Telephone enquiries
Email enquiries
- Professor Scott Harrison, Pro Vice Chancellor
- pvcael@griffith.edu.au
- Ms Midori Tomiyama-Hall, Executive Assistant
- m.tomiyama-hall@griffith.edu.au
Location, delivery and postal address
- Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor
- (Arts, Education and Law)
- Griffith University
- Mt Gravatt campus
- 176 Messines Ridge Road
- Mt Gravatt QLD 4122
Pro Vice Chancellor
Professor Scott Harrison
Professor Harrison leads the Arts, Education and Law Group, which includes the School of Education and Professional Studies, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Law School, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queensland College of Art and Queensland Conservatorium.
AEL Executive

Dean (Academic)
Professor Christine McDonald
Professor Christine McDonald is a science educator interested in enhancing the scientific literacy of all learners and her research programme explores how epistemic cognition in science (nature of science) is conceptualised by teachers and students, and represented in science education curriculum materials.

Dean (Research)
Professor Gerard Docherty
Professor Docherty has published widely and received nationally competitive grants in the UK and Australia. A common strand through his research is a focus on quantitative acoustic analysis of aspects of speech to better understand the nature of phonetic variability and its implications for phonetic theory.

Dean (Learning and Teaching)
Professor Robert Ellis
Professor Rob Ellis works with the AEL Executive on integrated learning and teaching leadership across the portfolio. Rob researches the experiences of university students and teachers, physical and virtual learning environments and how changes in these shape education structures in universities and the higher education sector.
AEL staff
PVC Team
- Ms Liz Ganesh - Senior Executive Officer
- Ms Midori Tomiyama-Hall - Acting Executive Assistant
Dean (Academic) Team
- Professor Christine McDonald - Dean (Academic)
- Ms Sheryl Williams - Executive Assistant
- Ms Ronda Jones - Executive Officer
- Dr Ben Fenton-Smith - Director, International
Dean (Research) Team
- Professor Gerry Docherty - Dean (Research)
- Ms Jacqueline Brett - Executive Assistant
- Ms Joanne Dolley - Executive Officer
- Professor Sarah Baker - HDR Program Director
- Assoc Prof Sama Low Choy - Senior Statistician
- Ms Judy Rose - Statistician
- Ms Dani Newman - Senior Research Development Coordinator
Dean (Learning and Teaching) Team
- Professor Rob Ellis - Dean (Learning and Teaching)
- A/Prof Christine Bond - Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching)
- Ms Lynn Canning - Executive Assistant
- Ms Kelly Bailey - Manager, Group Program Services
- Ms Karin Barac - Blended Learning Advisor
- Mr Henry Cook - Learning and Teaching Consultant (Design)
- Dr Lynda Davies - Learning and Teaching Consultant (Curriculum)
- Dr Feifei Han - Research Fellow (Evaluation)
- Mr Michael Gleeson - Learning and Teaching Consultant (Design)
- Mr David Jones - Learning and Teaching Consultant (Design)
- Mr Justin Pamenter - Learning and Teaching Consultant (Design)
- Ms Juanita Shaw - PASS Coordinator
- Dr Sophiaan Subhan - Learning and Teaching Consultant (Curriculum)
- Terry Boothby - Program Support Officer