Professor Howard Bamsey

Adjunct Professor in Climate Change and Energy Security

Howard Bamsey joined the Centre following his retirement as Deputy Secretary of the Australian Government's Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Perhaps Australia's pre-eminent official… more

Professor Roger Benjamin

Professor of Art History

roger.benjamin@sydney.edu.au

Roger Benjamin trained in art history at the University of Melbourne and Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. His research has focused on the art and theory of Matisse, French Orientalist painting, an… more

Professor Edward Blakely

Honorary Professor in Urban Policy & disaster recovery expert

edward.blakely@sydney.edu.au

http://www.blakelycitytalk.com/

Edward Blakely is Honorary Professor of Urban Policy at the US Studies Centre, having previously served for two years as Executive Director of the Office of Recovery and Development Administration, th… more

Professor Colin Campbell

Visiting Professor & Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia

Colin Campbell's degrees include: A.B. (Hons.), Gonzaga University (1965), M.A., the University of Alberta (1966) and Ph.D., Duke University (1973)-all in political science. He also obtained a M.Div. … more

Professor Lyn Carson

Honorary Professor of Civic Engagement

lyn.carson@sydney.edu.au

http://www.activedemocracy.net/

Carson was the founding Academic Program Director of the Centre and is now one of its Adjunct Professors. She is currently Professor in applied politics, with the Centre for Citizenship and Public Pol… more

Professor James Fallows

Chair in US Media & National Correspondent for The Atlantic

Professor James Fallows is Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre and National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. One of the world's leading journalists, Fallows is author of nine bo… more

Professor Geoffrey Garrett

Chief Executive Officer

geoffrey.garrett@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9351 7249

Dr Geoffrey Garrett is founding CEO of the United States Studies Centre and Professor of Political Science at the University of Sydney. He was previously President of the Pacific Council on Internatio… more

Professor Murray Goot

Visiting Professor & ARC Australian Professorial Fellow at Macquarie University

Murray Goot is an Australian Research Council Australian Professorial Fellow and Professor in the Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security at Macquarie University w… more

Professor Robert Hill

Adjunct Professor in Sustainability

Robert Hill was a member of the Australian Senate from 1981 to 2006, representing South Australia. He was educated at the University of Adelaide and the London School of Economics, where he gained a m… more

Professor Michael Hiscox

Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

Michael J. Hiscox is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University. He received his B. Econ. (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney in 1989 and his Ph.D in … more

Professor Simon Jackman

Visiting Professor at the US Studies Centre & Professor of Political Science at Stanford University

Simon Jackman is Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) of Statistics at Stanford University. Jackmanʼs teaching and research centres on issues in democratic politics (public opinion, polit… more

Professor Margaret Levi

Chair in US Politics & Director of Research and Research Training at the US Studies Centre & Bacharach Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington

margaret.levi@gmail.com

Phone: +61 2 9114 0580

A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor Margaret Levi took up her chair at the US Studies Centre in 2009. She also holds the position of Jere L. Bacharach Professor of Interna… more

Professor Bruce McKern

Professor of International Business & Director of the Business Leadership and Innovation programs

bruce.mckern@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9036 7100

Bruce joined the University of Sydney on a half-time basis as a Professor of International Business. His primary role is in the United States Studies Centre, as Director of the US Business Leadership … more

Professor Susan Pond, AM

Dow Sustainability Program

Dr Susan Pond AM FTSE is Adjunct Professor of the Dow Sustainability Program at the United States Studies Centre. Her area of interest is the development of the advanced transportation biofuels indust… more

Professor Russell Trood

Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Program

Dr Russell Trood leads the US Studies Centre's Defence and Security program. He was previously a Liberal Senator for Queensland from July 2005 until June 2011. During this time he filled a number of r… more

Professor David Weisbrot, AM

Professor of Legal Policy

Professor David Weisbrot is Professor of Legal Policy at the United States Studies Centre and Professor of Law and Governance at Macquarie University. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Law and an… more

Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor

Associate Professor in American Politics & Director of Teaching and Learning

brendon.oconnor@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 9036 9206

Brendon joined the United States Studies Centre in 2009 as Associate Professor in American Politics. He was previously with the Department of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University.… more

Dr James Curran

Lecturer in the History of the US-Australia Alliance

Dr Curran teaches Australian history. His current research, funded by an ARC Discovery Project (2010-2012), explores the history of the Australia/US Alliance from Nixon's 1969 Guam Doctrine to the … more

Dr Adam Lockyer

Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign Policy

adam.lockyer@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9036 7948

Adam Lockyer is a lecturer in US politics and foreign policy at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.… more

Dr Jane Park

Lecturer in Contemporary American Media

 Dr. Jane Chi Hyun Park has a Ph.D. in Radio-TV-Film from The University of Texas at Austin and a M.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine and previously worked in American Studi… more

Dr Rebecca Sheehan

Lecturer in US History

rebecca.sheehan@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9036 9208

Rebecca joined the United States Studies Centre as Lecturer in US History in September 2010. Prior to that she was one of the US Studies Centre’s first postdoctoral fellows cohort.… more

David Smith

Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy

david.smith@sydney.edu.au

Dr David Smith is jointly appointed between the United States Studies Centre and the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. Smith has a PhD in political science from the … more

Assistant Professor John Ahlquist

Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

jahlquist@wisc.edu

John Ahlquist is assistant professor in the department of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as a research associate in political economy at the US Stu… more

Dr Thomas Barlow

Research strategist specialising in science and technological innovation

http://www.barlowadvisory.com

Thomas Barlow is Australia's leading research strategist. He provides independent policy advice to governments and strategic advice to high-tech companies, universities, and research organisations. Hi… more

John Barron

ABC NewsRadio host

John Barron has been covering Presidential campaigns as a journalist for almost 20 years.… more

Associate Professor Greg Castillo

Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley

Greg Castillo received a B.F.A. in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1975, an M.A. at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California in 1978, an … more

Leah Farrall

Research Associate in Counter Terrorism

Leah Farrall is a Research Associate in Counter Terrorism at the US Studies Centre. She was a speaker at the US Studies Centre's National Summit in June 2011.… more

Dr Sean Gallagher

Chief Operating Officer

sean.gallagher@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9351 4601

Dr Sean Gallagher is Chief Operating Officer of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney where he is a Research Associate in Higher Education. Gallagher is a founding member of the… more

Associate Professor Peter Hatemi

Research Associate

phatemi@gmail.com

Pete Hatemi is a research fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and Associate Professor of Political Science, Microbiology and Biochemistry at The Pennsylvania State U… more

Andrea Koch

Program Leader, Soil Carbon Initiative

Andrea Koch is an experienced marketer and strategist. Her career experience includes twenty years in the telecommunications and media industries, with IBM, Optus, Optus Vision and News Interactive. S… more

Rebecca Nelson

Lead Researcher, Comparative Groundwater Law and Policy Program at Stanford

Rebecca is Lead Researcher, Comparative Groundwater Law and Policy Program at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University, a collaborati… more

Dr Jamie Pittock

Research Associate, Climate-Energy-Water Nexus project

jamie.pittock@anu.edu.au

Dr Jamie Pittock has a background in zoology and geography, and from 1989-2001 he worked for various non-government environmental organisations in Australia promoting nature conservation. In partic… more

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Dr Lesley Russell

Former policy advisor to Julia Gillard

Dr Lesley Russell is the Menzies Foundation Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney and ANU and a Research Associate at the US Studies Centre. She is currently a Vis… more

Nina Silove

Researcher specialising in US grand strategy

nina.silove@merton.ox.ac.uk

Nina Silove is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford and a member of Merton College. Nina researches US strategic planning and grand strategy in the post-Cold War er… more

Tom Switzer

Research Associate

tom.switzer@sydney.edu.au

Tom Switzer is a research associate at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney where he teaches undergraduate courses in US politics, US foreign policy, US-Australia relations and… more

Rowena Braddock

Lecturer, The American City

Rowena Braddock is an Honours graduate in arts and law from the University of Sydney.… more

Dr Bruce Isaacs

Lecturer, American Film & Hollywood

Bruce Isaacs has a PhD in Film Studies, with a focus on film aesthetics and culture. His research examines a wide range of film studies-related topics: histories of film (with a focus on Hollywood), f… more

Dr Kurt Iveson

Senior Lecturer

kurt.iveson@sydney.edu.au

Phone: 02 9351 3627

Fax: 02 9351 3644

http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/people/st_iveson.shtml

Kurt is primarily interested in the question of how social justice can be achieved in cities. Within this broad interest, his research has focused on two main areas. First, he has examined the signifi… more

Professor David Johnstone

Chair of Finance

d.johnstone@econ.usyd.edu.au

Phone: + 61 2 9036 5286

http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/staff/davidj

Professor David Johnstone is a member of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Sydney. Professor Johnstone will be lecturing for the USSC in 2010 and teaching US Financial Institu… more

Dr Martijn Konings

Lecturer

http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/political/staff/martijn_konings.htm

Martijn Konings completed his PhD at York University in Toronto and is currently a lecturer in the department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. He has published articles on American an… more

Dr Harry Melkonian

Lecturer, US Constitution

Dr Harry Melkonian is a practicing lawyer and legal educator. He has practiced law since 1975 and is licensed in England, New South Wales as well as New York and California in the USA. He has lectured… more

Associate Professor Stephen Robertson

Lecturer, Key Issues in American Culture & USSC Research Associate

stephen.robertson@sydney.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9351 3782

http://www-personal.arts.usyd.edu.au/sterobrt/

Associate Professor Stephen Robertson teaches a postgraduate unit, Key Issues in American Culture, for the US Studies Centre.… more

Michael Thompson

Lecturer in US Studies

Mike was a lecturer in American History at Melbourne’s Monash University, where he received a Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Teaching. He has also lectured in History at the University of… more