Professor Kathy Douglas

Kathy Douglas is the Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Law (GSBL).  From 2013 – mid 2017 Kathy was Deputy Head, Learning and Teaching in the GSBL. Kathy has been a practicing mediator for many years and her practice has informed her research and leadership. She has led the School to great success in providing industry engaged learning that prepares students for life and work. She has nurtured a culture of innovation in both teaching and research in the GSBL. In 2020 Kathy won the Vice Chancellor's leadership award for Imagination.

She is an interdisciplinary researcher in the area of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that includes a focus on conflict, negotiation and mediation. Kathy is passionate about the theory and practice of ADR and has contributed to the field through her membership of the Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (2015-mid 2019), a national policy group, and the Australasian Dispute Resolution Research Network (2012-to present). She co-founded the network and is a past president.  She is currently researching the practice of mediation and the role of conflict resolution in various contexts including planning. Kathy also researches in the area of online learning including blended learning in higher education.

• Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Law
• Member of the College of Business School Executive Committee
• Chair, University Student Appeals Committee
• Member Academic Board 2019-to present 
• Chair Higher Education Committee Academic Board 2020

By appointment

• PhD, RMIT University
• Graduate Diploma of Education (Tertiary Teaching stream) University of Melbourne
• BA, LLB, LLM Monash University

Executive Education

• EFMD, Online Workshop for Deans, 26-30th October 2020, Brussels Belgium (online)
• Women in Business Education Deans Network, 2020
• Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership, Justice and Ethics Symposium, 14-15th November 2019, Melbourne, Australia
• EFMD, Strategic Leadership Programme for Deans, 24-26th October 2018, Brussels Belgium

• Twenty years of experience as a mediator
• Short course Trainer in Mediation
• Admitted to practice as a Solicitor for the Supreme Court of Victoria