Judith Kinnear Explained

Judith Kinnear
Citizenship:Australian
Workplaces:University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Massey University
Known For:CATLAB; Nature of Biology textbook series
Thesis1 Year:1973
Thesis1 Title:The origin and inter-relationships of larval and imaginal proteins in Calliphora: a contribution to the study of gene action in insect metamorphosis.
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Order:4th
Vice-Chancellor of Massey University
Term Start:2002
Term End:2008[1]
Predecessor:James McWha
Successor:Steve Maharey

Judith Kinnear (born 1939) is an Australian academic, a geneticist, and the first woman to head a New Zealand university.

Academic career

Kinnear was educated at Kilbreda College in Melbourne, Australia, and holds a BSc, an MSc and a PhD in Genetics from the University of Melbourne.[2] Her PhD was titled "The origin and inter-relationships of larval and imaginal proteins in Calliphora: a contribution to the study of gene action in insect metamorphosis."[3] She also has a Bachelor of Education from La Trobe University.

While a senior lecturer in biology at Melbourne State College in the 1970s, Kinnear wrote computer programmes to help teach genetics through simulations of animal breeding. To further her understanding of the underlying mathematics of her programmes, she applied for the Graduate Diploma of Computer Simulation at Swinburne University of Technology, and was initially refused entry until she demonstrated her prior mathematical experience. She persuaded a friend and Professor of Biology Marjory Martin to join her in the classes, and the two became the only two women in the class.[4] They went on to write an award-winning series of textbooks together, the Nature of Biology series.[5] Kinnear's education programmes for genetics include CATLAB, BIRDBREED and Heredity Dog.

Kinnear was a Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney, and then Deputy Vice-Chancellor, before moving across the Tasman to become the first female Vice-Chancellor of a New Zealand university in 2003.[6] As Vice-Chancellor of Massey University, Kinnear's relationship with the university council was reported to be strained at times. She retired in 2008 and returned to Australia.[7] [8]

In 2017 Kinnear was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. The Good Stewards . Massey . April 2014 . 34–36 . 7 June 2021 . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190204010116/https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/Massey%20News/Alumni%20Magazine/pdf/Massey_April_2014.pdf . live .
  2. Web site: 2017-09-13. Women of distinction honoured. 2020-12-31. Bayside News. en-AU. 13 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913054936/http://baysidenews.com.au/2017/09/13/women-distinction-honoured/. live.
  3. The origin and inter-relationships of larval and imaginal proteins in calliphora: a contribution to the study of Gene Action in insect Metamorphosis.. Univ of Melbourne. 1973. Place of publication not identified. en. J. F. Kinnear. 500232483.
  4. Web site: Dr Judith Kinnear. 2020-12-31. www.swinburne.edu.au. en-AU. 22 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122041213/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/our-values/swinburne-stories/judith-kinnear/. live.
  5. Web site: Nature of Biology. 2021-01-01. www.jaconline.com.au. 12 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181012022929/http://www.jaconline.com.au/natureofbiology/home/authors.htm. live.
  6. Web site: The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Kinnear, Judith Fay – Biographical entry – Encyclopedia of Australian Science. 2021-01-01. www.eoas.info. en-gb. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918105733/https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004277b.htm. live.
  7. Web site: Massey University. University pays tribute to outgoing Vice-Chancellor. 2020-12-31. www.massey.ac.nz. 10 April 2008. 17 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117113154/https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=3F0F3A1E-96BF-57FE-ABB8-8E126D3A9F54. live.
  8. News: New Zealand: First woman vice-chancellor steps down . 2021-01-01 . . 2 March 2008 . John . Gerritsen . 4 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200904223238/https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2008022816125490 . live .
  9. Web site: Judith Kinnear. 2020-12-31. Royal Society Te Apārangi. 27 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202837/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1968-2017/judith-kinnear/. live.

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