Dean's List and Dean's Award for Excellence 2017
Dr Mason Campbell, Doctor of Philosophy (Tropical Ecology)
‘The Ecological Response of Lianas to Habitat Fragmentation of the Tropical Rainforest.’
Primary Advisor: Professor William Laurance
Co-Advisor: Associate Professor William Edwards
Dr Leah Daniel, Doctor of Philosophy (Education - General)
‘Enacting Mathematical Content Knowledge (MCK) in the Classroom: the Preservice Teacher Experience’
Primary Advisor: Doctor Josephine Balatti
Co-Advisor: Associate Professor William Read
Dr Michelle Dyer, Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology)
‘Men Bathe Upstream, Women Bathe Downstream: Gender, Natural Resource Management and Development in Rural Solomon Islands’
Primary Advisor: Professor Rosita Henry
Co-Advisor: Doctor Simon Foale
Co-Advisor: Professor Theodorus Otto
Dr Christiane Falck, Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology)
‘Calling the Dead - Spirits, Mobile Phones, and the Talk of God in a Sepik Community (Papua New Guinea)’
Primary Advisor: Professor Theodorus Otto
Co-Advisor: Doctor Michael Wood
Dr Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
‘Integrating Paleoseismic Studies with Geochronology and Thermochronology to Understand the Timing of Rifting, Volcanism, and Uplift in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania’
Primary Advisor: Associate Professor Eric Roberts
Co-Advisor: Professor Paul Dirks
Dr Amin Mohamed Esmail, Doctor of Philosophy (Biochemistry)
‘Transcriptomics of Coral-algal Interactions: Novel Insights into the Establishment of Symbiosis’
Primary Advisor: Professor David Miller
Co-Advisor: Professor Bette Willis
Co-Advisor: Doctor Vivian Cumbo
Co-Advisor: Doctor Susanne Sprungala
Co-Advisor: Doctor David Bourne
Dr Diana Mendez, Doctor of Philosophy (Public Health and Tropical Medicine)
‘Identifying and Understanding the Factors Affecting Infection Control and Hendra Virus Management in Private Veterinary Practices in Queensland, Australia’
Primary Advisor: Emeritus Professor Richard Speare
Co-Advisor: Associate Professor Petra Buttner
Co-Advisor: Doctor Jennifer Kelly
Co-Advisor: Doctor Madeleine Nowak
Dr Dierdre O’Hare, Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)
‘The Impact of Tourette’s Syndrome on the Functioning of Young Australians: The Roles of Tic Severity, Comorbid Diagnoses and Attachment to Peers.’
Primary Advisor: Professor Edward Helmes
Co-Advisor: Doctor Kerry McBain
Dr Manoj Ranabhat, Master of Philosophy (Public Health and Tropical Medicine)
‘Sexuality- A Matter of Life and Death: Successful Sexual Rehabilitation of Men with Spinal Cord Injury in Nepal’
Primary Advisor: Doctor Jennifer Judd
Co-Advisor: Professor Matthew Yau
Co-Advisor: Professor David Plummer
Dr Christine Reghenzani, Doctor of Philosophy (Women’s Studies)
‘Women Serving in the Royal Australian Navy: The Path Towards Equality 1960 to 2015’
Primary Advisor: Associate Professor Debra Miles
Co-Advisor: Doctor Claire Brennan
Dr Jacquline Reznik, Doctor of Philosophy (Physiotherapy)
‘Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Management and Treatment'
Primary Advisor: Professor Mary Galea
Co-Advisor: Doctor Susan Gordon
Co-Advisor: Associate Professor Petra Buttner
Co-Advisor: Doctor Erik Biros
Co-Advisor: Doctor Steven Milanese
Dr Vicki-Lea Saunders, Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing Sciences)
‘Using a Non-bracketed Narrative to Story Recovery in Aboriginal Mental Health Care.’
Primary Advisor: Professor Kim Usher
Co-Advisor: Professor Komla Tsey
Co-Advisor: Doctor Roxanne Bainbridge
Dr Robin Twaddle, Doctor of Philosophy (Archaeology)
‘Novel Application of Sclerochronology and Scleroisotope Analysis: Forging New Understandings of Aboriginal Occupation in the South Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria’
Primary Advisor: Professor Sean Ulm
Co-Advisor: Professor Michael Bird
Co-Advisor: Doctor Christopher Wurster