Professor Carolyn Evans, Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University, BA LLB (Hons) (Melb), DPhil (Oxon) FASSA

Professor Carolyn Evans is Vice Chancellor and President of Griffith University.  Carolyn graduated with degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne and a doctorate from Oxford where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.  Carolyn taught law at Oxford and Melbourne Universities.  Prior to commencing at Griffith, Carolyn held the positions of Dean of Law, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Graduate and International) at the University of Melbourne.  Carolyn works in the areas of law and religion and human rights and was awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship in 2010 to work on comparative religious freedom.  In 2019, Carolyn was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and became a member of the organisation, Chief Executive Women. In 2019, she became Chair of the Innovative Research Universities group.