7  Keynote Speakers   Confirmed invited speakers as of December 1997 are: Dr Pat O'Shane Professor Suma Chitnis Professor Lydia Makhubu Ms Penny Tripcony Professor Denise Bradley Professor Konai Thaman Ms Rose Tracey Ms Hazel Hawke Dr Kalpana Ram Ms Hilary Callan Professor Patricia Licuanan Ms Elzbieta Oleksy Professor Adrienne Asch Ms Eva Cox Senator Natasha Stott Despoja Dr Wendy Brady Ms Veronica Oxman Vega Assoc Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith Emeritus Professor Fay Gale AO Dr Carolyn Allport Professor Rokiah Talib Dr Pat O'Shane Chancellor University of New England, NSW Australia Pat O'Shane is a prominent Australian activist and speaker on Aboriginal issues, women's issues and the law, and has written several articles and contributed to books and journals on these issues. Dr O'Shane is the Chancellor of the University of New England. She has worked as a Magistrate of the New South Wales Local Courts since 1986, and was previously Head of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs.   Back to Top Professor Suma Chitnis Director Tata Foundation Bombay, India Suma Chitnis has an extensive record of research and policy development in higher education in India, and internationally through her role as representative for India at UNESCO. Professor Chitnis is presently Director of the J.N. Tata Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians and was previously Vice Chancellor of S.N.D.T. Women's University in Bombay.   Back to Top Professor Lydia Makhubu Vice-Chancellor University of Swaziland Swaziland Lydia Makhubu is involved with fostering the participation of women in Science in Africa. Professor Makhubu is presently Vice-Chancellor of the University of Swaziland and a member of numerous organisations related to science in Africa and women in science and higher education. She is the President of the Third World Organisation for Women in Science and the only woman member of the Governing Council of the Third World Academy of Sciences.   Back to Top Ms Penny Tripcony Manager, Oodgeroo Unit Queensland University of Technology QLD, Australia Penny Tripcony is an Aboriginal woman of the Ngugi people of Quandamooka (South-East Queensland) who has been actively involved in Aboriginal affairs since the 1970s. Penny is currently Manager of the Oodgeroo Unit, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Throughout her career, Penny has presented papers and published writings on a range of Australian Indigenous Issues.   Back to Top Professor Denise Bradley Vice Chancellor University of South Australia Australia Denise Bradley has had extensive involvement in the development of educational policy in Australia at both the state and national levels. Professor Bradley is presently Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia and has published in the areas of women's education and employment, equity in education and links between universities and other forms of tertiary education.   Back to Top Professor Konai Thaman Head of School of Humanities University of South Pacific Suva, Fiji Konai Helu-Thaman's current research focus is cultural considerations in distance education, staff development, and teaching and learning. Professor Helu-Thaman has also written on Indigenous cultures and education, women and higher education management, and education and sustainable development. She holds the UNESCO Chair in Teacher Education and Culture and is Professor of Pacific Education and Culture at the University of the South Pacific.   Back to Top Ms Rose Tracey National President National Union of Students Australia Rose Tracey is National President of the National Union of Students in Australia. She is an undergraduate student in Economics at the University of Sydney.   Back to Top Ms Hazel Hawke Member Australian Republican Movement Australia Hazel Hawke, Patron of the conference, is a community leader and advocate for issues relating to family, the environment, the arts, and the community in Australia. Hazel has a strong commitment to the Reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and has been elected to the Constitutional Convention as a member of the Australian Republican Movement.   Back to Top Professor Patricia Licuanan President Miriam College Manila Philippines Patricia Licuanan has actively participated in research, training, and advocacy work in applied social psychology, education, and educational reform, human resource development, and gender issues in the Philippines. Dr Licuanan is currently President of Miriam College. Her previous roles have included Academic Vice President and Professor of Psychology at Ateneo de Manila University, and Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Commission of the Role of Filipino Women.   Back to Top Ms Elzbieta Oleksy Director, Women's Studies Centre University of Lodz Poland Elzbieta Oleksy's research and teaching concentrates on women in literature and the media. Her work has been published widely in the USA and Europe. Professor Oleksy is the founder and Director of the Women's Studies Centre at the University of Lodz, Poland, where she is also Academic Dean of the School of International Studies and Chair of the Department of American Studies and Mass Media.   Back to Top Professor Adrienne Asch Henry R. Luce Professor in Biology, Ethics & the Politics of Human Reproduction Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA Adrienne Asch writes on bioethics, disability policy, and their intersections, and currently serves as president of the international organization, Society for Disability Studies. She has co-edited Women with Disabilities: Essays on Psychology, Culture, and Politics (Temple University Press). Professor Asch is the Henry R. Luce Professor in Biology, Ethics, and the Politics of Human Reproduction at Wellesley College, USA.   Back to Top Ms Eva Cox Senior Lecturer Humanities & Social Sciences University of Technology, Sydney Australia Eva Cox is a well-known advocate on social and political issues in Australia, particularly as they relate to women. Eva's recent research focus has been on changes needed in Australian society. Her influential 1995 Boyer Lecture Series, "A Truly Civil Society", described her ideas on how we can all share in creating the futures we want. Eva is currently lecturing at the University of Technology, Sydney.   Back to Top Senator Natasha Stott Despoja Deputy Leader Australian Democrats Australia Natasha Stott Despoja is Deputy Leader of the Australian Democrats political party, and their spokesperson for Higher Education and Training and Youth Affairs. Senator Despoja, who is the youngest woman ever elected to the Australian Parliament, also holds a number of other challenging portfolios. She has "grown up" in the women's movement in Australia and has a longstanding commitment to improving education quality and access.   Back to Top Dr Wendy Brady Indigenous Studies Unit Koori Centre for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education and Research University of Sydney Australia Wendy Brady is from the Wiradjuri Nation, and her fields of interest include Aboriginal Studies, Indigenous knowledge, ethical practice in Indigenous research, Aboriginal history, Aboriginal education and cross-cultural communication. Dr Brady is Head of the Indigenous Studies Unit in the Koori Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education and Research, University of Sydney, Australia.   Back to Top Ms Veronica Oxman Vega Executive Officer on EEO National Women's Service of Chile Chile Veronica Oxman Vega is an Executive Officer on EEO for the National Women's Service of Chile (SERNAM). She was part of the vanguard which introduced the subject Sociology of Gender at the University of Chile where she continues to lecture.   Back to Top Associate Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith Co-Director Research Unit for Maori Education The University of Auckland, New Zealand Linda has a background in Maori education, has taught at intermediate schools in Auckland and was a school counsellor at Auckland Girls Grammar School in the mid 1980s. For the last ten years she has taught education at the University of Auckland specialising in Maori education and the development of 'kaupapa Maori' research methodologies. She is also an Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts, has taught at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi and is currently on the Wananga Council.   Back to Top Dr Kalpana Ram Research Fellow School of Behavioural Science Macquarie University, Australia Kalpana Ram did her schooling largely in India and has received degrees in Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology in Australian Universities. She was a Research Fellow of the Gender Relations Project of the Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University. She is currently a Research Fellow of the Australian Research Council at the Anthropology Department of Macquarie University. She has published numerous articles on issues of cultural and sexual difference in anthropology, postcolonial theory and feminist theory.   Back to Top Emeritus Professor Fay Gale AO Fay Gale was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia from 1990-97 and President of the Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee from 1996-97. She is currently President of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Her internationally recognised research has focussed on the status and role of Aboriginal women, youth crime and juvenile justice. In 1989 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to Social Science, particularly in the fields of Geography and Aboriginal Studies.   Back to Top Ms Hilary Callan Executive Director European Association for International Education The Netherlands Hilary Callan has been Executive Director of the European Association for International Education (EAIE), a non-Governmental, non-profit organisation for professionals involved in international aspects of Higher Education, since 1993. Her academic training is in social anthropology, and she held university teaching positions in the UK, Canada and the Middle East before moving to the field of international education. She has taught, conducted research and published in several fields, including the anthropology of gender, and is a long-standing member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford (UK).   Back to Top Dr Carolyn Allport President National Tertiary Education Industry Union Australia Carolyn Allport has held an academic position in the university sector since 1974. In her twenty years of teaching at Macquarie University, she has taught economic history, urban politics and women's history. One of the pioneers in cross-disciplinary programs, she was part of the team which developed the Women's Studies program at Macquarie University. Elected the first President of the National Tertiary Education Union in 1994, she represents the Union's 25,000 academic and general staff members in matters relating to tertiary education funding   Back to Top Professor Rokiah Talib Coordinator, Gender Studies Program, University of Malaya.     Back to Top back to UTS home page