Professor Doune Macdonald, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
Professor Doune Macdonald is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) (PVC-TL). As PVC-TL, Professor Macdonald is responsible for achieving UQ’s teaching and learning objectives. Doune is also an alumni of UQ: she completed her Undergraduate and Honours degrees at The University of Queensland. After completing her PhD at Deakin University, Doune re-joined the School of Human Movement Studies as a lecturer in 1990. In 2012 Doune won the UQ Vice Chancellor’s Leadership award.
Doune has continually worked hard to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for gender, sex, and sexually diverse people at UQ and is extremely proud to be an Ally Executive Champion. As an Ally Executive Champion, Doune continues to actively support the efforts of the network to advocate, develop and maintain an inclusive environment for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, and queer (LGBTIAQ+).
Doune believes that we do our best work when we feel safe and supported and can bring our whole, authentic selves to work and study, and she encourages every student and staff member to do their part to foster a UQ community that is free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying.
Professor Heather Zwicker, Executive Dean (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Professor Heather Zwicker is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science (HaSS). As Executive Dean, Heather is responsible for the academic and administrative leadership of the Faculty of HaSS, ensuring that its Schools, Centres, and Institutes contribute effectively to the University’s goals in learning, research, and engagement. Heather completed her Undergraduate degree with Honours in English at the University of Alberta in 1988, and her PhD in 1993 from Stanford University.
Professor Heather Zwicker joined UQ’s Ally Network as an Executive Champion in 2020. Heather is proud to acknowledge the University’s commitment to LGBTIAQ+ staff and students. As Ally Executive Champion, Heather is looking forward to being able to give back to the queer community and she intends to focus on the expression of diverse gender and sexual identities.
Being an Ally Executive Champion allows Heather to help other people “live with more joy and less heartbreak”. Heather would like to see UQ approach LBGTQIA+ issues in an intersectional way – so that while we are creating a supportive environment for people of gender and sexual diversity, we are also addressing other forms of discrimination within our communities. According to Heather “it’s about learning from one another – which is what a University is all about.”
Professor Craig Franklin (President, Academic Board)
Professor Craig Franklin is the President of the Academic Board and a Professor in Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland. He has been a member of academic staff at UQ since 1995.
Craig actively champions diversity and inclusion within all aspects of his life - at work, in his communities, and within society more broadly. He is an Ally Executive Champion supporting the LGBTQAI+ community and upholds the fundamental values of mutual respect, tolerance and honesty. He always aims to maintain a sense of humour in facing life’s challenges.
“I am most humbled to be an Ally Executive Champion for the Ally Network and all that it stands for. When I arrived at UQ in 1995, there was no Ally Network and no visibility nor acknowledgement of the LGBTQI+ community in any meaningful way. Thankfully, times have moved on, and the formation of the Ally Network in 2004 provided a giant leap forward,” Professor Franklin said.
Outside of work, he is a cook, gardener, lover of the oceans, bush & wildlife, and gets enjoyment sharing good food & wine with his partner Noel, family and friends, and from being a grandfather.
Dr Dino Willox (Director, Student Employability)
Dr Dino Willox is Director, Student Employability, and a Senate Member, at The University of Queensland and a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE. They are responsible for developing and coordinating the strategic direction, framework, and services that assist students to become game-changing graduates. Working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, Dino’s work spans professional, academic, curricular, and extracurricular spaces, taking a multidimensional strategic approach to embedding employability.
Dino is an Ally Executive Champion and works with colleagues and the UQ Ally Action Committee to ensure that diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality are recognised as vital for creativity and innovation and is a former Board Member and Secretary of the Brisbane based LGBTIQ Legal Service.
Dino’s pronouns are they / them.
