Directors of Graduate Research (DGRs) and Graduate Research Coordinators (GRCs)
The role of DGRs and GRCs
The Director of Graduate Research (DGR) is a School level role. The responsibility of the role includes:
- Conducting approvals on behalf of the Head of School
- Chairing School scholarship rankings
- Reviewing and recommendation of examiner's reports
- Ensuring that progress and hurdles are met
- Reviewing problems, grievances and initiating show-cause procedures
- Managing any school level funding schemes for graduate researchers
- Representing GRCs on key committees
- Organising school Three Minute Thesis (3MT) heats
The Graduate Research Coordinator (GRC) is a departmental or discipline focused role. The responsibility of the role includes:
- Being aware of departmental knowledge of HDR policy
- Providing pastoral care for student cohort
- Reviewing enquiries and applications
- Assessing scholarship rankings and recommendations
- Ensuring milestone meetings take place
- Ensuring department provides induction and intellectual environment
- Promoting opportunities such as RED programs and industry internships
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce - DGRs
School | Name | |
|---|---|---|
La Trobe Business School | Gordon Boyce | g.boyce@latrobe.edu.au |
La Trobe Law School | Emma Henderson | e.henderson@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Education | Dorothy Smith | d.smith@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences | Nicola Stern | HUSS.GRC@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences (deputy) | Hester Joyce | h.joyce@latrobe.edu.au |
College of Science, Health and Engineering - DGRs
School | Name | |
|---|---|---|
La Trobe Rural Health School | Brett Gordon | B.Gordon@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Allied Health | Jodie McClelland | j.mclelland@latrobe.edu.au |
| School of Applied Systems Biology | Janet Wheeler | janet.wheeler@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Cancer Medicine | John Mariadason | john.mariadason@onjcri.org.au |
School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences | Marcel Jackson | m.g.Jackson@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Life Sciences | John Morgan | j.morgan@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Molecular Sciences | Adam Mechler | a.mechler@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Nursing and Midwifery | Yvonne Wells | y.wells@latrobe.edu.au |
School of Psychology and Public Health | Maarten van den Buuse | m.vandenbuuse@latrobe.edu.au |
Regional Graduate Research Liaison
| Campus | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albury-Wodonga Campus | Dr Jennifer Jones | j.jones@latrobe.edu.au |
| Mildura and Bendigo Campus | Dr Evelien Spelten | e.spelten@latrobe.edu.au |
| Shepparton Campus | Dr Lucinda Aberdeen | l.aberdeen@latrobe.edu.au |
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce - GRCs
Department | Discipline | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
Accounting and Data Analytics | Accounting and Analytics | Balachandran Muniandy | B.Muniandy@latrobe.edu.au |
Archaeology and History | Archaeology | Keir Strickland | K.Strickland@latrobe.edu.au |
Archaeology and History | History | Timothy Minchin | t.minchin@latrobe.edu.au |
Archaeology and History (Bendigo) | History | Ruth Ford | r.ford@latrobe.edu.au |
Communications and Media | Nasya Bahfen | n.bahfen@latrobe.edu.au | |
Creative Arts and English | English | Juliane Roemhild | j.roemhild@latrobe.edu.au |
Creative Arts and English | Media Arts | Felicity Collins | f.collins@latrobe.edu.au |
Creative Arts and English | Theatre and Drama | Kim Baston | k.baston@latrobe.edu.au |
| Creative Arts and English (Bendigo) | Visual Arts | Jacqueline Millner | J.Millner@latrobe.edu.au |
Education (Bundoora) | Donna Starks | d.starks@latrobe.edu.au | |
Education (Bundoora) | Dorothy Smith | d.smith@latrobe.edu.au | |
Education (Bendigo) | Margaret Robertson | M.Robertson@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Marketing | Andrew Gilmore | Andrew.Gilmore@latrobe.edu.au | |
Finance and Economics | Jing Zhao | j.zhao@latrobe.edu.au | |
Languages and Linguistics | Classics and Ancient History and Greek Sudies | Rhiannon Evans | r.evans@latrobe.edu.au |
Languages and Linguistics | European Languages | Laura Tolton Seabra | l.tolton@latrobe.edu.au |
Languages and Linguistics | Asian Languages | Yangbin Chen | yangbin.chen@latrobe.edu.au |
Languages and Linguistics | Linguistics | Marija Tabain | m.tabain@latrobe.edu.au |
Management, Sport and Tourism | Jennifer Laing | Jennifer.Laing@latrobe.edu.au | |
Outdoor Education (Bendigo) | Ruth Lawrence | r.lawrence@latobe.edu.au | |
Politics and Philosophy | Philosophy, Gender Studies | Dirk Tomsa | d.tomsa@latrobe.edu.au |
Social Inquiry (Bendigo) | Planning | Julie Rudner | j.rudner@latrobe.edu.au |
Social Inquiry | Social Inquiry, Sociology and Anthropology | Anthony Moran | a.moran@latrobe.edu.au |
College of Science, Health and Engineering - GRCs
Department | Discipline | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences | Mathew Lewsey | M.Lewsey@latrobe.edu.au | |
Australian Institute for Primary Care in Ageing | Yvonne Wells | y.wells@latrobe.edu.au | |
Australian Research Centre for Sex Health and Society | Christopher Fisher | c.fisher2@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Biochemistry | Suresh Mathivanan | S.Mathivanan@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Biochemistry | Deputy member | Robyn Murphy | r.murphy@latrobe.edu.au |
Bouverie Centre | Peter McKenzie | p.mckenzie@latrobe.edu.au | |
Chemistry | Evan Robertson | e.robertson@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR) | George Liu | c.liu@latrobe.edu.au | |
Community and Clinical Allied Health | Orthoptics, Speech Pathology and Audiology | Tanya Serry | t.serry@latrobe.edu.au |
Community and Clinical Allied Health | Occupational Therapy | Leeanne Carey | l.carey@latrobe.edu.au |
Community and Clinical Allied Health | La Trobe Rural Health School | Nerida Hyett | n.hyett@latrobe.edu.au |
Community and Clinical Allied Health | Social Work and Social Policy | Margarita Frederico | m.frederico@latrobe.edu.au |
Computer Science and Information Technology | Abdun Mahmood | A.Mahmood@latrobe.edu.au | |
Dentistry and Oral Health | Brett Gordon | b.gordon@latrobe.edu.au | |
Ecology, Environment and Evolution | Susan Hoebee | s.hoebee@latrobe.edu.au | |
Ecology, Environment and Evolution | Martin Steinbauer | m.steinbauer@latrobe.edu.au | |
Engineering | Song Wang | song.wang@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Genetics | Adam Hart | a.hart@latrobe.edu.au | |
Judith Lumley Centre | Touran Shafiei | t.shafiei@latrobe.edu.au | |
| John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research | Tshepo Rasekaba | T.Rasekaba@latrobe.edu.au | |
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science | Adam Mechler | a.mechler@latrobe.edu.au | |
Mathematics and Statistics | Marcel Jackson | m.g.jackson@latrobe.edu.au | |
Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre | Ewen Silvester | e.silvester@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Nursing (general) | Bev Copnell | b.copnell@latrobe.edu.au | |
Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre | Philippe Chouinard | p.chouinard@latrobe.edu.au | |
| Pharmacy and Applied Science | Rod Green | rod.green@latrobe.edu.au | |
Physics | Narelle Brack | n.brack@latrobe.edu.au | |
Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology | Physiology and Anatomy | Bert De Groef | b.degroef@latrobe.edu.au |
Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology | Microbiology | Karla Helbig | k.helbig@latrobe.edu.au |
Psychology and Counselling | Clinical Neuropsychology | Philippe Chouinard | p.chouinard@latrobe.edu.au |
| Psychology and Counselling | Lynette Evans | l.evans@latrobe.edu.au | |
Public Health | George Liu | c.liu@latrobe.edu.au | |
Public Health (professional doctorates only) | Sally Fawkes | s.fawkes@latrobe.edu.au | |
Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Sport | Physiotherapy | Maryam Zoghi Adam Semciw | M.Zoghi@latrobe.edu.au A.Semciw@latrobe.edu.au |
Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Sport | Podiatry, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Exercise Science | Karl Landorf | k.landorf@latrobe.edu.au |
Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Sport | Dietetics and Human Nutrition | George Moschonis | g.moschonis@latrobe.edu.au |
Rural Nursing and Midwifery | Brett Gordon | b.gordon@latrobe.edu.au | |
School of Cancer Medicine | John Mariadason | john.mariadason@onjcri.org.au |