ABOUT
STARS Team
The stars of STARS.
Dr Kylie Austin
Committee Member
Director, Student Life
Edith Cowan University
Professor Tracey Bunda
STARS Fellow (2025)
Professor of Indigenous Education
The University of Queensland
Tracy Creagh
STARS Fellow (2026)
Queensland University of Technology
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
Karen Seary
Committee Member
Associate Dean
School of Access Education
CQUniversity
Dr Cathy Stone
STARS Fellow (2023)
Student Success Journal Manager
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Humanities & Social Science, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Nick Zepke
STARS Fellow (2018)
Honorary Research Fellow
Massey University