Members of the Board: 2008 - 09

The Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH) elects its board members at the AGM held at the DASSH Conference in September/October each year. The Board consists of a President, Deputy President, Secretary, Treasurer and four other directors elected from the membership across Australia and New Zealand.

President

Professor Faith Trent

Executive Dean

Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology

Flinders University

Tel: 08 8201 3169

Email: president [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: ehlt.flinders.edu.au/ehlt

Deputy President

Professor Ken Strongman

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, College of Arts

University of Canterbury

Christchurch, NZ

Tel: + 64 3 3642965

Email: deputypresident [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz

Treasurer

Professor Jennifer Radbourne

Dean

Faculty of Arts and Education

Deakin University

Tel: 03 9251 7099

Email: treasurer [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed

Secretary

Professor Pamela Dyer

Dean

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

University of the Sunshine Coast

Tel: 07 5430 1247

Email: secretary [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.usc.edu.au

Member

Professor Rae Frances

Dean of Arts

Faculty of Arts

Monash University

Tel: 03 9905 2100

Fax: 03 9905 2110

Email: frances [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.arts.monash.edu.au

Member

Professor Terry Lovat

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Faculty of Education and Arts

University of Newcastle

Tel: 02 4921 6445

Email: lovat [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.newcastle.edu.au/faculty/education-arts

Member

Professor Gerry Turcotte

Executive Dean

Faculty of School of Arts and Sciences

University of Notre Dame (Sydney)

Tel: 02 8204 4100

E-mail: turcotte [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.nd.edu.au/sydney/school/arts/ascSydney.shtml

Member

Professor David Wood

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Faculty of Humanities

Curtin University of Technology

Tel: 08 9266 7280

E-mail wood [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/about

Co-opted Member

Professor Anthony Cahalan

Dean, Faculty of Arts

Charles Sturt University

Tel: 02 6933 2861

E-mail: cahalan [at] dassh.edu.au

Web: www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts

 

10.0   Membership of the Board

The Board members shall be the President, the Deputy President, the Secretary, the Treasurer and up to four other members. Members may hold more than one office, with the exception of president. The office of a Board member becomes vacant if the Board member dies or suffers from mental or physical incapacity or resigns from office or is removed from office by the Council in general meeting, subject to natural justice (as required by section 50 of the ACT Associations Incorporation Act 1991) or becomes insolvent under administration within the meaning of the Corporations Law or is disqualified from office under subsection 63 (1) of the ACT Associations Incorporation Act 1991.

11.0   Election of Board members of the Council

Board Members shall be elected for one year by the Council at its Annual General Meeting. Nominations for office bearers shall be called at least one month prior to the Annual General Meeting AND may be received up to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting. The election of office bearers shall be scheduled during the Annual General Meeting. The voting rules and quorum for the Annual General Meeting apply to these elections. Board Members shall hold office for the period of time from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting at which the announcement of election results by the returning officer is made until the corresponding time at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting once removed, two calendar years hence, thereby securing a term of approximately two calendar years. Incumbent office bearers of the Council are eligible for re-nomination and election providing that no Board Member serves for more than five years consecutively. If an Office Holder's position becomes vacant, the Board shall fill the vacancy until the next Annual General Meeting.