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A/Prof. Suzanne Ryan

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Position Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office UNH 338, University House

Biography

Suzanne commenced with the University in 1985 in the former Hunter Institute for Higher Education after various research and policy positions in local, state and federal governments and private consultancies. She has been involved in the administration of postgraduate business courses since 1993. Her teaching areas are organisation theory, management and research courses. Her research interests are in higher education policy, business schools and management education and academic labour.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Sydney, 2009
  • Master of Arts, Macquarie University, 2007
  • Master of Business Administration, University of Newcastle, 1991
  • Bachelor of Social Studies, University of Sydney, 1972

Research

Research keywords

  • Academic Labour
  • Business Schools
  • Critical Theory
  • Higher Education
  • Management Education

Research expertise

Higher education and business schools, management, change and current issues.

Management education - pedagogy, values and graduate attributes

Academic labour - precarious employment and workforce planning

Collaboration

My main research colleagues in the higher education are Professor James Guthrie and Assoc Professor Ruth Neumann.

More recently, I have been working with colleagues in the Faculty of Business and Law on two research projects: sessional academics and the Master of Professional Accounting.

The sessional academics project team includes: Egbert Groen, Dr Andrew Nadolny, Karen McNeil, Asit Bhattacharrya, Professor Tracy Levett-Jones and Dr Kathryn Holmes. In 2012 Professors John Burgess and Julia Connell joined the team.

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
130200 Curriculum And Pedagogy 100

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Sub-Dean Postgraduate Programs 1994-1998

Deputy Direct Newcastle Graduate School of Business 1998 - 2002

Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator NGSB 2003- 2006

MBA Program Convenor 2007-2010

Member of Academic Senate 2006 to present

President National Tertiary Education Union - Newcastle Branch 2009- to present

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • Organisation Theory
  • Research Methods

Teaching expertise

Organisation Theory

Management Thought

Literature Review and Research Proposal