Festive season, bushfire and education experts
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Monash University has a number of experts available for comment on a range of topics relating to the festive season; bushfires and the recovery processes; and choosing the right university course.
Festive season experts:
New Year resolutions: why do people make them and do they keep them?
Dr Simon Crisp, School of Psychology and Psychiatry
Contact details: +61 427 002 209 or Simon.Crisp@monash.edu
Consumer decision-making behaviour in retail
Professor Harmen Oppewal, Department of Marketing
Contact details: +61 3 9903 2360 or Harmen.Oppewal@monash.edu
Nutrition and the festive season
Professor Michael Cowley, Director, Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute
Contact details: +61 432 866 738 or Michael.Cowley@monash.edu
A full list of holiday season experts can be viewed at Monash News.
Bushfire experts:
Bushfire management
David Packham, School of Geography and Environmental Science
Contact details: +61 407 982 505 or Media@Monash.edu
Advancing bushfire arson prevention in Australia
Dr Janet Stanley, Monash Sustainability Institute
Contact details: +61 418 407 248 or Janet.Stanley@msi.monash.edu.au
Disasters: social impacts and community resilience
Professor Margaret Alston, Department of Social Work
Contact details: +61 418 242 856 or Margaret.Alston@monash.edu
A full list of bushfire experts can be viewed at Monash News.
University pathways experts:
Associate Professor Deborah Corrigan, Centre for Science, Maths and Technology Education
Contact details: +61 427 685 772 or Deborah.Corrigan@monash.edu
or
Dr Elizabeth Tudball, Faculty of Education
Contact details: +61 3 990 59160 or Libby.Tudball@monash.edu
or
Associate Professor Lucas Walsh, Faculty of Education
Contact details: +61 468 854 755 orLucas.Walsh@monash.edu
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