# List of Charles Sturt University people

This is an incomplete list of Charles Sturt University people, including alumni and staff.

## Alumni
### Government
#### Politicians

* Ivan Dean, Tasmanian Independent politician and former Mayor of Launceston
* David Elliott, current Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Jenny Gardiner, National Party politician
* John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of Hong Kong; former Chief Secretary and Secretary for Security
* Sussan Ley, current Liberal politician
* ʻIsileli Pulu, Tongan politician
* Christine Robertson, former Labor politician
* David Simmons, former Member of the House of Representatives
* Kelly Marsh Taitano, Guamanian politician

#### Civil servants

* Robert Atkinson, former Queensland police commissioner
* Ken Moroney, former New South Wales police commissioner

### Humanities
#### Arts

* Violeta Ayala, Indigenous film director, producer and writer
* Stuart Beattie, screenwriter and film director
* Natasha Beaumont, actress
* Mez Breeze, artist
* Laura Brown, a fashion journalist
* Greg Carey, voice actor
* Anja Coleby, television actress and presenter
* Brendan Cowell, actor
* Shokufeh Kavani, artist, author and translator
* Scott McGregor, actor and television presenter
* James McTeigue, film director
* Blair Milan, actor and television presenter
* Jack Yabsley, actor and television presenter

#### History

* James Page, educationalist and anthropologist

#### Journalism and media

* Amelia Adams
* Samantha Armytage
* Edwina Bartholomew
* Chris Bath
* Natarsha Belling
* Tara Brown
* Latika Bourke
* Anna Coren
* Andrew Denton
* Melissa Doyle
* Amanda Keller
* Deborah Knight
* Allison Langdon
* Hamish Macdonald
* Marguerite McKinnon
* Kathryn Robinson
* Chris Roe
* Jessica Rowe
* Rachael Treasure
* Jacinta Tynan

#### Literature, writing and poetry

* Amanda Howard, true crime writer and serial killer specialist
* Michaeley O'Brien, screenwriter
* Charlotte Wood

#### Philosophy and theology

* Jeffrey Driver, Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide
* James Haire, theologian

### Law

* Hon. Justice Carolyn Chalmers Simpson, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

### Science

* Anika Molesworth, agroecology scientist
* Meredith Mitchell, agronomist

### Sport

* Ellie Brush, soccer player
* Caitlin De Wit, wheelchair basketball player
* Ben Fixter, AFL footballer
* Stuart Karppinen, cricketer
* Ross Reynolds, Australian Rugby Union Wallaby
* Dean Windsor, professional cyclist

### Other

* Afu Billy, Solomon Islands women's rights activist
* Blandina Khondowe, Miss Malawi 2002, breast-cancer awareness activist
* Craig Steven Wright, Australian computer scientist and businessman associated with cryptocurrency
* Dylan O'Donnell, IT entrepreneur and astrophotographer

## Administration
### Chancellors

| Order | Chancellor | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | David Asimus AO | 19 July 1989 (1989-07-19) | 2002 | 12–13 years |
| 2 | Lawrie Willett AO | December 2002 (2002-12) | 2 December 2014 (2014-12-02) | 12 years, 1 day |
| 3 | Michele Allan | 3 December 2014 (2014-12-03) | incumbent | 10 years, 85 days |

### Vice-Chancellors

| Order | Vice-Chancellor | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Cliff Blake AO | 1 May 1990 (1990-05-01) | 2001 | 10–11 years |
| 2 | Ian Goulter AM | 2001 | 31 December 2011 (2011-12-31) | 9–10 years |
| 3 | Andrew Vann | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 31 December 2020 | 9 years, 365 days |
| acting | John Germov | 1 January 2021 (2021-01-01) | 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) | 242 days |
| 4 | Renée Leon | 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) | incumbent | 3 years, 179 days |

## Faculty

Notable past and current faculty members include:
* Tara Brabazon, education academic
* Les Bursill, indigenous historian, archaeologist and anthropologist
* David Denholm, author, historian
* Jeffrey Driver, Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide
* Clive Hamilton, public intellectual and ethicist
* Elery Hamilton-Smith, environmental scholar and academic
* Tom Lowrie, education academic
* Hugh Mackay, social researcher
* Benjamin Myers, theologian
* Faye McMillan, Indigenous health academic
* John Painter, theologian
* Thomas Pogge, philosopher
* Anantanarayanan Raman, Professor of Ecology
* Steve Redhead, sports media academic
* Emma Rush, philosopher and ethicist
* Dirk Spennemann, cultural heritage academic
* John Weckert, philosopher
* John Williams, hydrology scientist