EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS
These awards recognise teachers, supervisors and staff members who have displayed excellence in classroom communication, always make an effort to engage and promote student participation while displaying passion and enthusiasm for their teaching area.
Great teachers can change the lives of their students and these awards are a thank you to those extraordinary individuals at Curtin who have inspired their students to realise their full potential.
Staff are nominated by the student community and awarded by a selection panel of students.
The Winners of the 2025 Excellence in Teaching Awards are:
Faculty of Humanities
Winner – Ms Nicole Fairhurst
Commendation – Mr Chris Mewburn
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Jeremy Wu
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner – Dr Matthew Phillips
Commendation – Dr Berke Sezer
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Berihun Dachew
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner – Dr Andrew Brennan
Commendation - Christina Do
Research Supervisor Award: Professor Mingming Cheng
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner – Dr David McMeekin
Commendation – Dr Tiffany Jones
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Pramesh Dhungana
Professional Staff
Winner – Mr Saad Nouman
Champion of Excellence
Winner – Mr Adrian Paxman
AWARD WINNERS AND HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Madeleine Dobson
Commendation - Glynn Greensmith
Research Supervisor Award: Roberto Minunno
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Matt Moroney
Commendation - Adrian Paxman
Research Supervisor Award: Danielle Dye
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Christina Do
Commendation - Andrew Brennan
Research Supervisor Award: Mingming Cheng
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Antoni Liang
Commendation - Simon Warwick
Research Supervisor Award: Nicholas George
Centre of Aboriginal Studies
Winner - Carol Dowling
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Jeremy Wu
Commendation - Dr Alexey Muraviev
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Christina Lee
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Adrian Paxman
Commendation - Dr Leanne Chalmers
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Helen Slater
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Dr Andrew Brennan
Commendation - Dr Wahseem Soobratty
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Mingming Cheng
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Dr Johan Vandamme
Commendation - Dr Manora Caldera
Research Supervisor Award: Dr Stephen Poropat
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Donna Butorac
Commendation - Dr Yuko Asano-Cavanagh
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Robin Shortland-Jones
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Dr Andrew Brennan
Commendation - Dr Eileen Aitken-Fox
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Professor Fred Jourdan
Commendation - Dr Heather Lonsdale
Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Winner - Anthony Kickett
Research Supervisor
Winner - Dr Tomayess Issa
Commendation - Dr Gizachew Tessema
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Simon Warwick
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Euan Harvey
Honourable Mention - Siavash Khaksar
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Dr Sean Lee
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Eileen Aitken-Fox
Honourable Mention - Madeline Hermawan
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Sam Willis
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Andrea Begley
Honourable Mention - Dr Melissa Corbett
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Holly Fox
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Per Henningsgaard
Honourable Mention - Dr Danielle O'Leary
Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Winners - Frederick Yasso and Max Jackson
Honourable Mention - William Hayward
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Ms Anne D’Arcy Warmington
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Alan Payne
Honourable Mention - Professor James Miller-Jones
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Mr Wahseem Soobratty
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Luke Butcher
Honourable Mention - Dr Eileen Aitken-Fox
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Mr Adrian Paxman
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Lucinda (Cindy) Black
Honourable Mention - Dr Penny Moss
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Madison Magladry
Postgraduate Research Supervisor Winner - Dr Marcia Van Zeller
Honourable Mention - Mr Daniel McKeating
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Dr Heather Lonsdale
Honourable Mention - Dr Dimple Quyn
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Dr Andrew Brennan
Honourable Mention - Dr Abhijeet Singh
Faculty of Health Science
Winner - Ms Janine Wright
Honourable Mention - Mrs Rebecca Waters
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Mr Daniel McKeating
Honourable Mention - Dr Danielle O'Leary
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Associate Professor Lucy Montgomery
Honourable Mention - Professor Jane Scott
Overall Winner
Dr Tomayess Issa
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Mr Alex Goh
Honourable Mention - Dr Heather Lonsdale
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Ms Christina Do
Honourable Mention - Dr Billy (Cho Yin) Sung
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Associate Professor Jill Sherriff
Honourable Mention - Mr Adrian Paxman
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Mr Daniel McKeating
Honourable Mention - Dr Hiroshi Hasegawa
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Dr Christina Fernandes
Honourable Mention - Dr Min Teah
Outstanding Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr Isaac Cheah – Curtin Business School (School of Marketing)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Award - Ms Anne D'Arcy-Warmington
Honourable Mention - Dr Aaron Hunter
Faculty of Business and Law
Undergraduate Award - Dr Abhijeet Singh
Honourable Mention - Associate Lecturer Rhianna Chisholm
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Dr Ajanthy Arulpragasam
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Award - Dr Christina Lee
Honourable Mention - Dr Anne Ryden
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Dr Tomayess Issa
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Professor Jeff Hughes
Outstanding Excellence in Teaching Award
Professor Ian Fitzsimons
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Robert Madden
Honourable Mention - Dave Cooper
Honourable Mention - Anne D’Arcy Warmington
Faculty of Business and Law
Winner - Vanessa Quintal
Honourable Mention - Annette Morgan
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Rakhshana Naheed
Honourable Mention - Paul Constantino
Honourable Mention - Rebecca Waters
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Hiroshi Hasegawa
Honourable Mention - Dr Jane Armstrong
Honourable Mention - Dr Shane Greive
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Dr Issac Cheah
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Dr Fahad Shahnia
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Award - Dr Milo Barham
Faculty of Business and Law
Undergraduate Award - Mr Wahseem Soobratty
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Dr Brody Heritage
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Award - Mrs Sue Gilbert
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Ms Robyn Della Franca
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Dr Peta Dzidic
Honourable Mention
Ms Trudi Fischer
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Award - Dr Mehrooz Aspandiar
Faculty of Business and Law
Undergraduate Award - Ms Htay-Htay Nyunt
Honourable Mention - Dr Brian Handley
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Mr Morgan Titmus
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Award - Dr Chris Hurst
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Prof Alma Whiteley
Honourable Mention - Assoc. Prof. David Baccarini
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Prof Ian Phau
Honourable Mention - Prof Zora Singh
Honourable Mention - Dr Hoe Lee
Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Excellence
Professor Ian Phau
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Award - Dr Leslie Almberg
Faculty of Business and Law
Undergraduate Award - Dr Brian Handley
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Ms Kirrily Manning
Honourable Mention - Dr Annette Joosten
Honourable Mention - Mr Peter Allen
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Award - Joan Wardrop
Honourable Mention - Ms Roslyn Davies
Honourable Mention - Dr Alexey Muraviev
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Dr Peter Taylor
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Dr Tony Rickards
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Award - Dr Alan Payne
Faculty of Business
Undergraduate Award - Dr Christopher Marchegiani
Honourable Mention - Ms Htay Htay Nyunt
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Mr Nigel Gribble
Honourable Mention - Ms Jade Cartwright
Honourable Mention - Ms Kirrily Manning
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Award - Mr Andrew Trosic
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Dr Bella Butler
Honourable Mention - Mrs Zona Rens
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Prof. Ram Ramaseshan
Faculty of Business
Undergraduate Award - Ms Anna Bunn
Honourable Mention - Miss Christina Do
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Dr Lisa Tee
Honourable Mention - Dr Lynne Roberts
Honourable Mention - Dr Natalie Ciccone
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Ms Kate Fischer
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Winner - Prof. Ian Phau
Honourable Mention - Assoc. Prof. Bobbie Oliver
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Award - Prof Tony Lucey
Faculty of Business
Undergraduate Award - Mrs Jenna Davis
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Award - Miss Maria Chilvers
Honourable Mention - Dr William Gibson
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate Award - Dr Alzena Macdonald-D’Costa
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - A/Prof Ian Phau
Honourable Mention - Dr Deborah Hunn
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Syed Islam
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - David Stanley
Honourable Mention - Kirrily Manning
Honourable Mention - William Gibson
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Glenda Cain
Honourable Mention - Deborah Hunn
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer
Winner - Alexey Muraviev
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Ian Phau
Honourable Mention - Jaya Earnest
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Dr Brian von Konsky
Honourable Mention - Prof Tony Lucey
Faculty of Business
Winner - Ms Htay Htay Nyunt
Winner - Mr Kyle Bowyer
Honourable Mention - Mrs Colleen Mortimer
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Ms Georgina Fyfe
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Ms Angela Barns
Honourable Mention - Dr Sandra Frid
Honourable Mention - Ms Liz Byrski
R&E
Winner - Ms Alexandra Hoschke
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Prof Tanya Packer
Honourable Mention - A/Prof Ian Phau (Business)
Honourable Mention - A/Prof Maggie Exon (Humanities)
Faculty of Business
Winner - Dr Peter Williams
Honourable Mention - Ms Karen Kerlin
Honourable Mention - Dr Ian Phau
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Mr Trevor Goddard
Honourable Mention - Ms Andrea Begley
Honourable Mention - Mr Brendon Dellar
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Glenda Raison
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Mr Alexey Muraviev (Humanities)
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Dr Ian Phau (Business)
Honourable Mention - Mr Paul Mercieca (Humanities)
Honourable Mention - Prof Graham Pervan (Business)
Honourable Mention - A/Prof Rene Michael (Health Science)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Mr Iain Murray
Faculty of Business
Winner - A/Prof Peter Williams
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Dr Murray Adams
Honourable Mention - Ms Kate Smith
Honourable Mention - Dr Connie Locher
R&E
Honourable Mention - Ms Jane Sneesby
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Ms Robyn Martin (Humanities)
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Prof Brian Dibble (Humanities)
Honourable Mention - Dr Ian Phau (Business)
Honourable Mention - A/Prof Janice How (Business)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Dr Jim Ivins
Faculty of Business
Winner - Prof Dominique Fischer
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Mrs Alma Dender
Winner - Mrs Beatrice Tucker
Honourable Mention - Ms Anna Bosco
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Wanning Sun
Honourable Mention - Dr Matthew Allen
R&E
Honourable Mention - Dr Derek Lichti
Postgraduate Coursework Lecturer/Tutor
Winner - Prof Rene Van Berkel (R&E)
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Prof Alma Whiteley (Business)
Honourable Mention - A/Prof Frances Crawford (Humanities)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Dr George Christos
Faculty of Business
Winner - Associate Professor Dale Pinto
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Ms Linda Jackson
Honourable Mention - Dr Nancy Rees
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Professor Eamonn Murphy
Winner - Associate Professor Joan Wardrop
Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Winner - Ms Leonie Rennie (Science and Mathematics Education Centre)
Winner - Associate Professor Barbara Milech (Communication and Cultural Studies)
Honourable Mention - Professor Colin Binns (Public Health)
Honourable Mention - Associate Professor Zora Singh (Muresk)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Dr Ian Fitzsimons
Faculty of Business
Winner - Mr Rob Guthrie
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Ms Georgina Fyfe
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Dr Ann McGuire
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Winner - Associate Professor Joan Osborne
Faculty of Business
Winner - Associate Professor Peter Williams
Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner - Dr Kathryn Hird
Faculty of Humanities
Winner - Associate Professor Barbara Milech
Muresk
Winner - Dr Zora Singh
Computing
Honourable Mention - Dr Brian Von Konsky