List of Western Sydney University people

This is a list of University of Western Sydney people, including alumni and staff.

Academia

 * Christopher Kelen, author, lecturer in creative writing and literature at the University of Macau
 * Mireille Astore, artist/lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney)
 * Nada Kakabadse, professor, University of Northampton
 * Chris Fleming, senior lecturer, Western Sydney University
 * Silma Ihram, political academic
 * Syed Ziaur Rahman, Secretary and Chair of the Advisory Council, International Association of Medical Colleges & Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh
 * Hollis Taylor, zoomusicologist
 * Dinesh Wadiwel, senior lecturer in Human Rights and Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Sydney

Business

 * Matt Granfield, Head of Marketing, Heritage Bank

Federal politicians

 * Ed Husic, MP, Minister for Industry and Science and the Member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Chifley.

State politicians

 * David Elliott, MP, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Baulkham Hills
 * Geoff Lee, MP, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Parramatta
 * Karyn Paluzzano, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 * Jai Rowell, MP, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Wollondilly
 * Ron Wells, former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Victorian Legislative Assembly
 * Steve Whan, MLC, member of New South Wales Legislative Council

Other politicians

 * Azis Syamsuddin, Indonesian politician
 * Yaw Shin Leong, former Singaporean politician
 * Dr. Alfred Nganga Mutua, Foreign Affairs Minister, Kenya

Arts

 * Craig Anderson, television actor
 * Celeste Barber, actor and comedian (Theatre Nepean, 2002)
 * Alfio Bonanno, musician
 * Jonathan Boulet, musician
 * Serhat Caradee (Theatre Nepean), theatre and film director
 * Melissa Chiu, museum director, curator and author, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
 * Dagmar Evelyn Cyrulla, artist
 * Timothy Daly, playwright (Theatre Nepean, 1992)
 * Kieran Darcy-Smith, actor and director
 * Maria Tran, actress, director
 * Chua Ek Kay, artist
 * Nicole da Silva, actress
 * Alexandra Davies, actress
 * Anne Deveson, writer
 * Joel Edgerton, actor
 * Matt Granfield, author
 * Joelle Hadjia, musician
 * Don Hany, actor
 * Anita Heiss, writer
 * Steve Le Marquand, actor
 * Damian McDonald, author
 * Granaz Moussavi, poet and director
 * Ben Peek, author
 * Ben Quilty, artist, 2011 Archibald Prize winner
 * Margaret Roc, author
 * Rosie Scott, author
 * Yvonne Strahovski, actress
 * Travis S. Taylor, science fiction author
 * Jared Turner, actor
 * The Umbilical Brothers, David Collins and Shane Dundas, comedy duo
 * Tony Walters, director and creator of Double the Fist
 * David Wenham, actor (Theatre Nepean, 1987)
 * Darren Yap (Theatre Nepean), actor and director

Education

 * Lance Mitchell, educator
 * William Wallace, educator

History

 * Matthew Glozier, historian

Journalism and media

 * Whitney Fitzsimmons, television presenter, ABC International
 * Paul Murray, radio presenter

Medicine

 * Syed Ziaur Rahman, pharmacologist

Military

 * Garnet Malley, Wing Commander, graduate of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Sport

 * Shannon Cole, Western Sydney Wanderers defender (degree on hold)
 * Casey Dunning, rugby union player
 * Benny Elias, rugby league player with Balmain Tigers
 * Morgan Endicott-Davies, Judo
 * Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian, bodybuilder and internet celebrity
 * Francis Vaiotu, NRL player for the Sydney Roosters
 * Frank Puletua, New Zealand rugby league footballer

Other

 * John Ondawame, activist
 * Lancelot Eric Richdale, amateur ornithologist, graduate of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College
 * Warwick Watkins, disgraced senior New South Wales public servant and former member the Australia national rugby union team (the Wallabies)

Chancellor

 * Gabrielle Harrison – Deputy Chancellor
 * Kim Yeadon – Deputy Chancellor

Faculty
Notable past and current faculty members include:


 * Ien Ang, cultural studies, academic and author
 * Jack Barbalet, sociologist
 * David Burchell, journalist
 * Jane Caro, social commentator and writer
 * Roger Dean, musician, biochemist and cognitive scientist
 * Jim Falk, physicist
 * Jane R. Goodall, author
 * Robert Hayes, legal academic
 * Bob Hodge, linguist
 * Niv Horesh, historian
 * Ivor Indyk, literary academic, editor and publisher
 * Paul James, writer on globalization, sustainability, and social theory
 * Gail Jones, novelist
 * Colm Kearney, political economist
 * Steve Keen, economist
 * Caleb Kelly, curator and author
 * Nikolas Kompridis, philosopher and political theorist
 * Geoff Lee, former business academic
 * Herbert W. Marsh, educational psychologist
 * Willard McCarty, digital humanities academic
 * Andrew Moore, historian
 * Gerald Muench, medical scientist
 * Adam Possamai, sociologist
 * Juan Francisco Salazar, anthropologist
 * Ariel Salleh, philosopher and sociologist
 * Brian Sully, legal academic
 * Bryan Turner, sociologist
 * Ragbir Bhathal, astronomer and author