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Lecturer (Organisational Behaviour) Qualifications Dr.Rer.Nat (Human Behaviour), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, 2005 MSc (Community Nutrition), University of Indonesia, 1997 BSc (Biological Sciences), California State University, 1994 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Anne Burlinson brought her management experience from the industry to teach organisational behaviour and pursue research in leadership journey and emotional intelligence at Sheridan. Before joining the institute, Anne was an operations manager. She was responsible for the back-end alumni and donor engagement at Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia (UWA) and successfully established new business units. She and her team at UWA were part of the largest capital campaign for Western Australia.

Anne also brings her biological and social sciences expertise from her studies at Ludwig Maximillian University in Germany, the University of Indonesia and California State University, Chico, USA. As a doctorate candidate, she had the privilege to work with the prestigious Max Planck Society for Human Ethology in Andechs, Germany. She is also a former lecturer at the University of Indonesia, teaching postgraduate students of the SEAMEO RECFON (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisations - Regional Centre for Community Nutrition) program.

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Lecturer (Accounting, Finance) Qualifications PhD (Accounting), Edith Cowan University, 2021 MPhil (Business Administration - Accounting), University of Ghana, 2014 BSc (Business Administration - Accounting), University of Ghana, 2011 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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A result-oriented academic who aspire for in-depth knowledge in researching, teaching, and consulting for outstanding contributions to corporate environment, academia, and students in general. He is a Chartered Accountant (Ghana) with extensive industry and academic experience in the areas of Accounting and Finance.

Before joining the institute, Augustine was a PhD candidate and an academic sessional at Edith Cowan University for three years. He also worked at the University of Ghana Business School as a lecturer and as an Accountant for the International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED), an NGO that promotes and develops small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).

His research interest spans the area of corporate governance, sustainability reporting (ESG), integrated reporting (IR), financial reporting quality (earnings management), assurance, tax avoidance, etc. Augustine is a member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), the European Accounting Association (EAA) and the African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA).

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Senior Lecturer (Economics) Qualifications PhD, University of Canberra, 2007 MPhil, Murdoch University, 1996 BEcon Honours, University of Western Australia, 1988 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Senior Lecturer (Leadership, Christian Studies) Qualifications PhD (Communications), Edith Cowan University, 2008 MA (Literary and Biblical Studies), Biola University, 1980 MA (Communications and Mass Media), Columbia College, 1978 BA (English Literature and Philosophy), University of Singapore, 1975 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Dr. Jonathan D. James is a researcher and writer on media, religion, politics, and culture. His research interests include cultural globalisation, the social effects of new media, new religious movements, international relations, and security studies.

With an early education in Singapore, and later trained in media and communications in the USA, Jonathan James is currently Senior Lecturer at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education and adjunct lecturer at Edith Cowan University. He also serves as a consultant, lecturer, and guest speaker in the Asia-Pacific region. His articles have appeared in refereed journals in Australia, the UK, and North America, including The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, and Studies in World Christianity and Continuum: Journal of Media and Culture.

Jonathan is the author of various books including Transnational Religious Movements: Faith’s Flows (Sage, 2017).

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Lecturer (Finance, Mathematics) Qualifications MSc (Actuarial and Financial Science), Curtin University, 2010 GradDipEd (Secondary Mathematics) Edith Cowan Univerity, 2012 BBus (Accounting), Edith Cowan University, 2003 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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In 2013, after six years of working in the accounting industry in Hong Kong and Australia, Peter switched to lecturing on tertiary campuses. You will always find him patiently explaining the wonders of Mathematics to a huddle of eager students. This passion for excellence in how he teaches and supports comes from his own personal experience of struggle. At school, he spent many hours feeling frustrated because the curriculum materials were too hard and help was not forthcoming. At Sheridan, he has made it his mission to facilitate a better learning experience for his students. He enjoys demonstrating the useful and practical applications of Accounting and Finance, challenging learners to think about their future roles in business. Despite the difficulties of early schooling, Peter has successfully completed a Bachelor of Business (Accounting major), a Master of Science, and a Graduate Diploma of Education. He is currently enrolled in a PhD program, researching the area of Value at Risk (VaR). This involves accurately quantifying risks, so a stakeholder can make better investment decisions.

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Lecturer (Business Law, Human Resources, Christian Studies) Qualifications PhD (Systematic Theology), Vose Seminary, 2018 GradDipHRM, Edith Cowan University, 2003 Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 2000 MA (Theological Studies), Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1993 BA summa cum laude (Economics), University of Houston, 1989 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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A lifelong learner and educator, Blake holds qualifications in law, management, philosophy and theology. He has studied and taught in three countries. After completing a first degree in economics in the USA, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study economics at National University of Singapore. His American postgraduate studies led to a Doctor of Jurisprudence law degree from Stanford University, while his PhD in philosophical theology was awarded in Australia.

In America, Blake lectured in HRM and other business subjects. Subsequently, he worked in the test preparation industry in Singapore for several years, helping students and working professionals prepare for university admission tests such as SAT, GMAT and GRE. Having relocated with his family to Perth, he has served since 2016 as a lecturer/course coordinator in philosophy and law at the University of Notre Dame Australia. For excellence in teaching as measured by student feedback, Blake received multiple letters of commendation from the Office of the Vice Chancellor at Notre Dame.

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Business Law, Human Resource Management, Christian Studies

Director of Excellence and Innovation Qualifications PhD (Education), University of Western Australia, 2023 MBA, The Open University, 2007 MSc (Cognitive Neuropsychology) Cum Laude, Oxford Brookes University, 2000 BMus Hons Cum Laude, University of Pretoria, 1998 BMus Cum Laude, University of Pretoria, 1995 CertIV TAE, Tabor College of Higher Education, 2017 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Mathilda is passionate about creativity and continuous improvement – and serves as the Director of Excellence and Innovation on campus. She is a true cross-disciplinarian with her two bachelor’s and three master’s degrees spanning the diverse fields of music, languages, education, business, and cognitive neuropsychology. Her PhD from the University of Western Australia focused on the assessment of creative thinking skills. She started her career in teaching (both primary and secondary) and worked on curriculum policy before landing the life-changing role as Research Fellow to the UK’s National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education. This enabled her to co-author a major government report with Sir Ken Robinson: All Our Futures: Creativity Culture and Education.

Following her passion for creativity and innovation, she worked as an international Innovation Consultant in industry, supporting Fortune 500 Companies like Unilever, Phillips, Coca-Cola and Diageo to invent new products and services, before bringing these skills back into the education sector. Mathilda has facilitated successful school improvement programs in more than 500 schools around the world and has been a long-term advisor to the Australian, Lithuanian, and British governments on creativity in education. She has written more than 90 articles, reports, and book chapters in her area of expertise and is the evaluator of the Creative Schools program in Western Australia. Her latest co-authored book, "Children's Creative Inquiry in STEM", was published in 2022 by the publisher Springer. Mathilda is President of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) in Western Australia, she lectures across all faculties at Sheridan. 

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Creative Teaching and Learning, Leading School Improvement, Cross-cultural Management, Research Methods

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Senior Lecturer (Information Systems) Qualifications PhD (Health Information Systems), Curtin University, 2006 Master of Biochemistry, University of Antwerp, 1999 Bachelor of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 1997 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Maya has a multi-national, multi-lingual, and multi-disciplinary background. She was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (ex-Yugoslavia) and completed her early education in Servo-Croatian. When the civil war broke out, she moved to Belgium and continued her studies in Flemish. The recipient of a national scholarship, she graduated with both a Bachelor of Chemistry and Master of Biochemistry from the University of Antwerp. She migrated to Australia in 1999 and began a career as a Medical Researcher at the Cancer Research Unit (University of Newcastle). In this role, Maya saw the potential of Information Technologies to advance studies of human diseases and got inspired to undertake a PhD (at Curtin University) related to this field. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Curtin, she worked on various research projects until 2012. Bethanie (a not-for-profit aged care provider) recruited her to work on a national health project which she did from 2012 to 2014, before joining the team at Sheridan. On campus, she has worked on governance, course development, an artificial photosynthesis research project, and lectures on Information Technology.

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Lecturer (Management) Qualifications MBA, University of Western Australia, 2001 PGradDipEd (Tertiary & Adult), Murdoch University, 2011 BEng - Hons, Leicester University, UK, 1994 CertIV TAE, Scorpion Training Institute, 2014 CertIV Coaching, Institute of Coaching, Qld, 2003 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Executive Principal MBA, Murdoch University, 2010 BA (Honours - History/Political Science), University of Western Australia, 1996 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Darren Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History and Political Science in 1996 from the University of Western Australia. After studying theology at the Baptist Theological College in WA (now Vose Seminary) for 18 months, he left Australia for Shenyang, China, where he taught English and first-year university courses in Economics, Accounting and Company Law at the Liaoning Business Vocational College, and recruited Australian teachers to live and work in China. In 2002, he was appointed Director of Development at Shenyang International School, supporting Chinese nationals in the start-up of private educational initiatives. In 2006, Darren was appointed as Principal of Shenyang International School. In 2010, he completed an MBA at Murdoch University and returned to Australia to direct Australian Baptist Education's higher education initiative.

Darren has previously served on the boards of Shenyang International School and the International School of Qingdao, of the Shenyang-based medical charity Light, and of Xiuqiu, a Shenyang-based social enterprise textile factory. He currently serves as a director on the boards of Australian Baptist Education Inc, Baptist Education Resources Inc, Quinns Baptist College, Geelong Baptist College, Alkimos Baptist College, Austin Cove Baptist College, Sheridan Institute of Higher Education and Sheridan Research Institute.

Adjunct Lecturer (Management) Qualifications DBA, Curtin University, 2014 BEd (Secondary), Monash University, 1992 DipPM, Institute of Personnel Management, 1982 CertEd (Primary), University College of Rhodesia, 1970 Cert IV TAE, Corridors College WA, 2012 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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In 1980 I resigned as Headmaster of Kamativi Primary school (a remote School) from a career in Education after being head hunted by Union Carbide Africa. I entered Industry into Mining. I had taught in both primary and secondary schools in Australia, South Africa and Rhodesia. I also worked in the tertiary sector and in TAFE Colleges. This included lecturing in postgraduate teaching at the Graduate School of Business, Curtin University WA, School of Management Bentley campus, Curtin University, WA, School of Management Lancaster University, UK, Polytechnic West Degree programmes, WA and Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, WA.

I have extensive experience working with Business Benefits Realisation, Education, Human Resource roles at a management and Executive level. I possess significant expertise in change initiation, management and implementation in a range of Industries including Aviation, Education, Military, Mining, Retail and Merchandising, Engineering, Ship Building, Water Resources, Retail and Power Generation fields and Not for Profit in Australia and Internationally.

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Adjunct Lecturer (Mathematics) Qualifications Dr.rer.nat./PhD (Mathematics), RWTH Aachen University / The University of Western Australia (joint), 2020 GradCertTerTeach, The University of Western Australia, 2021 BSc(Hons) (Mathematics), The University of Western Australia, 2015 DipModLang (German), The University of Western Australia, 2014 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Part of the adjunct faculty at Sheridan, Jesse is also a full-time postdoc at the University of Western Australia. His research covers various topics from combinatorics, geometry, and group theory. Jesse has taught mathematics and supervised research students in both Australia and Germany. You can find out more at his personal webpage (www.jesselansdown.com)

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Lecturer (Management, Marketing) Qualifications PhD (Management), Curtin University, 2023 Executive MBA, State University of New York, 2001 BSc (Electrical Engineering), Queen's University, 1990 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Senior Lecturer (Management) Qualifications PhD (Not-for-Profit Governance), Edith Cowan University MA (Human Resource Management), Middlesex University, 1994 GradDipEd (Secondary), Edith Cowan University, 2007 BBus (Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations), Edith Cowan University, 1991 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Matthew Bambach began as a bank officer before being called to serve in Nepal as a business manager for a mission organisation from 1986-1987. He completed a Bachelor of Business in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations at Edith Cowan University in 1991, and subsequently moved to Great Britain, where he served as the regional coordinator for another mission organisation, and completed a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management at Middlesex University. Matthew returned to Australia in 1996, and has since worked in management roles in health care and education, including 6 years as CEO of the Association for Christian Education Inc., and 5 years as State Coordinator and WA Executive Officer of Christian Parent Controlled Schools (CPCS) and Christian Education National (CEN), during which time he also completed his Graduate Diploma of Education.

In 2007, Matthew was recruited by the Edith Cowan University School of Management, where he taught units in leadership, management and human resource management until 2013. After two years as Director of Corporate Services at St Stephen’s School, he joined the Sheridan College faculty in January 2015. Matthew is a registered teacher with TRBWA, an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AFAIM), a Certified Professional at the Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI), and the owner/director of Kimberley Safari Tours.

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