Nancy Viviani came to Griffith from Harvard in 1978 to set up the Centre for the\u00a0Study of Australian Asian Relations (CSAAR) in the School of Modern Asian\u00a0Studies.As Foundation Director of the Centre, she provided a research focus of\u00a0national and international significance, and was responsible for contributing to\u00a0Griffith\u2019s growing reputation in the field of Australia-Asia relations.\u00a0Nancy Viviani was appointed Professor of International Politics in 1991 and served as Dean of the Faculty of Asian and International Studies from 1993-1994.<\/p>\n
From\u00a0her first appointment in the late seventies until her retirement in 1997, she provided\u00a0distinguished service to the University, to scholarship, and to public affairs. The significance and timeliness of her work on immigration, especially Vietnamese immigration, made her an important figure not only in academia, but also in\u00a0government and other circles.<\/p>\n
As a teacher, Nancy Viviani was held in enormous\u00a0regard by her students. Her lecturing was seen as \u2018brilliant\u2019 and \u2018inspired\u2019, leaving\u00a0students with ideas which remained in the mind and spawned new approaches to scholarship. During her time at Griffith, Nancy Viviani also took part in numerous community and\u00a0government commissions.<\/p>\n
In 1990, she was appointed to make recommendations to\u00a0the Queensland Education Minister on a replacement system for the Tertiary Entrance\u00a0(TE) score. Her report led to the adoption of the current system of OP scores \u2013 one of\u00a0her many significant contributions to education in this state.<\/p>\n
Professor Viviani was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2015 Australia Day Honours list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"