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Associate Professor Diane Sivasubramaniam Associate Professor, Chair of Department of Psychological Sciences +61 3 9214 5858
dsivasubramaniam@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Ben Bullock Senior Lecturer, Deputy Chair of Department of Psychological Sciences (undergraduate programs) +61 3 9214 4358
bbullock@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Jessica Mackelprang Senior Lecturer, Deputy Chair of Department of Psychological Sciences (postgraduate programs) +61 3 9214 5653
jmackelprang@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Glen Bates Professor +61 3 9214 8100
gbates@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Sunil Bhar Professor +61 3 9214 8371
sbhar@swinburne.edu.au
Catherine Brennan Director, Swinburne Psychology Clinic +61 3 9214 8147
cbrennan@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Simone Buzwell Senior Lecturer, Course Director, Bachelor of Psychological Science +61 3 9214 8104
sbuzwell@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Joseph Ciorciari Associate Professor +61 3 9214 8363
jciorciari@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Bradley Elphinstone Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 4682
belphinstone@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Roslyn Galligan Lecturer +61 3 9214 5345
rgalligan@swinburne.edu.au
Inge Gnatt Lecturer +61 3 9214 3532
ignatt@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Taylor Gogan Lecturer tgogan@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Sharon Grant Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 4765
sgrant@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Rachel Jellett Lecturer rjellett@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Jordy Kaufman Associate Professor +61 3 9214 5757
jkaufman@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Simon Knowles Associate Professor
 +61 3 9214 8206
sknowles@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Deborah Koder Lecturer dkoder@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Chris Ludlow Lecturer, Deputy Director, Swinburne Psychology Clinic cludlow@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Ilona McNeill Lecturer imcneill@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Suzy Miller Lecturer, Course Director, Master of Counselling semiller@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Greg Murray Professor, Director, Mood Disorder Research and Practice +61 3 9214 8300
gwm@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Maja Nedeljkovic Professor +61 3 9214 4428
mnedeljkovic@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Julian Oldmeadow Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 5962
joldmeadow@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Catherine Orr Senior Lecturer corr@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Jeffrey Pfeifer Associate Professor +61 3 9214 8578
jpfeifer@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Nicole Redlich Lecturer nredlich@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Susan Rossell Professorial Research Fellow, Director +61 3 9214 8173
srossell@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Jessica Sharp Lecturer +61 3 9214 4300
jsharp@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Jason Skues Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 4497
jskues@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Neil Thomas Professor, Director, National E-Therapy Centre; Director, Voices Clinic +61 3 9214 8742
neilthomas@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Benedict Williams Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 8059
bwilliams@swinburne.edu.au
Dr James Williams Lecturer, Course Director, Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced) jwilliams@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Lisa Wise Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 5063
lwise@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Kelvin Wong Senior Lecturer +61 3 9214 5161
kelvinwong@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Katie Wood Associate Professor, Course Director, Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) +61 3 9214 4627
cwood@swinburne.edu.au

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