Emeritus Professor Alison Sheridan

Biography

Alison Sheridan is an Emeritus Professor at the UNE Business School, University of New England. She completed her undergraduate degree in agricultural economics at the University of Sydney. Prior to completing her PhD in management, she worked as an agricultural economist in Australia and the US. She has held a number of leadership roles within the University of New England, as well as on regional and national boards. Her research interests span gender and human resource management, corporate governance and regional development and entrepreneurship and she has published widely in these areas. She is a Life Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was the Chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division of the US Academy of Management (2020).