meetings are scheduled for the calendar year. Meeting details, including agendas, are accessible from the links in the tables below.
Please contact the MQBS Faculty Board Secretary should you require any further information.
2024 meeting information
| Date | Agenda |
|---|
| Monday 5 February | Agenda |
| Monday 25 March (extraordinary meeting) | Agenda |
| Tuesday 15 April | Agenda |
| Monday 20 May | Agenda |
| Monday 1 July | Agenda |
| Monday 12 August (extraordinary meeting) | Agenda |
| Monday 23 September | Agenda |
| Monday 2 December | Agenda |
Historical agendas
2023 meeting information
MQBS Faculty Board members
(As at 17 September 2024)
Ex-officio members
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Acting Executive Dean (Co-Chair) | Professor Yvonne Breyer and Professor Leonie Tickle (Co-Chair) |
| Deputy Dean, Education and Employability | Professor Yvonne Breyer (Deputy Chair) |
| Deputy Dean, Research and Innovation | Professor Leonie Tickle |
| Associate Dean, Curriculum and Learning – Undergraduate | Associate Professor Stephanie Huang |
| Associate Dean, Curriculum and Learning – Postgraduate | Lindesay Brine |
| Acting Associate Dean, Research Training and Performance | Associate Professor Abhay Singh |
| Head of Department, Accounting and Corporate Governance | Professor Rahat Munir |
| Head of Department, Actuarial Studies & Business Analytics | Professor Babak Abedin |
| Head of Department, Applied Finance | Professor Vito Mollica |
| Head of Department, Economics | Professor John Romalis |
| Head of Department, Management | Professor Steven Grover |
| Head of Department, Marketing | Professor Cynthia Webster |
| Faculty Executive Director | Vacant |
Elected academic staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance | Associate Professor James Hazelton |
| Department of Actuarial Studies & Business Analytics | Dr Colin Zhang |
| Department of Applied Finance | Associate Professor Clara Zhou |
| Department of Economics | Dr Ben Wang |
| Department of Marketing | Dr Syed Rahman |
| Department of Management | Associate Professor Nikola Balnave |
Elected professional staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Educational Governance and Initiatives Manager | Angela Chow |
Elected students
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Student member | Hamish Thomas |
| Student member | Daniel Brazier |
Co-opted member
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Member outside of the faculty - Associate Professor from the School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering | Associate Professor Petra Graham |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences (FMHHS)
FMHHS Faculty Board meeting dates and agendas
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences (FMHHS) Faculty Board meetings are scheduled for the calendar year. Meeting details, including agendas, are accessible from the links in the tables below.
Please contact the FMHHS Faculty Board Secretary should you require any further information.
2024 meeting information
| Date | Agenda |
|---|
| Tuesday 6 February | Agenda |
| Tuesday 26 March | Agenda |
| Tuesday 16 April | Agenda |
| Tuesday 21 May | Agenda |
| Tuesday 2 July | Agenda |
| Tuesday 20 August | Agenda |
| Tuesday 12 November | Agenda |
| Tuesday 3 December | Agenda |
Historical agendas
2023 meeting information
FMHHS Faculty Board members
(As at 28 August 2024)
Ex-officio members
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Medicine and Health and Executive Dean | Professor Patrick McNeil (Chair) |
| Deputy Dean, Education and Employability | Professor Catherine Dean (Deputy Chair) |
| Deputy Dean, Research and Innovation (Acting) | Professor Mike Jones |
| Associate Dean, Curriculum and Learning | Associate Professor Cara Hildreth |
| Associate Dean, Curriculum and Learning (Graduate Health Education) | Associate Professor Verity Pacey |
| Associate Dean, Research Training and Performance | Professor Mark Connor |
| Associate Dean, Research Partnerships and Integration | Professor Mike Jones |
| Founding Director, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) & Director, Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS) | Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite |
| Head of Department, Chiropractic | Associate Professor Rosemary Giuriato |
| Head of Department, Health Sciences | Associate Professor Louise Koelmeyer |
| Head of Department, Linguistics | Professor Catherine McMahon |
| Head of Macquarie Medical School | Professor Clement Loy |
| Head of School of Psychological Sciences | Professor Maria Kangas |
| Joint-Interim Faculty Executive Directors | Dr Stefanie Leung and Hayley Harris |
Elected academic staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Australian Institute of Health Innovation | Professor Robyn Clay-Williams |
| Department of Chiropractic | Dr Benjamin Brown |
| Department of Health Sciences | Associate Professor Nathaniel Marshall |
| Department of Linguistics | Dr Jae-Hyun Kim |
| Macquarie Medical School | Professor Julie Atkin |
| School of Psychological Sciences | Associate Professor Alissa Beath |
Elected professional staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Educational Development, Governance and Initiatives Manager | Kerri Mackenzie |
Elected students
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Postgraduate student | Gabrielle Van Dam |
| Undergraduate student | Morgan Salvair-Smith |
Co-opted members
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Member outside of the faculty - Deputy Dean, Education and Employability - Faculty of Science and Engineering | Professor Linda Beaumont |
| Early Career Researcher (ECR) representative | Dr Annika van Hummel |
Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE)
FSE Faculty Board meeting dates and agendas
The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) Faculty Board meetings are scheduled for the calendar year. Meeting details, including agendas, are accessible from the links in the tables below.
Please contact the FSE Faculty Board Secretary should you require any further information.
2024 meeting information
| Date | Agenda |
|---|
| Tuesday 6 February | Agenda |
| Tuesday 16 April | Agenda |
| Tuesday 21 May | Agenda |
| Tuesday 11 June (extraordinary meeting) | Agenda |
| Tuesday 2 July | Agenda |
| Tuesday 13 August (extraordinary meeting) | Agenda |
| Tuesday 3 September | Agenda |
| Tuesday 8 October | Agenda |
| Tuesday 3 December | Agenda |
Historical agendas
2023 meeting information
FSE Faculty Board members
(As at 25 September 2024)
Ex-officio members
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Executive Dean | Professor Lucy Marshall (Chair) |
| Associate Dean, Learning Innovations | Associate Professor Michael Hitchens (Deputy Chair) on LSL until 31 December 2024. |
| Associate Dean, Curriculum and Learning | Associate Professor Ray Eaton |
| Deputy Dean, Education and Employability | Professor Linda Beaumont Acting FSEFB Deputy Chair until 31 December 2024. |
| Deputy Dean, Research and Innovation | Professor David Coutts |
| Director, Australian Astronomical Optics | Professor Richard McDermid |
| Associate Dean, Research Training and Performance | Professor Tracy Rushmer |
| Associate Dean, Innovation | Professor Grant Hose |
| Head of Applied Biosciences | Distinguished Professor Phil Taylor |
| Head of School of Computing | Distinguished Professor Michael Sheng |
| Head of School of Engineering | Professor Aman Oo |
| Head of School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences | Professor Samuel Muller |
| Head of School of Natural Sciences | Professor Nathan Hart |
| Faculty Executive Director | Dr Katrina Sealey |
Elected academic staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Applied Biosciences | Dr Bishwo Mainali |
| Australian Astronomical Optics | Associate Professor Simon Ellis |
| School of Computing | Dr Rajan Shankaran |
| School of Engineering | Associate Professor Nazmul Huda |
| School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences | Associate Professor Georgy Sofronov |
| School of Natural Sciences | Associate Professor Andrew Piggott |
Elected professional staff
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Head of Educational Services, Faculty Administration | Dr Stuart Upton |
Elected students
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Undergraduate student | Connor Sanders |
| Undergraduate student | Shoshana Spielman |
Academic Staff outside of the Faculty of Science and Engineering
| Position | Member |
|---|
| Macquarie Business School | Dr Prashan Karunaratne |