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Associate Professor Matthew Sharpe, National Head of School (Philosophy)
Associate Professor Matthew Sharpe is National Head of School for Philosophy at ACU. He is a teaching and research member of the Faculty or Arts and Theology. He completed his PhD, in philosophy-social theory, on Slavoj Zizek at the University of Melbourne in 2002, and taught philosophy and psychoanalytic studies at Deakin University from 2004-2023. He has also completed an MA in public policy, specialising in Higher Education (U. Tasmania 2020), as well as a Diploma of Counselling (AIPC, 2022). Matthew is the father of two children, as well as a husband, a runner, and a soccer coach.
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