Executive Committee

The affairs of the Society are managed by an Executive Committee, appointed by the members at the AGM. PESA rules allow for some functions to be delegated to one of more sub-Executive Committees, currently noted as ‘Portfolios’ and listed below.

Executive Committee
Tina Besley

President

Tina Besley, PhD, FPESA
University of Waikato, New Zealand

Tina Besley is Professor of Education & Director, Centre for Global Studies in Education.

Her research interests include: philosophy of education – especially  especially the later work of Michel Foucault – subjectivity, parrhesia, governmentality as applied to education;  interculturalism & global studies in education – policy, identities and cultures;  academic entrepreneurship in the creative economy and global knowledge economy; sociology of education; social justice; youth studies; counseling & narrative therapy. Recent books are Peters, M. A., & Besley, T. (2015). Paulo Freire. The global legacy, New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing. New York & Peters, M. A., Paraskeva, J. M., & Besley, T. (2015). The global financial crisis and educational restructuring, New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Tina is also President of the Association for Visual Pedagogies of which PESA is a founding Institutional member

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wmier/about-us/people/tina-besley

PESA Portfolios – PESA publicity; Conferences
Constituent Organisation representative, Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi

Contact: president@pesa.org.au

Vice-President

Liz Jackson
University of Hong Kong

PESA Portfolios – PESA Website, Social Media, Newsletter Editor assisted by Yulia Nesterova, Book awards, Research Grants, Editorial Development Group.

 
Christoph Teschers PESA

Secretary

Christoph Teschers
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/education/contact-us/people/christoph-teschers.html

Contact: secretary@pesa.org.au

PESA Portfolios – Postgraduates, Website and liaises with our Melbourne based webmaster James Garrett.
 John Ozolins

Treasurer

John Ozolins, PhD, FPESA
Australian Catholic University, Australia

https://webapps.acu.edu.au/staffdirectory/index.php?john-ozolins

PESA Portfolios – Doctoral Scholarships; Conferences
Ex Officio
Peter Roberts

Immediate Past President

Peter Roberts
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Contact: peter.roberts@canterbury.ac.nz

PESA Portfolios – Research Grants, Conference/Symposia/Seminar Grants, Society Rules

Michael A. Peters
University of Waikato, New Zealand

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wmier/about-us/people/michael-a.-peters

Contact: michael.peters@waikato.ac.nz
Member Representatives

Daniella Forster
University of Newcastle, Australia

https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/daniella-forster

PESA Portfolios – Membership Australia, Postgraduates, Doctoral Scholarships, Conference Grants, Society Rules

2017 PESA conference organiser

 
Sonja Arndt

Sonja Arndt
University of Waikato

https://www.waikato.ac.nz/staff-profiles/people/skarndt

PESA Portfolio – Editorial Development Group
Rachel Buchanan

Rachel Buchanan
University of Newcastle, Australia

https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/rachel-buchanan

PESA Portfolios – Postgraduates, PESA Website, Social Media,

 
 Ruyu

Ruyu Hung
National Chiayi University, Taiwan

http://web.ncyu.edu.tw/~hungruyu/

PESA Portfolios –  Membership, Book Awards, Editorial Development Group,

PESA Portfolios outside Executive
 

Indigenous Philosophy Group - Carl Mika

 
 

Archives - Marek Tesar with Tina Besley & Michael Peters
 

Doctoral Scholarships - John Ozolins, past President Nesta Devine, Jayne White, & Daniella Forster