Sandra Lee Harding is an Australian economic sociologist and university administrator. She was Vice-Chancellor and President of

James Cook University James Cook University (JCU) is a public university in North Queensland, Australia. The second oldest university in Queensland, JCU is a teaching and research institution. The university's main campuses are located in the tropical cities of Cair ...

from 2007 until January 2022.

Education

Harding received a BSc from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

. She was later awarded a MPubAdmin by the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

and a PhD by

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Career

In 1987 Harding was appointed a lecturer at

Queensland University of Technology The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a modern city campus in Gardens Point, Brisbane, Gardens Point ...

and was later promoted senior lecturer and professor. She was dean of QUT's Business faculty from 1998 to 2003, and in 2004 she became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and Development) of QUT. Sandra Harding was appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook University in 2007. She retired from the vice-chancellorship of JCU in January 2022, and was awarded professor emeritus status. During her tenure at JCU she also was a board member, then deputy chairperson, and then chairperson from 2013 to 2015 of Universities Australia (formerly the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee). Harding was one of three commissioners appointed in 2012 to the Commission of Audit into state of Queensland's finances, which was led by

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. Harding has been a member of the Leadership Council (previously the Board of Governors) of the

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(CEDA) since 2013–14.

Honours and recognition

Harding was awarded an honorary doctorate by Japan's Josai International University in 2010. She was appointed honorary fellow of the Australian College of Educators in 2012 and is a fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. Harding was appointed

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

(AO) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to education at the national and international level, and to the community of Queensland".

References

External links

A tropical flavour: Sandra Harding
interview in CEO Magazine {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Sandra Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Officers of the Order of Australia North Carolina State University alumni Academic staff of James Cook University Australian sociologists Australian women sociologists