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Academic staff

Staff phone numbers and email

For a complete listing of staff phone and email contacts for the School visit the University of Otago phonebook

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Dean

 Elaine A Hargreaves (Nee Rose) BSc(Hons)(Glasgow) PhD(Wales)

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Academic staff

Melanie D Bussey BPhEd MSc(New Br) PhD(Otago)

Christopher Button BSc(Hons) PhD(Manc Met)

Tania G Cassidy DipPE DipGrad MPhEd(Otago) PhD(Deakin) DipTchg

James D Cotter BSc MPhEd(Otago) PhD(W'gong)

Mark Falcous BA(Hons)(De Mont) MA(Qu) PhD(Lough)

Elaine A Hargreaves (Nee Rose) BSc(Hons)(Glas) PhD(Bangor Wales)

Kenneth P Hodge DipPhEd(Otago) MS(Montana) PhD(Ill)

Steven J Jackson BA(WOnt) MS PhD(Ill)

Peter Lamb HBK MSc(Lakehead) PhD(Otago)

Marguerita I Lázár MA(Otago)

Nancy J Rehrer BA(Duke) MSc(Clemson) PhD(Maastricht)

Michael Sam BPE(Alta) MA(New Bruns) PhD(Otago)

Sally Shaw BA(Hons)(York) MSc(Dist)(Sheffield) PhD(De Mont)

Lara Vlietstra BSc (Avans Breda), MSc (Utrecht), PhD (Otago)

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Professional Practice Fellows

Mark Drury – BPhEd (Otago) Masters in Strength & Conditioning (Edin)

Emily Scott – BPhEd Hons(Otago)

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Teaching Fellows

Dr Neil Anderson – BPhEd PGDipDS MPhEd PhD(Otago)

Dr Sebastian Potgieter – BA(Hons) MA (Stellenbosch) PhD (Otago)

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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

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Honorary Lecturer

Rebekah Blakemore BSc(Akld) PGDipPE MPhEd PhD(Otago)

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Honorary Associate Professor

Lynnette M Jones – BSc BPhEd (Hons) PGCert MedTech PhD (Otago)

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Adjunct Associate Professsor

Michael Boyes – Bed(Massey) Med(W Aust) PhD(Otago) DipTchg MNZM

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Emeritus Professor

Douglas Booth BSc(Hons)(Melb) MSocSci(Natal) PhD(Macquarie)

Dean

2007 - Douglas Booth BSc(Hons)(Melb) MSocSci(Natal) PhD(Macquarie)

Professors

2007 - Douglas Booth BSc(Hons)(Melb) MSocSci(Natal) PhD(Macquarie)

1992 - Lisette C. Burrows BA BPhEd(Otago) DipTchg PhD(W'gong) PGDipArts(Otago)

1987 - Kenneth P. Hodge DipPhEd(Otago) MS(Montana) PhD(Ill)

1991 - Steven J. Jackson BA(WOnt) MS PhD(Ill)

Associate Professors

1998 - Michael A. Boyes BEd(Massey) DipTchg MEd(PE)(W Aust) PhD (Otago)

2003 - Christopher Button BSc(Hons) PhD(Manc Met)

1998 - Tania G. Cassidy DipPE DipGrad MPhEd (Otago) PhD (Deakin) DipTchg.

2001 - James D Cotter BSc MPhEd(Otago) PhD(W'gong)

1995 - Nancy J. Rehrer BA(Duke) MSc(Clemson) PhD(Maastricht)

1995 - Motohide Miyahara BA(Ritsumeikan) MA(Antioch) MEd(Tokyo) MSc PhD(UCLA)

Senior Lecturers

2004 - Melanie D. Bussey BPhEd MSc(New Br) PhD(Otago)

2008 - Ojeya Cruz Banks MA PhD(Arizona)

2003 - Mark Falcous BA(Hons)(De Mont) MA(Qu) PhD(Lough)

1992 - Phillip J. Handcock BPhEd PhD(Otago) MSc(Alta)

2000 - Lynnette M Jones BSc BPhEd (Hons) PGCert MedTech PhD (Otago)

2009 - Sandra Mandic BPhEd(Novi Sad) MSc PhD(Alberta)

2009 - Jon Shemmell BSc BAppSc(Hons)(Deakin) MSc PhD(Qld)

2002 - Elaine A. Hargreaves (Nee Rose) BSc(Hons)(Glas) PhD(Bangor Wales)

2002 - Michael Sam BPE (Alta) MA (New Bruns) PhD (Otago)

2005 - Sally Shaw BA(Hons)(York) MSc(Dist)(Sheffield) PhD(De Mont)

Lecturers

2011 - Anne-Marie Jackson BPhEd(Hons) MPhEd PhD(Otago)

2014 - Peter Lamb HBK MSc(Lakehead) PhD(Otago)

Senior Teaching Fellows

1997 - Alison East DipPhEd(Otago) MPhEd(Otago)

1999 - Marguerita I. Lázár MA(Otago)

Teaching Fellows

2012 - Sofia Kalogeropoulou BPerfArts (Auckland) MDanceSt (Otago)

Professional Practice Fellows

2000 - Carolyn Jenkins BPhEd MPhEd PGDipTertT (Otago)

2008 - Geoff Ockwell BPhEd BCom MPhEd(Otago)

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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)

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