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17 unusual facts about Griffith University


Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane

Mopio-Jane is a graduate of sports and leisure management at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Bond Wireless

He formerly was the Associate Dean (Community Relations) and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Bond University and Griffith University.

Clive Emsley

He joined the Open University in 1970 as a lecturer, but since then has been a visiting fellow at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, where he advised on distance teaching (1983) and co-authored a teaching module (1996) which now forms part of a taught MA both at Griffith and the Open University.

David Weisburd

These include a Visiting Professorship Appointment at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffiths University in Brisbane, Australia in 2004, Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge in 2007, and Honorary Professor at the Zehjiang Police College in Hangzhou, China in 2011.

Garry Andrews

He was awarded his Master of Arts in Visual Arts from Griffith University in 2005.

Howard Adelman

In 2008, Adelman is Senior Research Fellow at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

Joan Vaccaro

Joan Vaccaro is a physicist at Griffith University and a former student of David Pegg (physicist).

Jon Stratton

Stratton has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex and has worked in Australia since 1980, arriving at Curtin in 1990 after teaching at universities in Brisbane (Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland), Armidale (University of New England) and Darwin (Northern Territory University).

Jonathan Hopkin

His current research, with Mark Blyth of Brown University and Riccardo Pelizzo of Griffith University, examines the reasons for the narrowing of the range of political choices in advanced democracies, a process conceptualized as 'cartelization'.

Michael Eaton

In 1985 he took up a post as a visiting fellow at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, where he was also film-maker in residence at the Adelaide Film Workshop.

Natural semantic metalanguage

The leading proponents of the theory are Anna Wierzbicka at Warsaw University and later at the Australian National University who originated the theory in the early 1970s (Wierzbicka 1972), and Cliff Goddard at Australia's Griffith University (Goddard & Wierzbicka 1994, 2002).

Nicole Bourke

She completed an undergraduate degree in literature and theatre at Griffith University, gained First Class Honours and the University Medal, and subsequently completed a doctorate in Creative Writing (2002) at the same university.

R. A. W. Rhodes

Rod Rhodes is Professor of Government (Research) at the University of Southampton (UK); Professor of Government at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia); and Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Newcastle (UK).

Russell Trood

He was previously Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith University.

Sara Fabel

As part of her studies, Fabel partook in an exchange program with Griffith University located in Brisbane, Australia.

Stephen Savage

From 1982, Stephen Savage was based in Australia as Head of Keyboard Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University.

Toby Miller

Preceding his professorship at UCR, Miller was a professor at New York University, and held previous appointments at Murdoch University, Griffith University, and the University of New South Wales.


Bachelor of Business

Many universities such as Monash University and the University of Queensland are offering Bachelor of Business degrees as a way to further specialise students study needs while other universities such as University of New England, University of Tasmania, James Cook University, Griffith University and La Trobe University have replaced many of their traditional general Commerce programs with Business programs.

James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry

It was the first of a wave of new medical schools that were accredited under the Howard Government that include the University of Western Sydney, Notre Dame, and Griffith University.

Monica Penders

Penders graduated from Griffith University, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in film and media studies and studied film at New York University and the New School.

Paul F. Ruckert

In 2007, a year after his death, a final tribute was made when researchers from Griffith University and the Museum of Brisbane held a historic film night.

Tania Major

Born in Cairns, Queensland, to Peter Taylor and Priscilla Major, Tania Major was educated at Clayfield College and Griffith University in Brisbane, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice.