About Us - The AAWP Executive

Past Presidents of the AAWP include Judith Rodriguez, Professor Tom Shapcott, Dr Eva Sallis, Associate Professor Jeri Kroll, Associate Professor Donna Lee Brien, Dr Marcelle Freiman and Professor Jen Webb. The current President of the AAWP is Associate Professor Paul Hetherington from the University of Canberra.

The Executive

The 2011 AGM of the AAWP was held in Byron Bay in November, and a new National Executive for 2011-12 was elected.

President/Chair

Deputy Chair

  • Dr Lynda Hawryluk (CQUniversity, Queensland)  l.hawryluk@cqu.edu.au Portfolio: AAWP / APWN Website Coordinator

Treasurer and Public Officer

Secretary

  • January - Mid year: Gail Pittaway (Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand) gail.pittaway@wintec.ac.nz Portfolio: International Relations and NZ Representative
  • Mid year - November: Dr Rosemary Williamson (University of New England, New South Wales) rwilli27@une.edu.au Portfolio: TEXT Reviews Editor

Members of the Executive

  • Dr Jeremy Fisher (University of New England, New South Wales) jeremy.fisher@une.edu.au Portfolio: Industry Liaison / Memberships Coordination
  • Professor Jeri Kroll (Flinders University, South Australia) Jeri.Kroll@flinders.edu.au Portfolio: Policy on Digital Theses / Constitutional Changes
  • Paul Munden (National Association of Writers in Education, UK) paul@nawe.co.uk Portfolio: UK Representative
  • Dr Antonia Pont (University of Melbourne) a.pont@deakin.edu.au Portfolio: APWN and online workshops / 2012 Conference Organiser
  • Dr Ross Watkins (University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland) rwatkins@usc.edu.au Portfolio: Postgraduate and other prizes

Seconded members 

  • Professor Jen Webb (University of Canberra) Jen.Webb@canberra.edu.au Immediate Past President. Portfolio: Liaison with national academies / ALTC-funded project on examination standards for creative PhD theses (with DL Brien) / designing a Code of Ethics.

and as editors of TEXT