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Dr Christine Agius Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations +61 3 9214 8584 cagius@swinburne.edu.au 400B213
Dr Damon Alexander Lecturer, Politics and International Relations +61 3 9214 5798 dtalexander@swinburne.edu.au 400B205
Dr Aisling Bailey Lecturer, Sociology aabailey@swinburne.edu.au AS303
Dr Glenda Ballantyne Senior Lecturer, Sociology gballantyne@swinburne.edu.au 400B215
Dr Simone Battiston Cassamarca Senior Lecturer, Italian Studies and History +61 3 9214 8051 sbattiston@swinburne.edu.au AS313
Dr Peter Brace Academic Tutor, Philosophy pbrace@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Shenshen Cai Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies scai@swinburne.edu.au AS305
Dr Sal Clark Lecturer, Sociology and Politics sallyclark@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Kay Cook Associate Professor; Australian Research Council Future Fellow +61 3 9214 4526 kcook@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Arran Gare Associate Professor, Philosophy +61 3 9214 8539 agare@swinburne.edu.au 400B221
Emma Gavin Lecturer, Indigenous Studies egavin@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Rob Hoffman Academic Tutor, Politics roberthoffman@swinburne.edu.au 400B2
Associate Professor Karen Hughes Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies and History karenhughes@swinburne.edu.au 400B108
Dr Julie Kimber Senior Lecturer, History +61 3 9214 8103 jkimber@swinburne.edu.au 400B214
Dr Andrew Kirkpatrick Academic Tutor, Philosophy akirkpatrick@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Jeffrey Klooger Academic Tutor, Sociology jklooger@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Michael Leach Professor, Politics and International Relations +61 3 9214 5357 mleach@swinburne.edu.au 400B216
Dr Caitlin Mahar Academic Tutor, History cmahar@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor James Martin Associate Professor, Criminology jrmartin@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Jenny Martin Professor, Social Work jmmartin@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Glenn McLaren Lecturer, Philosophy +61 3 9214 3896 gmclaren@swinburne.edu.au 400B219
Tokuya Mizuno Lecturer, Japanese +61 3 9214 8044 tmizuno@swinburne.edu.au BA1218
Dr Kaya Oriyama Lecturer, Japanese koriyama@swinburne.edu.au AS302
Dr Andrew Peters Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Studies +61 3 9214 5107 apeters@swinburne.edu.au 400B108
Dr Peter Robinson Senior Research Fellow +61 3 9214 4982 pbrobinson@swinburne.edu.au AS428
Dr Kerry Ryan Lecturer, Politics and History +61 3 9214 4418 kdryan@swinburne.edu.au 400B205
Dr Sabina Sestigiani Lecturer, Italian +61 3 9214 5747 ssestigiani@swinburne.edu.au AS305
Dr Hadi Sohrabi Lecturer, Sociology +61 3 9214 8074 hsohrabi@swinburne.edu.au AS303
Associate Professor Lorenzo Veracini Associate Professor, History +61 3 9214 8505 lveracini@swinburne.edu.au 400B204
Dr Kythera Watson-Bonnice Academic Tutor, Sociology kwatsonbonnice@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Farnaz Zirakbash Academic Tutor, Sociology fzirakbash@swinburne.edu.au

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