Professional and Community Service

Member of the Selection Committee for the Headmaster of Newington College, 2002
Member of the Selection Committee for Professor of Education, University of Melbourne, 2002
Member of Selection Committee for Professor of Education, University of New England, 2001
Member and Chair Education Sub-Committee, Newington College Council, 2001-2003
Australian Council of Deans' Representative on the National History Project and the National Centre for History Education, 2000-2002
Organiser of the International Symposium 'Repositioning Teacher Education,' 2000
Faculty Board, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, 1998-2003

Co-Chair, Joint ANZHES Conference, 2008
Chair, International Conference for the History of Education Section of the International Congress of Historical Sciences, 2005
Chair, International Standing Conference for the History of Education, 1999
Chief Organiser, 25th Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES) Conference, 1995
Organiser, Regional ANZHES Conferences, 1993
Member, Organising Committee, ANZHES Conference, 1985
Organiser, History of Education Section, Australian Historical Association Conference, 1982

International Assessor, Educational Panel of the Research Assessment Exercise, United Kingdom, 2001
Australian Research Council (ARC) Assessor, 1991-2010

Referee for the following Academic Journals:

Editorial Roles and Memberships

Co-editor, Journal of Royal Australian Historical Society, 1981-2002
Co-editor, History of Education Review, 1992-1996
Member, International Editorial Board, Pedagogic Historical, Belgium, 1998-2011
Member, International Editorial Board, History of Education, United Kingdom, 1997-2011
Member, International Editorial Board, Historical Studies in Education, Canada, 1996-1999
Member, International Editorial Board, History of Education Quarterly, USA, 1994-1999

Councillor, Royal Australian Historical Society, 1997-2002, 1986-1990
Senior Vice-President, Royal Australian Historical Society, 1989-1990
President, Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society, 1989
Vice-President, Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society, 1988
Founding President, Woollahra History and Heritage Society, 1985-1987
Executive Member, Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society, 1982-1985