Equity, diversity & inclusion
Get in touch with EDI at ADA
ADA EDI Committee
Our 91色情片 Arts, Design & Architecture EDI Committee facilitates, supports and creates initiatives, programs, guidelines and activities to empower everyone in the faculty to feel safe, included and respected. We collaborate with other 91色情片 EDI groups to ensure everyone has equitable opportunities to succeed, regardless of background, to show leadership and benefit from others' initiatives and best practices.
For EDI-related support or queries, please liaise with Emma Kirby (Associate Dean Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement, and Chair, EDI Committee):听emma.kirby@unsw.edu.au
Sustainable Development Goals Working Group
The ADA SDG Working Group is to develop, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and communicate ADA鈥檚 engagement with the SDGs, across research, education and student experience, governance and operations and external leadership and engagement Pillars. The Working Group plays a key role in developing and driving the SDG agenda for ADA in line with the University Strategy and the ADA 2051 Strategy.
For ADA SDG-related queries, please liaise with Philip Oldfield (Chair, ADA SDG Working Group): p.oldfield@unsw.edu.au
ADA Student Support
Arts, Design & Architecture students seeking academic support should contact the听. Students requiring equitable learning plans or educational adjustments should contact the听.
Explore useful student resources and support including common forms, key contacts, information about academic advising and a range of support services that will help you get the most out of your university experience.
Our ADA diversity portfolios
LGBTIQA+
LGBTIQA+ Co-Champions
Jaye Early:听jaye.early@unsw.edu.au
Jace Dent:听jason.dent@unsw.edu.au
The LGBTIQA+ Working Group is focused on fostering an inclusive environment for the LGBTIQA+ community within the faculty. Through advocacy, education, and collaboration, we work to ensure diverse sexualities, gender identities, and expressions are recognised and valued in academic and campus life.
Gender equity
Gender Equity Co-Champions
Monika Barthwal-Datta:听m.barthwal-datta@unsw.edu.au
Vanessa Traynor:听v.traynor@unsw.edu.au
The Gender Equity working group celebrates gender diversity and addresses gendered disadvantage for staff and students within the faculty. We actively interface between the faculty and university policies and initiatives, sharing good practice and building a strengths-based culture where people of all gender identities are valued and supported.听听
Disability and Mental Health
Disability and Mental Health Co-Champion
Ellen Lee:听heemin.lee@unsw.edu.au听
Julisa Edwards:听julisa.edwards@unsw.edu.au
The Disability and Mental Health working group is committed to creating a supportive environment for those with disabilities, neurodivergent and/or mental health challenges within the faculty. Our initiatives include advocating for systemic change, supporting staff and students, and building community.
Indigenous
Indigenous Champion
Anissa Jones: anissa.jones@unsw.edu.au
Cultural & Linguistic Diversity
Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Co-Champions
Ayshe Eli: a.eli@unsw.edu.au
Hoa Nguyen:听hoa.nguyen@unsw.edu.au
The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) working group focuses on promoting cultural and linguistic diversity within our incredibly diverse faculty, striving to create a culturally inclusive environment where students and staff can freely express their identities, opinions, and perspectives.
Wellbeing (including Parents & Families)
Wellbeing (including Parents & Families) Co-Champion
Jenni Graves:听j.graves@unsw.edu.au
Madelaine Moore:听madelaine.moore@unsw.edu.au
The Wellbeing (including Parents & Families) Working Group is passionate about ensuring a safe and inclusive culture of understanding and empathy. Actively promoting wellbeing in its many facets of our diverse faculty, we foster a supportive culture that elevates the voices of our community through their lived experiences. We are committed to helping destigmatise mental health, invisible illness, chronic health conditions, and the complex nuances of parenting and family responsibilities, to further support wellbeing at 91色情片.听
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Panel Pledge: I stand for gender diversity at every forum
As part of their commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, staff are encouraged to reflect on and critically engage with听organisers听of public and professional forums where there鈥檚 a lack of diversity in speakers, content or people with lived experiences of the forum themes. One practical way of doing this is by ensuring all forums you鈥檙e involved in at the听university, and more broadly, take diversity into account.听Within this context, 91色情片 Arts, Design & Architecture听encourages all staff to commit to the Panel Pledge.听
Our Panel Pledge:
- I commit to ensuring all forums I am professionally engaged听in听take gender equity into听consideration.
- When speaking at an event, I will request confirmation of who the other听panellists/speakers/participants are, and how gender balance will be听achieved.听
- I will insist, as a condition of acceptance, that I expect women to participate in a meaningful听way.
- I reserve the right to withdraw from an event, should gender equity听not be听achieved.听
- I will highlight gender imbalances where I see them and provide event听organisers听with the names of relevant women leaders in my field.
If you鈥檇 like to pledge your support, email ADASIEE@unsw.edu.au
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Pledges
These members of staff have made the Panel Pledge:听
- Claire Annesley, Dean, Arts, Design & Architecture听
- Michael Balfour, Head of School, School of Arts & Media听
- Jan Breckenridge, Head of School, School of Social Sciences听
- David Cami,听Faculty听Executive Director听听
- Helen Caple, School of Arts & Media
- Chris Davison, School of Education
- Paul Evans, School of Education
- Sandy Evans,听School of Arts & Media
- Dorottya听Fabian,听School of Arts & Media听
- Karen Fisher,听Social Policy Research Centre
- Helen听Groth,听School of Arts & Media
- Ashleigh Hamilton, School of Social Sciences
- Trish Hill,听Social Policy Research Centre
- Mira Kim, School of Humanities & Languages
- Limin听Mao, Centre for Social Research in Health
- Tema听Milstein,听School of Humanities & Languages
- Christy Newman, Deputy Dean, Research听
- Timothy O'Leary, School of Humanities & Languages
- Jennifer Perkins, Education Excellence Manager
- Louise听Ravelli,听School of Arts & Media听 听
- Catherine Rowe,听HR Engagement Lead
- Michael Richardson,听School of Arts & Media听 听
- Susanne听Schmeidl,听School of Social Sciences
- Sue Starfield, School of Education听听听
- Carla Treloar,听Centre for Social Research in Health
- kylie valentine,听Director, Social Policy Research Centre and the Centre for Social Research in Health
- Jon von听Kowallis, School of Humanities & Languages听
- Caroline Wake,听School of Arts & Media听 听
- Ping Wang,听School of Humanities & Languages听听
How can we make Australian public universities caring institutions?
On Thursday 5th February 2026, Dr Lisa Ewenson, on behalf of the ADA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, hosted Professor Emerita Joan Tronto who delivered an online lecture entitled 鈥淗ow can we make Australian public universities caring institutions?鈥
Joan is Professor Emerita of Political Science at Hunter College and the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York, and the University of Minnesota. Professor Emerita Joan Tronto is internationally recognised for her groundbreaking work on care ethics, and her scholarship has profoundly shaped how we understand care as a political, ethical, and institutional practice. She is the author of over 50 articles and several books on care ethics, including Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethics of Care (1993) and Caring Democracy: Markets, Equality and Justice (2013).