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Professor Lorelle Burton

Professor Lorelle Burton
Name Lorelle Burton
Position Head of School and Dean (Psychology and Wellbeing)
Section School of Psychology and Wellbeing
Office W517
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2853
Extension 2853
Email
Qualifications BAppSc USQ , BAppSc(Hons) USQ , PhD USQ
Executive Support

  • Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 170199 )
  • Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  • Studies in Human Society ( 160000 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  • Other Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 529999 )
  • Other Psychology ( 529900 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Other Human Society ( 449900 )

community capacity building, mental health, wellbeing (including community wellbeing), alternative educational models, social inclusion, student transition


Registered Psychologist, Queensland Australia
Member, Higher Education Board, Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors, Brisbane, Australia
Member, Programme Board for the International School for Social and Business Studies, Slovenia


Independent Chair, headspace Toowoomba consortium
Member, Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Secretary, Psychology Education Interest Group, APS
Member, Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)


PSY1010 Foundation Psychology A course
Honours, masters, and doctoral supervision
Carrick Australian Award for Teaching Excellence 2006
Carrick Australian Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2006
The Pearson Education and the APS Psychology Early Careeer Teaching Award 2004
USQ Excellence in Teaching Award 2001


18 Years


Chair of the Community Futures Research Program, Institute for Resilient Regions, USQ
Chair of the Community for Community (C4C) Project, Faculty of Health, Engineering & Sciences, USQ
Former Association Dean (Learning & Teaching), Faculty of Sciences, USQ


  • Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 170199 )
  • Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  • Other Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 529999 )
  • Other Psychology ( 529900 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Other Human Society ( 449900 )