Qualifications:
PhD (Culture and Society), BCA / BSc Hons.
Dr Scott East is a Lecturer at Art & Design committed to engaged research with the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) and broader cultural sectors having presented his research in policy, academic and industry settings.
Fernando do Campo (b. Mar del Plata, 1987) is an artist, writer and curator. Since 2015 he also produces work as the HSSH (House Sparrow Society for Humans). Recent projects have used a practice of birdwatching, curatorial methodology, painting, fiction and post-humanist writing to examine the documented and undocumented histories of introduced species in the global south.
Associate Professor Leong Chan teaches design studies in the Faculty of Art & Design. His research focuses on design and national experience, design history, visualizing HIV/AIDS, and the visual cultures of East Asia.
Alex Davies is an award winning media artist whose practice spans a diverse range of media and experiments with interaction, technology, perception, mixed reality and illusion. In 2013 he was awarded a PhD in Media Arts at the College of Fine Arts examining the relationship between the techniques of stage magic and the creation of illusion in media arts. He has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally and has received numerous grants from the Australia Council’s Inter-Arts, Music, Visual Arts, and New Media Boards.
I am a researcher and lecturer exploring interactive technologies and human-centred design approaches for neurodiverse populations. Based at UNSW Art & Design, I bring an interaction design and media arts perspective to inclusive design and assistive technology. My teaching and research practice examines creative implementations of embodied and sensory interaction and the role of digital technology in eliciting social engagement.
I am a Nucoorilma/Ngarabal/Biripi woman, who also has English and Scottish ancestry. I am an academic, artists, historian and curator who is passionate about improving educational equity for Aboriginal people. I am a Scientia Fellow in the Art and Design Faculty at UNSW.
I was awarded my PhD in 2014 from the University of Western Sydney and in 1999 was awarded a BA Communication from the University of Technology Sydney, majoring in Aboriginal Studies and Film and Video.
Jill Bennett is Scientia Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. She is Founding Director of the National Institute for Experimental Arts and of The Big Anxiety Festival; and is part of the leadership team of the Ageing Futures Institute.
Tomasz Bednarz is a Director at the Expanded Perception & Interaction Centre (EPICentre) UNSW Art & Design. He is also a Team Leader at the CSIRO Data61 (leading Visual Analytics team, in Software & Computational Systems research program).