The STARS Team is:

Dr Kylie Ausin
Committee Member
Director, Student Life
Edith Cowan University

Professor Tracey Bunda
STARS Fellow (2025)
Professor of Indigenous Education
The University of Queensland

Dr Kathy Egea
STARS Fellow (2021)
University of Technology, Sydney

Professor Rachael Field SFHEA
Conference Co-Chair
Professor of Law
Bond University
Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow
Editor, Student Success Journal

Mary Kelly AM
STARS Fellow (2017)

Professor Sally Kift PFHEA
Inaugural STARS Fellow (2015)
President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows (ALTF)
Chair, Student Success Journal Advisory Board

Dr Ella Kahu
STARS Fellow (2024)

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause
STARS Fellow (2019)
Chief Commissioner, TEQSA

Dr Linda Leach
STARS Fellow (2018)
Honorary Research Associate
Massey University

Emeritus Professor Karen Nelson PFHEA
Conference Co-Chair
Chief Editor, Student Success Journal

Professor Sarah O’Shea
STARS Fellow (2022)
Committee Member | Network Constellation Coordinator
Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Wollongong,
Dean, Graduate Research, Charles Sturt University

Dr Ron Oliver
Inaugural STARS Fellow (2015)
Editor, Student Success Journal

Dr Cathy Stone
STARS Fellow (2023)
Student Success Journal Manager
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Humanities & Social Science,
The University of Newcastle, Australia

Jason Thomas
Event Director
Jason Thomas Events

Nick Zepke
STARS Fellow (2018)
Honorary Research Fellow
Massey University