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Teaching Staff

ACADEMIC STAFF IN THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Teaching Staff

Abjorensen, Dr Norman (Political Science)
Bloul, Dr Rachel (Sociology)
Cook, Dr Alexander (History)

Craig, Dr Douglas (History)
Curthoys, Prof Ann
(- History)
Dawson, Dr Mark (History)
Errington, Dr Wayne (Political Science & International Relations)
Forth, Dr Chris (History)
George, Dr Jim
(International Relations)
Greig, Dr Alastair (Convenor - Sociology)
Hart, Dr John ( Convener - Political Science)
Hopkins, Professor Andrew (Sociology)
Huynh, Dr Kim (Political Science & International Relations)
Hynes, Dr Maria (Sociology)

Hyslop, Dr Anthea (History)
Klovdahl, Dr Alden (Sociology)

Knott, Dr John (Convenor - History)
Kuhn, Dr Rick (Polical Science & International Relations)
Lee-Koo, Dr Katrina (International Relations)
Maley, Dr Maria (Political Science & International Relations)

Matthews, Professor Jill (History)
(Head of School)
McKinley, Dr Michael
(Convenor - International Relations)
Minns, Dr John
(International Relations)
Rice, Mr James (Sociology)
Sikora, Dr Joanna (Convenor - Sociology)
Simic, Dr Zora (History)
Sutherland, Dr William (Political Science & International Relations)
Wellings, Dr Ben (Convenor - European Studies)
West, Dr David (Political Science & International Relations)
White, Dr Kevin
(Sociology)

Adjunct Appointments

Adams, Mr David - Adjunct Fellow
Barnes, Mr Robert - Adjunct Reader
Clarke, Professor Graeme - Adjunct Professor
Gray, Dr Gwen - Adjunct Senior Lecturer

McMillen, Professor Jan - Adjunct Professor

Rowland, Dr Don - Adjunct Reader
Saha, Dr Lawrence - Adjunct Professor
Sawer, Professor Marian
- Adjunct Professor
Tillotson, Dr John - Adjunct Reader
Warhust, Professor John - Adjunct Professor

 

TEACHING STAFF DETAILS

Abjorensen, Dr Norman BA UNSW PhD ANU
Associate Lecturer in Political Science

Research and Teaching Interests: Australian politics and political history, Australian State politics, political thought and theory, radical democracy, politics of popular culture, political leadership, political biography, the Liberal Party and Australian conservatism, liberalism, neo-conservatism.

Office: Copland 2120
Contact Number: 6125 2670
Email: norman.abjorensen@anu.edu.au

Bloul, Dr Rachel BA UNSW PhD Macquarie
Lecturer in Sociology

 

Research and Teaching Interests: Islam in the West (with stress on Europe), Gender Interethnic & interracial relations, Cultural politics in global/local relations, Comparative moralities/ethical imagination in contemporary world.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2163
Contact Number: 6125 5178
Email: Rachel.Bloul@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

Cook, Dr Alexander
Lecturer in History

 

Research and Teaching Interests: Available soon!


Office: Haydon-Allen HA1190
Contact Number: 6125 2717
Email: Alexander.Cook@anu.edu.au

Craig, Dr Douglas BA (Hons), LLB (Hons) Syd., MA PhD Virg.
Reader in History

 

Research and Teaching Interests: Modern United States history.


Office: Haydon-Allen 1220
Contact Number: 6125 2712
Email: Douglas.Craig@anu.edu.au

Curthoys, Professor Ann BA Syd., PhD Macq.
Manning Clark Professor of History (Convenor of History)

 

Researching and teaching interests: Australian history, expecially Aboriginal, women's, media, and
post-WWII political history.

Office: Haydon-Allen HA1214
Contact Number: 6125 0518

Email: Ann.Curthoys@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

Dawson, Dr Mark MA(Hons) Auckland; PhD Cambridge
Lecturer in History

 

Research and teaching interests:

  • early modern Britain and Atlantic world
  • early modern English drama and literature
  • histories of social inequality and the body

Office: Haydon-Allen 1199
Contact Number: 6125 2713
Email: Mark.Dawson@anu.edu.au

Errington, Dr Wayne BA, PhD W. Aust
Associate Lecturer in Political Science

 

Research and teaching interests: Australian politics; democracy and democratic theory; political leadership and communication.

Office: Copland 2128
Contact Number: 6125 4082
Email: Wayne.Errington@anu.edu.au

George, Dr Jim BA WAust., PhD ANU
Senior Lecturer
in International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: International Relations, International Relations Theory,
Globalisation and Political Theory.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2149
Contact Number: 6125 2650
Email: Jim.George@anu.edu.au

Greig, Dr Alastair BA PhD ANU
Reader in Sociology

 

Research and teaching interests: Industrial and organisational sociology; Urban Sociology; Globalisation.

Office: Copland 2132
Contact Number:
6125 4523
Email:
Alastair.Greig@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

Hart, Dr John BA, PhD Kent
Reader in Political Science and International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: Government and Politics in the USA; American Presidency;
American Elections; British Politics and comparative executive government.

Office: Copland 1165
Contact Number: 6125 4469
Email: J.Hart@anu.edu.au

Hopkins, Professor Andrew MA ANU PhD Connecticut
Professor of
Sociology

 

Research and teaching interests: The management of occupational health and safety; The legal regulation of occupational health and safety; Industrial disasters; Coal mine health and safety.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2159
Contact Number:
6125 4793
Email:
Andrew.Hopkins@anu.edu.au

Link to SOCY2008 - Sociology of Disasters

Link to more details

Huynh, Dr Kim BA (Hons), PhD ANU
Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: Politic Deception, International Relations, Refugee Politics and
Political Literature.


Office: Copland 1150
Contact Number: 6125 0590
Email: Kim.Huynh@anu.edu.au

Hynes, Dr Maria PhD (Sociology), BA (Hons) and Dipp App Sci.
Lecturer in Sociology

 

Research and teaching interests: Anti-globalisation politics, racism & anti-racism, politics of hope and humour, and the relationship between science and art.

Office: Haydon-Allen 1219
Contact Number: 6125 4938
Email: Maria.Hynes@anu.edu.au

Hyslop, Dr Anthea BA Adel./LaT., PhD LaT
Senior Lecturer in History

 

Research and teaching interests: Australian social history; social history; social history of medicine;
women's history.

Office: Haydon-Allen 1216
Contact Number
: 6125 2715
Email: Anthea.Hyslop@anu.edu.au

Klovdahl, Dr Alden AB NYU, AM PhD Mich.
Lecturer
in Sociology

Research and teaching interests: Social Networks; Networks and Infectious Diseases; Sexual Networks in various population groups (e.g., gay, heterosexual); Networks connecting users of illicit or illegal drugs; Virtually any topic area across the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural or physical sciences and engineering to which a social network component might contribute to increased understanding; Society and Environment topics; Social Construction of Environmental concerns, issues or problems. [If questions, feel free to email me.]

Office: Haydon-Allen 2171
Contact Number: 6125 4479
Email: Alden.Klovdahl@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

Knott, Dr John BA LaT., PhD ANU.
Senior Lecturer
in History

 

Research and teaching interests: British and Australian history; history of the Second World War; history of technology, history of motoring and road safety.

Office: Haydon-Allen 1176
Contact Number: 6125 2722
Email: John.Knott@anu.edu.au

Kuhn, Dr Rick BA (Hons) Macq., BEc PhD Syd.
Reader in
Political Science and International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: Australian Political Economy; Marxism; German and Austrian Political Economy Class Analysis; Social Democratic Parties.

Office: Copland 2135
Contact Number: 6125 3851
Email: Rick.Kuhn@anu.edu.au

Rick Kuhn's individual staff page is at the following address: www.anu.edu.au/polsci/rick/

Lee-Koo, Dr Katrina BA (Hons) QLD, MA Nottingham, PhD ANU
Lecturer in International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: International Relations, Critical Security Studies, Feminist International Politics and Gendered Politics of War.

Office: Copland 2143
Contact Number: 6125 3997
Email: Katrina.LeeKoo@anu.edu.au

Maley, Dr Maria BA Sydney PhD ANU
Associate Lecturer in Political Science

 

Research and teaching interests: Australian politics, public administration and public policy

Office: Haydon-Allen 2142
Contact Number: 6125 3982
Email: Maria.Maley@anu.edu.au



Matthews, Prof Jill Julius BA PhD Adel
Professor of
History and Head of School

 

Research and teaching interests: History of sexuality, popular culture especially film, modernity, Australian social and cultural history, feminist history.

Office: Haydon-Allen 1215
Contact Number: 6125 2896
Email: Jill.Matthews@anu.edu.au

McKinley, Dr Michael BA (Hons) Well., PhD ANU
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
(Convenor of International Relations)

 

Research and teaching interests: International Relations, Strategic Studies, Australian foreign policy, Regional security.

Office: Copland 2139
Contact Number: 6125 2641
Email: Michael.McKinley@anu.edu.au

Minns, Dr John BA(Hons), PhD UNSW
Senior Lecturer in International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: International Political Economy, International Relations, Newly Industrialising Countries, Third World Development, Globalisation and the Labour Movement.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2140
Contact Number:
6125 5424
Email:
John.Minns@anu.edu.au

Rice, Mr James BA(Hons) Monash
Lecturer in Sociology

Research and teaching interests:
Comparative political economy; Social stratification; Income inequality; Time use (eg, working hours, housework, leisure); Living standards; Social research methods.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2169
Contact Number: 6125 6643
Email: James.Rice@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

Sikora, Dr Joanna Mgr Wroclaw, Phd ANU
Lecturer in Sociology (Convenor of Sociology)

Research and teaching interests: Economic attitudes, Social inequality in comparative perspective, Survey research methodology, Labor markets, Government ownership.

Contact Number: 6125 4574
Email: Joanna.Sikora@anu.edu.au

 

Link to more details

Simic, Dr Zora BA USyd, PhD USyd
Lecturer in History

Research and teaching interests: Twentieth Century Australian; History and Theory; Histories of Migration and Multiculturalism; Histories of feminisms; Oral History; Histories of the suburbs

 

Office: Haydon-Allen 1211
Contact Number:
6125 2714
Email: Zora.Simic@anu.edu.au

 

 

Sutherland, Dr William BComm MA PhD Cant., LLM Hull
Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations

 

Research and teaching interests: Politics of regional co-operation in the South Pacific, Fiji Politics, Problems of small island States, South Pacific Trade and Fisheries.

Office: Copland 2126
Contact Number: 6125 2679
Email: William.Sutherland@anu.edu.au

 

Wellings, Dr Ben BA (Hons) Sussex, MSc Edinburgh, PhD ANU
Lecturer (Convener of European Studies)

 

Research and teaching interests: Nationalism; History and politics in Europe, Britain and Australia.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2153
Contact Number: 6125 3173
Email: Ben.Wellings@anu.edu.au

 

West, Dr David MA Cantab., PhD Bradford
Reader in Political Science

 

Research and teaching interests: Habermas and critical theory, theories of new social movements, politics of sexuality.

Office: Copland 1167
Contact Number: 6125 4256
Email: David.West@anu.edu.au

David West's individual staff page is at the following address: http://arts.anu.edu.au/sss/west/

White, Dr Kevin BA, PhD Flinders
Reader in Sociology

 

Research and teaching interests: The Sociology of Health and Illness; The Historical Sociology of Health; Medicine and Social Problems; Privatisation, the market and health.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2154
Contact Number: 612 54561
Email: Kevin.White@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

 

ADJUNCT APPOINTMENT DETAILS

Adams, Mr David BSc (Econ) MSc LSE
Adjunct Fellow

Research and Teaching Interests: Australian Politics; Public Administration;
Politics and Literature; Politics and Psychology.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2155
Contact Number: 6125 4467
Email: David.Adams@anu.edu.au

Barnes, Mr Robert BA Qld & Oxf., MA Oxf., ThM Harv.
Adjunct Reader

Research and teaching interests: Greek and Roman philosophy and religion, ancient Judaism, early Christianity, Roman social history; bibliography, history of books and libraries.

Office: Haydon-Allen 1195
Contact Number:
6125 2909
Email: Robert.Barnes@anu.edu.au

Clarke, Professor Graeme BA Oxf., MA NZ, MA LitD Melb., FAHA, FSA
Adjunct Professor

Research and teaching interests: Roman Imperial History (especially of the Third Century), Early Church History/Patristic Studies, Archaeology of the Levant in the Classical Period.

Office: Haydon-Allen 1209
Contact Number:
6125 4789
Email: Graeme.Clarke@anu.edu.au

Available Soon

Gray, Dr Gwen BA, PhD ANU
Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Research and teaching interests: Public Policy; Health policy; Women and Public Policy;
Welfare Policy; Welfare State; Canadian Politics; Federalism.

Office: Copland 1152
Contact Number:
6125 3584
Email: Gwendolyn.Gray@anu.edu.au

McMillen, Professor Jan
Adjunct Professor

Research interests: concentrates on the study of gambling behaviour, community impacts and the analysis of gambling policy and regulation

Office: Copland 1144
Contact Number:
6125 2638
Email: Jan.McMillen@anu.edu.au

Rowland, Dr Don BA MA Auckland PhD ANU
Adjunct Reader

Research and teaching interests: Australian Demography, The Family, Ageing
and Migration.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2167
Contact Number: 612 54308
Email: Donald.Rowland@anu.edu.au

Saha, Professor Lawrence BA Notre Dame (Ind) MA PhD Texas
Adjunct Professor

Research and teaching interests: Sociology of Education, Development and Social Movements.

 

Office: Copland 1156
Contact Number: 6125 2132

Email: Lawrence.Saha@anu.edu.au

Sawer, Professor Marian BA Hons, MA, PhD ANU
Adjunct Professor

Research and teaching interests: TBA

Office: Haydon-Allen 1180
Contact Number: 612 50130
Email: Marian.Sawer@anu.edu.au

Link to more details

Link to information on the Democratic Audit group

Tillotson, Dr John BA DipEd Oxf., PhD ANU
Adjunct Reader

Research and teaching interests: TBA

 

Office: Copland 2133
Contact Number:
6125 7569
Email: John.Tillotson@anu.edu.au

Warhurst, Prof John BA PhD Flinders
Adjunct Professor

Research and teaching interests: Australian Political Institutions, Political parties and interest groups, Intergovernmental relations and public policy, elections and voting.

Office: Haydon-Allen 2149A
Contact Number: 6125 3882
Email: John.Warhurst@anu.edu.au