Newcastle Business School
Our people
Executive Team
Professor James Skinner
Head of School
Newcastle Business School
- James.Skinner@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0915
Professor Jamie Carlson
Professor
Newcastle Business School
Deputy Head of School Research
- Jamie.Carlson@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5578
Dr Adrian Melia
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
Deputy Head of School Undergraduate Teaching and Learning
- Adrian.Melia@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7736
Dr Marcus Rodrigs
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
Deputy Head of School Postgraduate Teaching and Learning
- Marcus.Rodrigs@newcastle.edu.au
- Office: +61 (2) 49215993
Dr Mardy Chiah
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
Director of International
- Mardy.Chiah@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0871
Dr Jessica Wyllie
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
Director of Accreditation
- Jessica.Wyllie@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6725
Dr Bobae Choi
Associate Professoor
Newcastle Business School
Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Bobae.Choi@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5011
Dr Md Lutfur Rahman
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
Head of Discipline - Accounting and Finance
- MdLutfur.Rahman@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 49216340
Associate Professor Brendan Boyle
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
Head of Discipline - Management
- Brendan.Boyle@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5014
Associate Professor Alicia Kulczynski
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
Head of Discipline - Marketing and Tourism
- Alicia.Kulczynski@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6805
Dr Heidi Wechtler
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
HDR Training Convenor
- Heidi.Wechtler@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 49 138 719
Mrs Bronwyn Green
School Executive Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Bronwyn.Green@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5996
Professional staff
Mrs Bronwyn Green
School Executive Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Bronwyn.Green@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5996
Mr Matthew Chester
Project Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Matthew.Chester@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7018
Ms Sue Elliott
Senior Administrative Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Sue.Elliott@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6473
Ms Yasmin Librizzi
Project Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Yasmin.Librizzi@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 1094
Ms Rosie Lumello
Project Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Rosie.Lumello@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 3226
Mr Patrick Lydon
Administrative Assistant
Newcastle Business School
- Patrick.Lydon@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 3023
Miss Rhiannon Norquay-Evans
Administrative Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Newcastle Business School
- Rhiannon.NorquayEvans@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0920
Mrs Dominica O'Reilly
Administrative Officer
Newcastle Business School
- Dominica.OReilly@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 2031
Mrs Kathy Rimmer
Financial Literacy Program Coordinator
Newcastle Business School
- Kathy.Rimmer@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4913 8537
Mr Toby Schmieden
Administrative Assistant/Casual Customer Service Assistant
Newcastle Business School
- Toby.Schmieden@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 40553181
Mr Robert Steyne
Administrative Assistant
Newcastle Business School
- Robert.Steyne@newcastle.edu.au
- 8262 6432
Miss Ebony Taylor
Administrative Assistant
Newcastle Business School
- Ebony.Taylor@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0918
Accounting
Dr Ranjith Appuhami
Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Ranjith.Appuhami@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0746
Professor Christina Boedker
Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Christina.Boedker@newcastle.edu.au
- 02 4913 8531
Dr Bobae Choi
Associate Professoor
Newcastle Business School
- Bobae.Choi@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5011
Dr Karen Handley
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- karen.handley@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4349 4468
Dr Marcus Rodrigs
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Marcus.Rodrigs@newcastle.edu.au
- Office: +61 (2) 49215993
Ms Jackie Yong
Associate Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Jackie.Yong@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 8262 6411
Business Analytics
Economics
Professor Frank Agbola
Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Frank.Agbola@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 2048
Dr Mesfin Genie
Lecturer - Health Economics
Newcastle Business School
- Mesfin.Genie@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 1075
Professor Francesco Paolucci
Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Francesco.Paolucci@newcastle.edu.au
- +61 (2) 4921 5039
Dr James Juniper
Honorary Lecturer/Casual Academic
Newcastle Business School
- James.Juniper@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7491
Employee relations and HR management
Dr Roslyn Larkin
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Roslyn.Larkin@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 43484111
Emeritus Professor Mark Bray
Emeritus Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Mark.Bray@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 492 15073
Finance
Dr Mardy Chiah
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Mardy.Chiah@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0871
Dr Md Lutfur Rahman
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- MdLutfur.Rahman@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 49216340
Professor Abul Shamsuddin
Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Abul.Shamsuddin@newcastle.edu.au
- 49216118
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Mr Bert Verhoeven
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Bert.Verhoeven@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 0242
International business
Dr Arpit Raswant
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- arpit.raswant@newcastle.edu.au
- +61 2 4055 1055
Associate Professor Brendan Boyle
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Brendan.Boyle@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5014
Management
Associate Professor Suzanne Ryan
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Suzanne.Ryan@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 8749
Dr Heidi Wechtler
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Heidi.Wechtler@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 49 138 719
Marketing
Professor Jamie Carlson
Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Jamie.Carlson@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5578
Associate Professor Alicia Kulczynski
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Alicia.Kulczynski@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6805
Dr Philip Rosenberger III
Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Philip.Rosenbergeriii@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 8996
Professor Marianna Sigala
Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Marianna.Sigala@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 1079
Dr Alex Taylor
Lecturer and Marketing Technology Lab Manager
Newcastle Business School
- Alex.Taylor@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4913 8508
Dr Sonia Vilches-Montero
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Sonia.Vilches-Montero@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 8985
Dr Jessica Wyllie
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Jessica.Wyllie@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6725
Politics and international relations
Associate Professor Sara Motta
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Sara.C.Motta@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5020
Emeritus Professor Jim Jose
Professor/Emeritus Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Jim.Jose@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5026
Tourism
Dr Patricia Johnson
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School
- Patricia.Johnson@newcastle.edu.au
- 02 4921 5546
Associate Professor Tamara Young
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- Tamara.Young@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5804
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.