Staff listing - Department of Accounting

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Executive

Department Head
Professor Peter Carey

Director of Research
Professor George Tanewski

Director of HDR
Dr Arifur Khan

Director of Teaching
Dr Christine Contessotto

Director of International
Dr Simona Scarparo

Director of Student Engagement
Tracey McDowall

Seminar Coordinator
Dr Karen Lai

Director of Industry Engagement
Mr Marc Olynyk

Course Director

Name
Master of International Accounting (MIA) Course Director Dr Belete Jember (BJ) Bobe Bobe
Master of Professional Accounting and Finance (MPAF) Course Director Dr Hong Ang
Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) Course Director Dr Dessalegn Mihret
Master of Accounting and Law (MAL) Course Director Dr Wen Qu
Master of Financial Planning (MFP) Course Director Associate Professor Adrian Raftery
Master of Professional Practice (Financial Planning) Course Director Marc Olynyk
BCom (Accounting Major) Course Director Dr Sutharson Kanapathippillai
BCom (Financial Planning Major) Course Director Michael Kerry
Chartered Accountants Foundations (CAF) Course Director Dr Vincent Bicudo de Castro
Chartered Accountants Foundations (CAF) Course Deputy Director Dr Mohammad Muttakin
Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) Course Director Rhonda Ryan

Professors

Name
Professor Peter Carey
Professor Barry J Cooper
Professor Simon Fung
Professor George Tanewski
Professor Kim Watty
Professor Ferdinand Gul

Associate Professors

Name
Associate Professor Adrian Raftery

Senior Lecturers

Name
Dr Belete Jember Bobe
Dr Sutharson Kanapathippillai
Mike Kerry
Dr Arifur Khan
Dr Luisa Lombardi
Dr Dessalegn Mihret
Dr Soheila Mirshekary
Marc Olynyk
Dr Luckmika Perera
Dr Wen Qu
Dr Simona Scarparo
Dr Grace Wong
Dr Karen Lai
Dr Mohammad Muttakin

Lecturers

Name
Dr Vincent Bicudo De Castro
Samuel Cheung
Dr Nadana Abayadeera
Dr Hong Nee Ang
Dr Christine Contessotto
Felicity Fallon
Dr Campbell Heggen
Dr Li Liu
Tracey McDowall
Rhonda Ryan
Dr Ali Yaftian
Dr Egor Evdokimov
Elka Johansson
Dr Edwin Lim
Danny Burton
Sue Davey
Dr Thusitha Dissanayake
Phillip Wong
Dr Lyu Fan

Professor of Practice

Name
Dr Adam Steen

Professorial Research Fellow

Name
Professor Bin Srinidhi
Professor Zhifeng Yang

Research fellows

Name
Michael Bray
Dr Steven Low
Angel Sung
Dr Birgit Muskat
Dr Tunyarputt Kiaterittinun
Dr Nick Mroczkowski

Teaching Scholar

Name
Mr Peter Vuong
Mr Stephen Williams

Administrative staff

Name
Kinan Law
Jennifer Towers

Students

P = Principal
A = Associate

Name	PhD topic	Supervisor
Andriyawan Sasmita	Busy auditors, auditor litigation regimes and earnings quality: A comparative study of Indonesia and Australia	Prof Ferdinand Gul (P) Dr Mohammad Muttakin (A)
Amirul Hafiz Bin Mohd Nasir	Auditing, financial reporting quality and investment decisions of small private companies at different life--cycle stages	Prof George Tanewski (P) Prof Peter Carey (A)
Rajiv Nair	Three essays on corporate social responsibility disclosure	Dr Arifur Khan (P) Dr Mohammad Muttakin (A)
Elka Johansson	The Determinants of Reporting Financial and Non-Financial Information by Charities	Prof George Tanewski (P) Prof Peter Carey (A)
Faizatural Hasliyanti Ghazali	The integrity and quality of financial reporting by Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia	A/Prof Joanne Locke (P) Dr Simona Scarparo (A)
Mr Nazeh Baarini	Analysis of opportunities, anomalies, challenges and possibilities of using Islamic financial system in Australia	Dr Soheila Mirshekary (P) Dr Dessalegn Mihret (A)
Puspalia Muniandy	Ownership structure and firm performance: The role of institutional investment	Prof George Tanewski (P) A/Prof Shireenjit Johl (A)
Felicity Jill Fallon	Intra-professional conflict and a quest for recognition? an Australian case study	Prof Barry Cooper (P) Prof Kim Watty (A)
Sumon Bhattacharjee	The Effectiveness of Participative Pricing Mechanism as a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy	A/Prof Joanne Locke (P) Dr Dessalegn Mihret (A)
Chun Lu	The impact of institutional investors on UK listed companies	Prof Ferdinand Gul (P) Dr May Hu (A)
Angel Sung	To be advised	Prof Simon Fung (P) Dr Karen Lai (A)
Ha Thanh Nguyen	To be advised	Prof Ferdinand Gul (P) Dr Karen Lai (A)