Our people
Our staff
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Ute Knoch | Director | +61 3 8344 5206 | uknoch@unimelb.edu.au |
| Associate Professor Jason Fan | Deputy Director | +61 3 8344 8198 | jinsong.fan@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ms Kathryn Weller | Research Centre Administrative Officer | +61 3 8344 2645 | k.weller@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ms Annemiek Huisman | Administrative Officer and Research Fellow | +61 3 8344 4389 | annemiek.huisman@unimelb.edu.au |
| Mr Rohan Chandran | Test Development Specialist | rohanc@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Dr Ivy Chen | Research Fellow | +61 3 9035 7695 | ivy.chen@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ms Michelle Czajkowski | Research Fellow | michelle.czajkowski@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Dr Sally O’Hagan | Research Fellow | +61 3 9035 3971 | sohagan@unimelb.edu.au |
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board has a membership of highly regarded industry representatives, external to the university and high level internal colleagues.
Advisory Board terms of reference
The Advisory Board Terms of Reference are to:
- provide expert external advice on current LTRC projects
- comment on proposed new LTRC projects
- advise on strategic opportunities for research and consultancy work
- advise on current issues and trends in industry, government and education
- assist with dissemination of research outcomes and applications
- assist in raising awareness of LTRC expertise within the University of Melbourne, in the wider tertiary sector and beyond
- review the terms of reference of the advisory group on an annual basis
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Advisory Board members
- Helen Zimmerman (Chair) Advisor, Navitas; Past President, International Education Association of Australia
- Gabriella Bertolissi – Immediate Past President, Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria (MLTAV)
- Brett Blacker – Chief Executive Director, English Australia
- Associate Professor Russell Cross – Associate Professor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Melbourne Graduate School of Education
- Penny Addison – Director, Learning and Teaching Branch, Department of Education and Training
- Associate Professor Cathie Elder – Principal Fellow (Honorary), School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
- Robert Foote – Manager, Development, National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)
- Anna Ivanova – Head of Development, Australian Defence Force School of Languages
- Kathy Kirby – Director of the Asia Education Foundation (AEF)
- Professor Joe Lobianco – Professor of Language and Literacy Education (Honorary), Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
- Professor Tim McNamara – Professor Emeritus in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (Honorary), School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
- Professor Alfredo Martinez-Esposito – Professor In Spanish Languages And Linguistics, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
- Mark Melican – Principal, Blackburn English Language School
- Associate Professor Angela Scarino – Director, Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, University of South Australia
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LTRC Associates
- Dr Annie Brown – Australian Council for Education Research (ACER)
- Associate Professor Catherine Elder – University of Melbourne (Honorary)
- Dr Kellie Frost – University of Melbourne
- Professor Luke Harding – Lancaster University
- Dr Kathryn Hill – La Trobe University
- Associate Professor Noriko Iwashita – University of Queensland
- Dr Tom Lumley – Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) (retired)
- Professor Tim McNamara – University of Melbourne (Honorary)
- Dr Kieran O’Loughlin – University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Carsten Roever – University of Melbourne
- Kerry Ryan – Swinburne University of Technology
- Professor Gillian Wigglesworth – University of Melbourne