Sandra Harding (sociologist)

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Sandra Lee Harding AO FAICD FAIM is an Australian economic sociologist and university administrator. She was Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook University from 2007 until January 2022.

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Education

Harding received a BSc from the Australian National University. She was later awarded a MPubAdmin by the University of Queensland and a PhD by North Carolina State University.

Career

In 1987 Harding was appointed a lecturer at Queensland University of Technology and was later promoted senior lecturer and professor. She was dean of QUT's Business faculty from 1998 to 2003, and in 2004 she became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and Development) of QUT.

Sandra Harding was appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook University in 2007. [1] She retired from the vice-chancellorship of JCU in January 2022, and was awarded Professor Emeritus status.

During her tenure at JCU she also was a board member, then deputy chairperson, and then chairperson from 2013–15 of Universities Australia (formerly the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee). [2] [3]

Harding was one of three commissioners appointed in 2012 to the Commission of Audit into state of Queensland's finances, which was led by Peter Costello. [4]

Harding has been a member of the Leadership Council (previously the Board of Governors) of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) since 2013–14. [5]

Honours and recognition

Harding was awarded an honorary doctorate by Japan's Josai International University in 2010. [6] She was appointed honorary fellow of the Australian College of Educators in 2012 and is a fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. [1]

Harding was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to education at the national and international level, and to the community of Queensland". [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Harding, Sandra. "National Press Club address: Sandra Harding on the future of universities". The Conversation. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Government welcomes new chair of Universities Australia and farewells Professor Sandra Harding". The Hon Christopher Pyne MP. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Peter Costello to head Commission of Audit into state of Queensland's finances - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory". statements.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "CEDA Annual Report 2013-14" (PDF). CEDA. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Biography of Professor Sandra Harding AO". www.jcu.edu.au. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Professor Sandra Lee Harding". It's an Honour. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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