Elections

On Wednesday 22 April 2026 the Office of Governance and Corporate Administration (OGCA) commenced the nominations process for vacant positions on University Council, Academic Senate and its Sub-Committees, including Faculty Boards.

Nomination results

Nominations have closed for vacancies on the University Council, Academic Senate and Faculty Boards.

The Returning Officer has determined eligible nominations.

  • Where eligible nominations exceeded vacancies available, a vote will be held.
  • Where eligible nominations did not exceed the vacancies available, nominees have been declared elected unopposed.
  • Where insufficient nominations were received, positions have been declared as casual vacancies and will be filled in accordance with the Governance (Academic Senate) Rule or the Faculty Boards – Membership and Terms of Reference, as appropriate.

The term of office for all positions is from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028.

Nominees in alphabetical order by surname.

1 x Academic Staff

  • Salma Arabi
  • Indra Choudhury
  • Francis Geronimo
  • Julian Grant
  • Geoffrey Gurr
  • George John
  • Miao Li
  • Frank Marino
  • Manohar Pawar
  • Azizur Rahman
  • Hayley Randle
  • Faith Valencia-Forrester

1 x Professional/General Staff

  • Mark Bourne
  • Helen Crawford
  • Greg Higgins
  • Stacey Jenkins
  • Clare Jonker
  • Sheeja Samuel
  • Chelsea Schlink

Declared elected unopposed

  • Chris Orchard, Professoriate (FOAE)
  • Sarah O’Shea, Non-Faculty Professoriate
  • Jamie Ferrill, Academic Staff (FOBJBS)
  • Leo Lin, Academic Staff (FOBJBS)
  • Hector Rodriguez Valdes, Non-Faculty Academic Staff

A vote will be held for the following vacancies (nominees in alphabetical order by surname)

2 x Members of the Professoriate, FOBJBS

  • Mark Frost
  • Xiaodi Huang
  • Miao Li
  • Azizur Rahman

2 x Academic Staff, FOSH

  • Salma Arabi
  • Shayne Chau
  • Indra Choudhury
  • Patience Moyo
  • Martin Pal
  • Melissa Skein

1 x Academic Staff, FOAE

  • Sarah Gurr
  • Wudhadhuray

No nominations - casual vacancy

1 x Member of the Professoriate, FOAE

Faculty of Arts & Education Faculty Board

Declared elected unopposed

Cate Thomas, Professoriate

No nominations - casual vacancies

  • 1 x Member of the Professoriate
  • 1 x Academic Staff, School of Indigenous Australian Studies
  • 1 x Academic Staff, School of Theology

Faculty of Business, Justice & Behavioural Sciences Faculty Board

Declared elected unopposed

  • Azizur Rahman, Professoriate
  • Xiaodi Huang, Professoriate

No nominations - casual vacancies

  • 1 x Academic Staff, School of Psychology
  • 1 x Academic Staff, School of School of Business
  • 1 x Academic Staff, School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering

Faculty of Faculty of Science and Health Faculty Board

Declared elected unopposed

Stephanie Knott - Academic Staff, SAEVS

A vote will be held for the following vacancies (nominees in alphabetical order by surname)

1 x Member of the Professoriate

  • Aunty Kerrie Doyle
  • Ana Horta

1 x Academic Staff, School of Rural Medicine

  • Indra Choudhury
  • Catherine Keniry
  • Susan Limberger

Current vacancies

  • 1 x Academic staff member
  • 1 x General / Professional staff member
  • 1 x Student representative
  • 4 x Members of the Professoriate (2 x FOAE and 2 x FOBJBS)
  • 1 x Non-Faculty Member of the Professoriate
  • 1 x Acad Staff Faculty of Arts and Education (Levels A to C)
  • 2 x Acad Staff Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences (Levels A to C)
  • 2 x Acad Staff Faculty of Science and Health (Levels A to C)
  • 1 x Non-Faculty Member (Levels A to C)

Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty Board

  • 2 x Member of the Professoriate
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of Indigenous Australian Studies
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of Theology

Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Board

  • 2 x Member of the Professoriate
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of Psychology
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of School of Business
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering

Faculty of Science and Health Faculty Board

  • 1 x Member of the Professoriate
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences
  • 1 x Acad Staff School of Rural Medicine

Expressions of interest

Elections results

Nominations

Nominations open from 9am 22 April  2026 and will close at 4pm 29 April 2026. Nominations will not be accepted after this time. An election will be held should more nominations be received than the vacancy to be filled.

The term of office for all positions will be for two (2) year commencing on 1 July 2026.

If you wish to nominate for the Academic Senate and/or its sub-committees it is recommended you review the following documents to give you an idea of the requirements of being a member of the University’s governing bodies:

How to nominate

The elections will be conducted using an trusted online election platform.

Nomination process

How to vote

Voting opens Wednesday 20 May.

The elections will be conducted using an trusted online election platform.

Voting process

Further information

If you have any questions, please contact elections@csu.edu.au