Graduation - past ceremonies
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 5pm
Costa Hall, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Deakin University
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty of Business and Law
Stage Party
The Chancellor Mr David Morgan presided, assisted by the Vice- Chancellor Professor Sally Walker.
The MC was the Director, Division of Student Administration, Ms Fofi Hronopoulos.
The Mace-bearer was Mr Dale Warren.
The Faculty Representative was Ms Wendy Miles.
Presenters were:
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts and Education, Professor Garry Smith.
Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Business and Law, Professor Barry Cooper.
Chair of the Academic Board, Professor Philomena Leung.
The Student Response was delivered by Si Hui Tong
Doctoral Degree Recipients
Dr Jacqueline Clare Abbott - Thesis title: “Dora Lynnell Wilson (1883-1946): A Life in Art.”
Summary
This thesis fills out Wilson's previously unresearched biography and argues for a reassessment of her standing as an important inter-war artist in Melbourne. The role of cultural gatekeepers in building and deconstructing artistic reputation is discussed, with examples of Wilson's art and an inaugural catalogue of her known works.
Dr Linda Darby - Thesis title: "Subject Cultures and Pedagogy: Comparing Mathematics and Science."
Summary
This research found that a teacher is both a member of a culture and an individual, building practice within parameters set by a dynamic and multifaceted subject culture. Feelings of competence and confidence grow as an aesthetic understanding of what it means to know, teach, and appreciate the subject develops.
Dr Peter William Goldsmith - Thesis title: "Project Team Trust in Leadership and Leader Values - Behaviour Congruence."
Summary
This international research showed that when senior leaders' values and behaviours were perceived as being congruent by project teams, there was enrichment of interpersonal relationships and a reinforcement of relational trust. Conversely, when leaders' values and behaviours were perceived as not congruent, they were considered to lack integrity and trustworthiness.
Dr Rosemary Green - Thesis title: "American and Australian Doctoral Literature Reviewing Practices and Pedagogies."
Summary
The study focused on critical doctoral literacies associated with the literature review process. Ultimately, doctoral literature reviewing is a pedagogy through which candidates acquire the craft skills of disciplinary research; learn to manage large bodies of information and literature; and learn to read and write as scholars in their disciplines.
Dr Kathleen Gregory - Thesis title: "Parallel Readings: Western Encounters with Buddhism."
Summary
The story of the nineteenth-century Western encounter with Buddhism demonstrates more about these first Western interpreters and their socio-historical context than about Buddhism. In parallel, this thesis also demonstrates, from the perspective of Buddhism, how the mind works to bring an object, like Buddhism, into consciousness.
Dr Li-Miao Huang - Thesis title: "Imagining Future Selves: Secondary and Tertiary EFL Students in Taiwan."
Summary
This thesis reports how a vision of an ideal self as a speaker of English in the imagined global community where English is being used as lingua franca (ELF) by a vastly growing number of non-native English speakers (NNESs) for a wider communication alongside their L1, positively influences Taiwanese students' engagement in learning English in an exam-dominant context.
Dr Tony Joel - Thesis title: "Dresden as Opferstadt?: The Politics of Commemorating Destruction, 1985-2005."
Summary
Using public remembrance of the controversial WWII firebombing of Dresden as its case study, the thesis probes the politics of war memory and commemoration. It argues that before, during, and after Germany's reunification, Dresden was portrayed as a, if not the, leading paradigm of German wartime loss and suffering.
Dr Lisa Jane McQuilken - Thesis title: "Justice-Based Service Recovery in a Service Guarantee Context."
Summary
Although many service organisations have committed resources to developing service guarantee programmes,empirial research assessing their influence on consumers' postpurchae evaluations is limited. This thesis addresses this deficiency in the guarantee literature by adapting and extending an established model of perceived justice and consumer satisfaction to the service guarantee context.
Dr Graeme Pye - Thesis title: "Formalising a Method for Modelling Critical Infrastructure Systems."
Summary
This research delivers a multifaceted methodology that underpins a practical security analysis and system modelling framework applicable to critiquing modern critical infrastructure systems. The intent, to identify potential system security issues and gain operational insights that will contribute to improving system resilience, availability and ameliorate incident management responses for Australian critical infrastructure systems.
Dr Dipu Sebastian - Thesis title: "Enhancing Student Learning in a First Year Business Program."
Summary
The central purpose of this study was to investigate whether specific teaching and learning activities, such as concept mapping and reconceptualising the assessment criteria, could improve student learning outcomes in a first year Business program. The rationale for designing such strategies was based on a preliminary study, which examined the specific characteristics of the student cohort, and relevant literature. Overall findings of this research suggest that these measures can improve student learning outcomes on a written task and further highlighted the importance of engaging the student within the learning process.
Occasional Address
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The Occasional Address was delivered by Dr Roslyn Sayers, Head of Strategy and Performance Controlling, Siemens Ltd Australia.
