Athena SWAN Steering Group

Monash University Athena SWAN Steering Group was first established as the Athena SWAN Committee in January 2016 under the leadership of Professor John Carroll, Dean Biomedical Sciences. The Steering Group reports to the Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) and Senior Vice-President.

The purpose of the Athena SWAN Steering Group is to:

a) Oversee, prepare and submit Monash University’s Bronze Award application
b) Oversee the implementation of Monash University Athena SWAN Action Plan (2018-2021)
c) Oversee, prepare and submit Monash University’s Silver Award application (2022-2025)
d) Continue driving positive change in advancing gender equality, as well as diversity and inclusion initiatives across the University, and to contribute to the implementation of the Gender Equality Action Plan (2022-2025).

Membership

We are a diverse group of individuals representing all levels of the academic community, ranging from a postgraduate student to Associate Deans, as well as representatives from Human Resources and Strategic Communication. Steering Group members also represent an appropriate balance of STEMM disciplines, gender, career stages as well as cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Chair, Athena SWAN Steering Group

A/Prof Laura Jobson

Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health 
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Members

Prof Maria Garcia de la Banda Information Technology	A/Prof Christen Mirth Associate Dean Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Science	A/Prof Edwina McGlinn EMBL Australia Group Leader, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute MNHS
A/Prof Sudha Mokkapati Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Engineering	Prof Umesh Sharma Associate Dean Equity and Inclusion Education	Prof Yolande Strengers Associate Dean Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Information Technology
Prof Nick McGuigan Director of  Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion Monash Business School	A/Prof Maria Rost Rublee Deputy Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Arts	Prof Vaughan Macefield Central Clinical School MNHS
A/Prof Anne Fletcher Chair, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Diversity and Inclusion Committee MNHS	Dr Betty Exintaris Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education (PPSEd)	Dr Stephen Gray Director Indigenous, Equity and Diversity Law
A/Prof Susie Siew Yuen Ho Monash Innovation Guarantee Office of the DVC Education	Prof Belinda Gabbe Chair, STEMM Women Academic Network	(Vacant) Postgraduate student representative
Prof Grace Lee Hooi Yean School of Business  Monash Malaysia	Dr Susilawati Civil Engineering (Transport) School of Engineering Monash Malaysia

Dr Lucie Joschko Director, Staff Equity Diversity and Inclusion	Anthea Hall Senior Advisor, Staff Equity Diversity and Inclusion	Meleea Tomlinson Senior Engagement and Event Coordinator