Chancellery
Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President: Academic
Professor Joanne Wright joined the University of South Australia from the University of Sussex where she was Pro Vice Chancellor: Education. During her three and a half years at Sussex, she successfully led the drive to improve teaching and learning indicators, especially student satisfaction. She also championed the process of curriculum rationalisation and renewal which led to significant increases in all categories of student enrolments.
Prior to her role at Sussex, Joanne was Dean of the Faculty of History and Social Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. She was concurrently the Director of European Studies and a Professor of International Relations. Whilst at Royal Holloway, Joanne was also awarded a prestigious Jean Monnet ad personum Chair in European Security Integration, one of only 9 awarded in the UK.
Joanne has held teaching and research positions at a number of UK and Australian universities, including, Melbourne, Queensland, St Andrews, Ulster, London and Sussex. She has taught extensively at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of state and sub-state security.
Joanne has a BA (Hons) in Politics and Government and History from the University of Kent at Canterbury, an M.Litt in Strategic Studies from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD in International Relations from the Australian National University.
She has served on many government and university groups. For example, she has been an Arts Commissioner for the City of Brighton and Hove and a trainer of Senior Managers for the UK based Group of 94 Universities.
