Professor Kathy Douglas

Kathy Douglas is the Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Law and has been in the role since July 2017.  From 2013 – 2017 Kathy was Deputy Head, Learning and Teaching in the School. In these capacities Kathy has actively demonstrated her leadership abilities to connect with people across multiple disciplines, professions and sectors, including community, industry and government. 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 School.

She is an interdisciplinary researcher in the area of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that includes a focus on conflict, negotiation and mediation. Kathy is a leader in the ADR field as evidenced by her membership of the Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, a prestigious national policy group, and the Australasian Dispute Resolution Research Network. She co-founded the network and is a past president.  

• Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Law
• Member of the College of Business School Executive Committee
• Chair, University Student Appeals Committee

By appointment

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

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