Selected profiles of our people

Dr Mary Crock (Faculty of Law)

Dr Mary Crock

Dr Mary Crock is a legal academic whose research has landed her in the middle of one of the most contentious areas of public debate in Australia: the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers who come into the country without authorisation.

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Ms Josephine Starrs (Photomedia)

Ms Josephine Starrs

Ms Josephine Starrs from the Sydney College of the Arts is passionate about opportunities for young women in technology. Her research into female roles and participation in computer games looks set to revolutionise the game industry for young Australian woman.

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Professor Huw Price (Federation Fellow and Professor of Natural Metaphysics)

Professor Huw Price

Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? Professor Huw Price's work throws fascinating new light on these mysteries of modern physics, and connects them in a wholly original way.

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Professor Allan Marett (Department of Music)

Professor Allan Marett

Professor Allan Marett is a leading scholar in the field of Australian Aboriginal music and Japanese music, and the author of a forthcoming book on the subject: Wangga: The Enactment of Ancestral Precedent in Australian Aboriginal Song and Dance, based on fieldwork undertaken from 1986 to 2001.

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