Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor (Politics and Communication) Chair of Academic Council Qualifications PhD (Politics), University of Adelaide, 2004 MA (Cultural and Media Policy), Griffith University, 1999 BA (Honours 1st Class - Communication), Murdoch University, 1997 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Terence Lee is a scholar of Politics and Communication and is the inaugural Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Sheridan. He is best known for his writings on Southeast Asian Politics (especially Singapore), media, cultural and Internet governance and discourses surrounding the political thoughts of French philosopher Michel Foucault.

Terence holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Adelaide, MA in Media and Cultural Policy from Griffith University and a BA Honours (1st Class) in Communication Studies from Murdoch University. Before joining academia, he was a Policy Executive with the Singapore Broadcasting Authority and a Journalist with MediaCorp in Singapore. Terence spent 21 years as an academic at Murdoch University, chairing various undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Communication, Media and Journalism and was a long-time Research Fellow of its renowned Asia Research Centre.

From 2013-14, he served as President of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA), the peak scholarly body of communication and cognate disciplines in our region, and he continues to serve on editorial boards of the following Q1-ranking journals: Communication Research and Practice, Media International Australia, Asian Journal of Communication and Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies.

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Lecturer (Academic Writing Support) Qualifications MA (Applied Linguistics), Curtin University, 2003. BEd (Primary), Curtin University, 1997. BTh (Missions), Alliance College of Theology, 1988. DipTeach (Primary), Curtin University, 1980.  Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Ali started work as a primary-school teacher in an isolated, iron ore mining town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She changed direction, four years later, by undertaking a Bachelor of Theology. This launched her into a new career as an overseas missionary. In both the Philippines and northern Mongolia, she studied the local language, helped plant churches, wrote curriculum material, and taught English from Beginner to Advanced levels. She expanded her love of language by completing a Master of Applied Linguistics at Curtin University in 2003.

After more than 20 years of working abroad, Ali returned to Perth in 2013. She taught all levels of English at Stacey College for three years and then joined the HASS faculty at Sheridan. On campus, Ali delivers the first-year research unit, lectures in Linguistics, and provides Academic English support for staff and students alike. Her passion is translanguaging. She is still part of an international editing team who work on language documents for south-east Asia.

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Academic skills, Academic English support

Lecturer (Asian Studies, Sociology) Qualifications PhD (Asian Studies), University of Western Australia, 2015 HDR Preliminary (Asian Studies), University of Western Australia, 2009 BA (French and English), Edith Cowan University, 2005 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Although he doesn’t consider himself a linguist, Joshua probably speaks the greatest number of languages on campus. He has always been curious about linguistic and cultural differences, having lived in the Middle East as well as South and East Asia. He studied Hebrew in Israel, and then French and English at Edith Cowan University in Perth. Later, he completed a PhD in Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia, with a focus on Chinese Studies. After doctoral studies, he taught in South Korea at Woosong University, before returning to join the faculty at Sheridan. Currently learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, Joshua brings a wealth of experience to a multitude of HASS units covering history, sociology, religion, and Chinese. His particular area of expertise is the spread and influence of Tibetan Buddhism in Chinese societies – the theme of his recent book. Joshua also organises Sheridan’s biennial Indian Ocean Studies Conference, actively promoting research into these respective languages and religions.

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Sociology, History, Religious Studies, Chinese Studies

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Lecturer (Law, Political Science) Qualifications LLB (Honours 1st Class), University of Western Australia, 2003 BA (Honours 1st Class - Politics and International Studies), Murdoch University,1999 PhD (Law) Candidate, Murdoch University Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Joshua graduated with first class honours in Politics and International Studies from Murdoch University. He later graduated with first class honours in law from the University of Western Australia. He has written extensively about the freedom to communicate about government and political matters implied from the Australian Constitution, including its relationship with executive power and with religious freedom.

Joshua is the editor of The Western Australian Jurist, a journal about legal and political theory.

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Political Science, Business Law

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Lecturer (Christian Studies, Critical Thinking, Ethics) Qualifications PhD (New Testament), Sydney College of Divinity, 2022 ThM Honours, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2012 BEng (Electrical and Electronic), University of Western Australia, 2005 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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David grew up in Perth. He worked in the mining industry for several years, including in Africa. He undertook a Master of Theology in the USA. His doctorate was on the memory of Jesus' resurrection in 1 Corinthians. He has taught worldview, apologetics, New Testament and philosophy in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia for Evangelical, Baptist, Catholic and Pentecostal institutions. In addition, he has also worked with City Bible Forum, helping believers connect their faith and work.

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Christianity as a Worldview
Critical Thinking and Ethics

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Senior Lecturer (Leadership, Christian Studies) Qualifications PhD (Communications), Edith Cowan University, 2008 MA (Literary and Biblical Studies), Biola University, 1980 MA (Communications and Mass Media), Columbia College, 1978 BA (English Literature and Philosophy), University of Singapore, 1975 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Dr. Jonathan D. James is a researcher and writer on media, religion, politics, and culture. His research interests include cultural globalisation, the social effects of new media, new religious movements, international relations, and security studies.

With an early education in Singapore, and later trained in media and communications in the USA, Jonathan James is currently Senior Lecturer at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education and adjunct lecturer at Edith Cowan University. He also serves as a consultant, lecturer, and guest speaker in the Asia-Pacific region. His articles have appeared in refereed journals in Australia, the UK, and North America, including The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, and Studies in World Christianity and Continuum: Journal of Media and Culture.

Jonathan is the author of various books including Transnational Religious Movements: Faith’s Flows (Sage, 2017).

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Christian Studies
Sociology
Leadership
Communications

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Lecturer (Creative Writing) Qualifications PhD (English - Creative Writing), University of Queensland, 2003 MA (English), University of Queensland, 1999 BA (Honours 1st Class - English), University of Western Australia, 1997 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Miriam is intrigued by creative expression. She is especially interested in how people navigate complex identities, including the dimension of faith. She did her undergraduate studies at the University of Western Australia and her postgraduate studies at the University of Queensland. Her first poetry collection won the Western Australian Premier’s Prize. Since then, her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals (both print and online), in public artwork, in short video online, and in ekphrastic collaborations with visual artists. A keen practitioner, Miriam regularly attends local readings and has been a guest reader at various poetry events and festivals (online and in-person), including the Perth Poetry Festival. She is excited by the publishing and networking possibilities that exist in the expanding digital universe and is committed to learning by doing. She leads Creative Writing Hub – a free community writing group that facilitates writing and feedback for writers at any stage of the journey – and loves to learn and grow with other writers. On-campus, she pours 19 years of industry experience into her Creative Writing lectures and workshops. Her research interests include Asian diaspora cultural production and the feedback process in creative writing pedagogy.

Professional associations

CCL (Conference on Christianity and Literature)

WA Poets Inc.

Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP)

Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL)

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Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Poetry (2005)

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Lecturer (Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies) Qualifications PhD (Education, Applied Linguistics), University of New England, 2022 MA (Chinese), University of New England, 2014 PGradDipEd (Secondary), Nanyang Technology University, National Institute of Education, Singapore, 1997 BA (Honours - Language and Area Studies), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1996 CELTA CertTh, Morling College, 2011 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Dr Leei Sung (Wong) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Language and Area Studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and was awarded Honours from Singapore Public Service Commission - Japan Monbusho Scholarship (5 years). Dr Sung subsequently worked for 10 years as an Education Officer at the Ministry of Education Language Centre (MOELC) in Singapore, where she was involved in curriculum design and development, teaching, and country immersion programs for foreign languages. In 1997, she completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Education at Nanyang Technological University, in the National Institution of Education in Singapore. After migrating to Australia in 2008, she volunteered as a teaching assistant at Ellenbrook Christian College, before starting a private tutoring service using the Kumon Maths and Reading educational method. Dr Sung completed a Certificate in Theology at Morling College in 2011, and a Master of Arts in Chinese at the University of New England in 2014, and has recently completed her doctorate at the University of New England School of Arts.

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Adjunct Lecturer (Geography) Qualifications PhD (Botany), University of the Witwatersrand, 2015 MSc (Geographic Information Systems), Curtin University, 2020? MSc (Botany), University of the Witwatersrand, 1994 BSc Honours (Botany - Plant Systematics), 1990 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Professor (Law) Qualifications PhD (Legal Philosophy), Monash University, 2006 LLM summa cum laude, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1999 LLB (Hons), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1996 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), 2009 DipEd, Murdoch University, 2011 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Professor Augusto Zimmermann (PhD, LLB cum laude, LLB (Hons), CIArb, DipEd) is a former Law Reform Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2012-2017) and a former Associate Dean (Research) and Postgraduate Research Director at Murdoch University's School of Law. He is also the Founder and President of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA), a former Vice-President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy (ASLP), an Elected Fellow at the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (IASJF) and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Australian Jurist law journal.

In January 2015, Professor Zimmermann was invited by the Tasmanian Chief Justice to address the 'Opening of the Legal Year' in that State. A prolific writer and author of numerous articles and academic books, he was awarded the 2012 Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, and two School Dean's Research Awards, in 2010 and 2011, at Murdoch University. He served on numerous academic bodies at Murdoch University including: Research Degree and Scholarships Committee; the Vice Chancellor's Awards and Citations Committee; the Academic Council's Freedom of Speech in Policies and Procedures Advisory Group; and the Academic Staff Promotions Advisory Committee.

Professor Zimmermann is generally recognised as a fierce advocate for freedom of speech and the Rule of Law, contributing numerous articles on the subject, including The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State (Rechtsstaat) (Springer, 2004), a book edited by the President of the American Bar Association (ABA). He is the author/co-author/editor/co-editor of numerous academic articles and books, including:

• Foundations of the Legal System: History, Theory and Practice, LexisNexis, 2023
• Christian Foundations of the Common Law (3 volumes), Connor Court Publishing, 2018
• Global Perspectives on Subsidiarity, Springer, 2014, and
• Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives, LexisNexis, 2013
  
  

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