Lelia Green

Elected by members of the Consultative Committee representing academic staff and appointed to the Board on 4 November 2015. Professor of Communications at Edith Cowan University, in the School of Arts and Humanities.

Prior to joining Edith Cowan University, Professor Green worked as a researcher, director and producer with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Television in London, UK. As an academic researcher, Professor Green focuses on communications, media, cultural studies, and the construction of communities including communities that are marginalised, disadvantaged or challenged by social factors. Through her involvement in promoting and developing research at Edith Cowan University, Professor Green has taken on mentoring and facilitation roles, supporting the submission of high-quality ARC grants, with over $6+ million funding flowing to her university via her Chief Investigator roles on two ECU nodes in ARC Centres of Excellence, six Discovery grants (plus a mentored DECRA) and seven Linkage projects.

At ECU, Professor Green served on the Academic Board, the Vice-Chancellor’s University Promotions Advisory Committee, and the University Research and Higher Degrees Executive and Committee. In recognition of her work in research supervision and active mentoring of her 27 graduated PhD students, including Adjunct Professor Anne Aly (MP), Professor Green was awarded a national Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning – for leadership, commitment and success in learning and teaching through PhD supervision.

Among Professor Green’s long-term international collaborations, her work on the United Nations biennial review of Asia Pacific from 2003 to 2010 is particularly noteworthy. That supported, in part, her participation in UNESCO’s Regional Consultation on ‘Policies and initiatives to promote children’s safe, effective and responsible use of ICT’ [Information and Communication Technologies] (Bangkok, 2015), and her 2019 consultancy contribution to the UNESCO-supported report Digital Kids Asia Pacific: Regional findings and policy recommendations.

Professor Green was a member of the Consultative Committee from 2000 until September 2020 choosing not to recontest the election and bringing her 20-year tenure on the Consultative Committee to a close. In 2016, Professor Green graduated from the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, having completed the Trustee Director Course.