Staff phone numbers and email
For a complete listing of staff phone and email contacts for the School, visit:
University of Otago phonebook (staff login required)
Interim Dean
Professor Michael Sam
BPE(Alta) MA(New Bruns) PhD(Otago)
Academic staff
Professor Melanie D Bussey
BPhEd MSc(New Br) PhD(Otago)
Professor Christopher Button
BSc(Hons) PhD(Manc Met)
Professor James D Cotter
BSc MPhEd(Otago) PhD(W'gong)
Associate Professor Mark Falcous
BA(Hons)(De Mont) MA(Qu) PhD(Lough)
Professor Elaine A Hargreaves (Nee Rose)
BSc(Hons)(Glas) PhD(Bangor Wales)
Professor Kenneth P Hodge
DipPhEd(Otago) MS(Montana) PhD(Ill)
Professor Steven J Jackson
BA(WOnt) MS PhD(Ill)
Dr Peter Lamb
HBK MSc(Lakehead) PhD(Otago)
Associate Professor Nancy J Rehrer
BA(Duke) MSc(Clemson) PhD(Maastricht)
Dr Brendon Roxburgh
BPhEd(Otago) MSc(Auckland) PhD(Otago)
Professor Michael Sam
BPE(Alta) MA(New Bruns) PhD(Otago)
Professor Sally Shaw
BA(Hons)(York) MSc(Dist)(Sheffield) PhD(De Mont)
Dr Tina van Duijn
BSc (Sport/Biology) MSc (Sport/Biology) PhD (Waikato)
Dr Lara Vlietstra
BSc (Avans Breda) MSc (Utrecht) PhD (Otago)
Senior Teaching Fellows
Dr Neil Anderson
BPhEd PGDipDS MPhEd PhD(Otago)
Marguerita I Lázár
MA(Otago)
Dr Emily Scott
BPhEd Hons (Otago) DipTchg (Secondary) PhD (Otago)
Teaching Fellows
Courtney McAlevey
BSc BPhEd GDipTchg (Otago)
Dr Sebastian Potgieter
BA(Hons) MA (Stellenbosch) PhD (Otago)
Senior Professional Practice Fellow
Mark Drury
BPhEd (Otago) Masters in Strength & Conditioning (Edin)
Research
Bridie Nanai
MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science; MSc Sport Therapy
Research Analyst with M Bussey
Maddie Pascoe
BSc (Cant)
Assistant Research Fellow with R Blakemore
Maria Pearson
MPhEd(Otago)
Research Assistant with S Shaw
William White
NZSCA , BAppSc , PGDipSc (Dist)(Otago)
Research Assistant with M Bussey
Honorary Professor
Professor Ludovic Seifert
MSc(Hons) (Strasbourg), PhD (Rouen)
Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Lynnette M Jones
BSc BPhEd (Hons) PGCert MedTech PhD (Otago)
Emeritus Professors
Douglas Booth
BSc(Hons)(Melb) MSocSci(Natal) PhD(Macquarie)
Professor Tania G Cassidy
DipPE DipGrad MPhEd(Otago) PhD(Deakin) DipTchg
Honorary staff
2020-2022
Dr Luiz Uehara
BPhEd Hons DipGrad PhD (Otago)
2020–2021
Dr Jonathan Ng
DipPE BSc(Sing) PhD(Otago)
2019–2022
Dr James Croft
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) MSc(Victoria) PhD(Calgary)
2013
Dr Jaleh McCormack
BA(Hons) MA PhD(Otago)
2012
Dr James Croft
BSc(Hons)(Bristol) MSc(Victoria) PhD(Calgary)
2011
Dr Andrew Garrett
BA(Hons)(Wales Inst.) MSc(Loughborough) Cert.Tchg (Waikato Inst.) PhD(Otago)
2011
Dr Ludovic Seifert
MSc(Strasbourg) MSc(Louis Pasteur) PhD(Rouen)
2010
Associate Professor Graham Fletcher
BE(Hons)(West London Inst.) MSc(Brunel) PhD(Sheffield)