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Executive

  • Professor Greg Hainge

    Head of School & Head,School of Languages & Cultures
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Professor Ilana Mushin

    Deputy Head of School
    Linguistics Major Convenor
    Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Noriko Iwashita

    Director of Research
    Applied Linguistics Program
    Associate Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Adriana Diaz

    Director of Teaching and Learning
    Spanish Major
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Kayoko Hashimoto

    Director of Higher Degree by Research
    Japanese Major
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Samantha Disbray

    Co-Director of Indigenous Engagement
    Senior Lecturer in Endangered Languages
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Annie Pohlman

    Staff Delegate
    Indonesian Major
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Sherrie Hoang

    School Manager
    School of Languages and Cultures

Academic

Professional Staff

  • portrait of Elli Hamlyn

    Ms Elli Hamlyn

    Student and Academic Administration Officer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Sherrie Hoang

    School Manager
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mrs Abigail Jensen

    Student & Acad Admin Officer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Angie Knaggs

    Senior Educational Designer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Sofia Kudlak

    Casual Project Officer – Indigenous Languages Revitalisation & Casual Student and Academic Administration Officer & Casual Officer, Indigenous Languages Revitalisation
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Adriana Majchrzak

    Coordinator, T&L Support
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Sue Plunkett-Cole

    Project Coordinator & Casual Project Officer (School Review)
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mrs Anne Walsh

    Executive Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

Casual Academic Staff

  • Dr Carolina Arias Contreras

    Casual Academic & Casual Academic (General)
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Michael Atherinos

    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Tony Atkinson

    MAJIT Program
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Jenny Davis Barnett

    French Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Miss Ellena Brownlow

    Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mrs Yeun Ji Cho

    Korean Discipline
    Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Brent Cotsworth

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures
    Portrait of Carl Fordham at the Great Court

    Mr Carl Gene Fordham

    MACTI Program
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Haruka Fukuda

    Casual Academic (General)
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Jaime Garcia Salinas

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mrs Alicia Gazmuri Sanhueza

    Casual Academic (General) & Casual Teaching Admin Support Officer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Tiare Gonzalez vidal

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Zhen Guan

    Casual Academic & Casual EATS5 Organiser & Casual Workshop Facilitator
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Carles Gutierrez Sanfeliu

    Spanish Discipline

    Dr Kaz Hagiwara

    Japanese Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Geoff Hall

    Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures
    portrait of Hae Hong at the Great Court St Lucia campus

    Miss Hae Hong

    Korean Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Nicholas Hugman

    Casual Academic - Languages and Cultures
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Junko Ichikawa

    MAJIT Program

    Mrs Dabin Kang

    Korean Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures
    portrait of Beth Kearney at the Great Court

    Dr Beth Kearney

    French Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Olesya Kharina

    Russian Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant in Russian
    School of Languages and Cultures
    portrait of Haisuk Kim at the Great Court

    Dr Haisuk Kim

    Korean Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Jung Soon Kim

    Korean Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Yen-Ying Lai

    Chinese Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Guangli Li

    Casual Academic (General)
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms May Liu

    Chinese Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Zhiyi Liu

    Casual Academic (General) & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Hideaki Maruoka

    MATI Program
    Casual Academic & Casual AssessmentQ Material Developer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Thao Nguyen

    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Takeshi Onodera

    Casual Academic & Casual Workshop Developer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Loli Padilla Soriano

    French Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Marta Padin Alvarez

    Spanish Discipline

    Mr Ken Park

    Korean Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Mayumi Parry

    Japanese Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Quy Pham

    Casual Academic & Casual Teaching Administration Support
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Ulrike Rehm

    German Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Yukiko Rikitake

    Japanese Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Workshop Facilitator
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Andrea Rodriguez

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Jean-Michel Ruinard

    French Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Yuji Sato

    Japanese Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Yuki Sayeg

    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Gabriele Schmidt

    German Discipline
    Casual Academic Staff & Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Julie Segal

    MAJIT Program
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Amir Sheikhan

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic & Senior Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Madelein Shimizu

    MAJIT Program

    Ms Franciele Spinelli

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures
    portrait of Dr Annita Stell at the UQ Great Court. She is wearing a pink blouse smiling into the camera.

    Dr Annita Stell

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Project Officer & Casual Project Officer & Casual Project Officer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Hiroko Tan

    MAJIT Program
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Mia Tarau

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Tran Tran

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Alexandra Trueman

    Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Jeremy Tupper

    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Xiaoji (Annie) Wang

    Casual Academic (Chinese) & Casual Senior Research Assistant/Technician & Casual IT Support Technician
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Janet Watts

    Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms Lara Weinglass

    Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Miss Aoife Wilkinson

    Japanese Discipline

    Dr Sandra Worrall

    Applied Linguistics Discipline
    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Shirley Shuhwa Wu

    MACTI Program
    Casual Academic Staff
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Ms May Zhang

    Casual Academic
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Miss Ling Zhao

    Casual Academic (General) & Casual Course Re-development Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

Program and Major Convenors

Applied Linguistics

  • Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite

    Applied Linguistics Program Convenor
    Associate Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Professor Michael Haugh

    Applied Linguistics Program
    Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Teresa Hsieh

    Applied Linguistics Program
    Teaching Associate
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Noriko Iwashita

    Director of Research
    Applied Linguistics Program
    Associate Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Paul Moore

    Applied Linguistics Program
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute

    English as an International Language Major Convenor, Honours Coordinator
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Martin Schweinberger

    Applied Linguistics Program
    Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
    School of Languages and Cultures
    portrait of Hao Tran at the Great Court

    Dr Hao Tran

    Applied Linguistics Program
    Teaching Associate & Casual Project Officer
    School of Languages and Cultures

Chinese

  • Dr Melody Chang

    Chinese Major
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Angela Cook

    Chinese Translating & Interpreting Major Convenor
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Wendy Jiang

    Chinese Major
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Sheng-hsun Lee

    Chinese Major Convenor
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Chunxuan Shen

    Chinese Major
    Teaching Associate
    School of Languages and Cultures

French

German

Indigenous Languages

  • Mr Desmond Crump

    Co-Director of Indigenous Engagement
    Industry Fellow in Indigenous Languages
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Samantha Disbray

    Co-Director of Indigenous Engagement
    Senior Lecturer in Endangered Languages
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Al Harvey

    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Mr Robert McLellan

    Industry Fellow in Indigenous Languages & Senior Project Manager
    School of Languages and Cultures

Indonesian

Japanese

Korean

  • Dr Ki Young Choi

    Korean Major
    Teaching Associate & Research Assistant & Casual Research Assistant
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Isaac Lee

    Korean Major
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Min Jung Jee

    Korean Major
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Narah Lee

    Korean Major Convenor
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

Linguistics

MATI

  • Dr William Gatherer

    MATI (Chinese) Program
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Haiyan Liang

    MATI (Chinese) Program
    Lecturer in Chinese Translation and Interpreting
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Akiko Uchiyama

    MATI (Japanese) Program Convenor
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Lily Wang

    MATI (Chinese) Program
    Lecturer
    School of Languages and Cultures

Russian

  • Dr Anna Mikhaylova

    Russian Major Convenor
    Lecturer in Russian
    School of Languages and Cultures

Spanish

Adjunct and Honorary

Executive

Academic

Professional Staff

Casual Academic Staff

Program and Major Convenors

Applied Linguistics

Chinese

French

German

Indigenous Languages

Indonesian

Japanese

Korean

Linguistics

MATI

Russian

Spanish

Adjunct and Honorary