Centre Management

The Centre will be managed by the Director and Deputy Director with advice from three committees: the Management Committee to ensure strategic and efficient management of the Centre, the Advisory Board and International Advisory Board to help shape future research directions and advise on the establishment and editorial control of the planned journal. Members of the committees are set out below.

Management Committee

Mr John Pascoe AO
Chief Federal Magistrate
Federal Magistrate’s Court

Professor Jennifer Bowes
Professorial Fellow
Institute of Early Childhood
Macquarie University

Associate Professor Julie Fitness
Head
Dept of Psychology
Macquarie University

Professor Elizabeth More
Professor of Management
Graduate School of Management
Macquarie University

Professor Alan Rice
Dean
Australian Centre for Educational Studies
Macquarie University

Associate Professor Jane Torr
Head
Institute of Early Childhood
Macquarie University

Mr Mark Ellis
Manager
Research Office
Macquarie University

Ms Ginie Udy
Chief Executive Officer
SDN Children’s Services

Mr Colm Halbert
Division Research & HDR Manager Linguistics and Psychology
Macquarie University

Professor Max Coltheart
Professor of Psychology
The Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
Macquarie University

Ms Caroline Trotman
Deputy VC.
Development and Ext. Relations
Macquarie University

Advisory Board

Professor Jennifer Bowes
Professorial Fellow
Institute of Early Childhood
Macquarie University

Associate Professor Julie Fitness
Head
Dept of Psychology
Macquarie University

Professor Alan Hayes
Director
Australian Institute of Family Studies

Dr Peter Walsh
Director, Research
NSW Centre for Parenting and Research Department of Community Services

Professor Cathrine Fowler
Tresillian Chair
Child and Family Health Centre for Midwifery and Family Health University of Technology 

Mr Victor Evatt
National President
Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Inc

Dr Rob Simons
Head of Research
The Smith Family

Professor Graham Vimpani
Kaleidoscope - Hunter Children's Health Network

A/Prof Judy Cashmore
Faculty of Law University of Sydney Law School

Mr Carlo Svagelli
President
NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)

Ms Jayne Meyer Tucker
National Director
Good Beginnings

Ms Barbara Wellesley
(Retired)
Good Beginnings

Dr Andrew Dowling
Principal Research Fellow
Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
Australian Council for Educational Research

Ms Lyn Stewart
Treasurer & Public Officer
Aboriginal Early Care Unit
NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)

Ms Delma Davison
Field Officer
NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)

Dr John Eastwood
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Public Health
University of Sydney

International Advisory Board

Professor Jennifer Bowes
Professorial Fellow
Institute of Early Childhood
Macquarie University

Associate Professor Julie Fitness
Head
Dept of Psychology
Macquarie University

Professor Anne C Crouter
Director
Social Sciences Research Center
And the Children, Youth and Families Consortium
Pennsylvania State University

Dr Silvia Lopez Larossa
Department of Psychology and Education
University of La Coruna

Dr Seyed Jalal Sadrossadat
Head of Research
Faculty University of Social, Welfare and Rehabilitation Services

Dr Nirmala Rao
Faculty of Education
University of Hong Kong

Professor Carol Aubury
Director of Research
Institute of Education
University of Warwick