Professor Denise Austin

Professor Denise Austin

Vice President Academic

Professor Denise A. Austin is Vice President Academic at Leaders Institute, Australia. She formerly served as Deputy Vice President Research and Standards at Alphacrucis University College (2009-2022) and was project manager for its successful Self-Accrediting Authority (2016) and University College applications (2022). For over a decade she was Director of the Australasian Pentecostal Studies Centre. Professor Austin has published widely in the areas of business history, religious history, and interfaith dialogue.

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2005

Master of Arts (Christian Studies), Alphacrucis College, 2015

Graduate Diploma in Arts, Sydney College of Divinity, 2008

Bachelor of Arts (Hons 1), University of Queensland, 2000

Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland, 1999

INTERNAL LEADERSHIP

Governing Board member

Academic Board member

Executive Management Team member

EXTERNAL LEADERSHIP

Register of Experts with TEQSA: Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (2014-current)

Ordained Ministers Certificate, Australian Christian Churches (2009-current)

EXTERNAL EXPERT REVIEWER

● 2022: Higher Education Leadership Institute Course Development: Master of Research and Graduate Certificate in Research Methods accreditation.

● 2015: Christian Heritage College Course Review: Bachelor of Ministry and Graduate Diploma reaccreditation.

● 2015: Christian Heritage College Course Development: Master of Social Science (Research) scoping.

● 2013-2014: Christian Heritage College External Review: Christian Studies curriculum.

EXTERNAL EXPERT CONSULTANT

● 2022-current: Global Leadership Institute: Institute of Higher Education Registration application

● 2022-current: Global Leadership Institute: Master of Police Leadership, Graduate Diploma of Police Leadership, Graduate Certificate in Police Leadership, Graduate Certificate in Police Leadership (Cybersecurity) accreditation.

BOOKS

J. M. Luetz, D. A. Austin, & A. Duderija (Eds.). (2023). Interfaith Approaches and Practices: The State of the Art. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Austin, D. A., Grey, J. and Lewis, P. eds. (2019). Asia Pacific Pentecostalism. Leiden: Brill.
Austin, D. A. (2011). ‘Kingdom-Minded People’: Christian Identity and the Contributions of Chinese Business Christians. Leiden: Brill.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Lüetz, J. M., Austin, D. A., & Duderija, A. (2023). “Interfaith Approaches and Practices: The State of the Art” in J. M. Luetz, D. A. Austin, & A. Duderija (Eds.). Interfaith Approaches and Practices: The State of the Art. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Austin, D. A., Pegram, N., & Muqowim. (2023). “Spiritual Formation in Muslim and Pentecostal Higher Education: A Comparative Case Study Between Australia and Indonesia (Part One)” in J. M. Lüetz, D. A. Austin, & A. Duderija (Eds.). Interfaith Approaches and Practices: The State of the Art. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Pegram, N., Austin, D. A., & Muqowim, Lüetz, J. M., & Duderija, A. (2023). “Character Formation in Muslim and Christian Higher Education: A Comparative Case Study Between Australia and Indonesia (Part Two)” in J. M. Luetz, D. A. Austin, & A. Duderija (Eds.). Interfaith Approaches and Practices: The State of the Art. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Austin, D. A., & Perry, D. (2021). Developing a research and scholarship framework: An Australian Christian higher education case study In Johannes M. Luetz and Beth Green, Innovating Christian Education Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 125-142). Springer: Singapore.
Austin, D. A., & Mawston, S. (2021). Identity Formation in Australian Pentecostalism: A Reception History of Romans 8:37. In Reception History: Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal and Charismatic Traditions, edited by R. Wadholm Jr, M. W. Mittelstadt, and D. D. Isgrigg. Cleveland TN: Centre for Pentecostal Theology, 257-281.
Austin, D. A. (2020). Andrew Evans: The Making of an Australian Pentecostal Politician. In Australasian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments from the Margins, edited by C. Rocha, M. Hutchinson and K. Openshaw. Leiden: Brill.
Austin, D. A. (2020). Women and Guangdong Native-Place Charity in Chinese Australian Pentecostalism: ‘The Miracle of Grace’. In Overseas Chinese Philanthropy, edited by J. Fitzgerald and H. M. Yip. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Austin, D. A. and Clifton, S. (2019). Australian Pentecostalism: From Marginalised to Mega-churches. In Asia Pacific Pentecostalism, edited by D. A. Austin, J. Grey and P. Lewis, 372-399. Leiden: Brill.
Austin, D. A. and Y. C. Lim Yeu. (2019). Critical Reflections on the Growth of Pentecostalism in Malaysia. In Asia Pacific Pentecostalism, edited by D. A. Austin, J. Grey and P. Lewis, 195-216. Leiden: Brill.
Austin, D. A. and Suzuki, M. (2019). The Contributions of Indigenous Leaders to the Development of Pentecostalism in Japan. In Asia Pacific Pentecostalism, edited by D. A. Austin, J. Grey and P. Lewis, 13-36. Leiden: Brill.
Austin, D. A. (2017). ‘Flowing Together’: The Origins and Early Development of Hillsong Church within Assemblies of God in Australia. In The Hillsong Movement Examined: You Call Me Out Upon The Waters, edited by T. Riches and T. Wager, 21-37. Melbourne: Palgrave McMillan.
Austin, D. A. and Grey, J. (2016). The ‘Outback Spirit’ of Pentecostal Women Pioneers in Australia. In Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry: Informing an Ongoing Gender-Focused Dialogue on the Faith Contributions of Women, edited by L. Olena and M. A. De Alminana, 204-226. Leiden: Brill.
Austin, D. A. (2015). ‘Joined Hands’: Asian Influence on Australian Pentecostal Identity. In Global Renewal of Christianity: Spirit-empowered Movements, Past, Present, and Future, vol 1: Asia and Oceania, Vinson Synan and Amos Yong, 283-293. Lake Mary FL: Charisma House Publishers.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Atabongwoung, G., Lüetz, J. M., & Austin, D. A. (2023). Invigorating Interfaith Consciousness for the Common Good: Reimagining the Role of African Religion and Pentecostalism in Contemporary South Africa. Religions, 14(4): 486-504.
Austin, D. A., & Perry, D., & Fogarty, S. (2022). Politics and Pentecostalism in Australia: Prime Minister Scott Morrison as the “Miracle Man”. Pneuma, 44: 100-188.
Austin, D. A., & Carter, J. (2022). Asia Pacific Theological Association: Three decades of contribution toward Pentecostal research and ministry training. International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 46(4): 505-515.
Austin, D. A., Pegram, N., Hodson, C., & Nelson, B. (2021). Australian higher education third party arrangements: an independent institute case study. Tertiary Education and Management, 27, 281-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-021-09077-1
Austin, D. A., & Davaadar, T. U. (2020). ‘What has been done for Mongolia?’: Origins and development of the Mongolian Assemblies of God, Inner Asia, 22, 277-298.
Austin, D. A. (December 2017). ‘A Contagious Church’: Theological Influences of Pentecostalism in Sydney (1916-2016). St Mark’s Review, 114-132.
Austin, D. A. (2017). The ‘Third Spreading’: Origins and Development of Protestant Evangelical Christianity in Contemporary Mongolia. Inner Asia, 19, 64-90.
Austin, D. A., & Perry, D. (2015). From Jerusalem to Athens: A Journey of Pentecostal Pedagogy in Australia. Journal of Adult Theological Education 12, 1, 43–55.

RECENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Austin, D. A. (23 July 2022). Keynote speaker (online). Building Third Party Arrangements: Sustainable Growth in Private Higher Education. Aditya Conference, India.

RESEARCH TRAINING

Professor Austin has examined and supervised many doctoral theses.