All Menzies Memorial Scholars

SALLY GAINSBURY (nee MONAGHAN)
2007 Menzies Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences

Sally Gainsbury holds the degree of Bachelor of Psychology with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney (2004).

Sally's PhD project entitled "Do irrational beliefs maintain problem gambling behaviour?" was carried out at the University of Sydney.

In 2010, Sally was awarded a $25,000 allied health start-up grant from the Menzies Foundation to begin groundbreaking research at the Southern Cross University into internet gambling in Australia.  Click here for further information.

Sally currently holds a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Centre for Gambling Education and Research at Southern Cross University and is a Research Affiliate in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney where she completed a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology. Sally is the Associate Editor for International Gambling Studies, an academic peer-review journal that publishes a multi-disciplinary gambling paper.

Aug 2010

BELINDA GIBSON
1983 Menzies Scholar in Law

Education
1981 BEc, LLB (Hons) (Sydney)
1983-4 LLM (Hons) (Cantab) Gonville & Caius College - restitution and international trade law

Current position
ASIC Commissioner

Career history

Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney - specialising in transactional advice and in corporate and securities law
Director, Menzies Foundation Board
Director, Air Services Australia
Stephen Jaques & Stephen, Commercial Department
Norton Rose, UK , Mergers and Acquisitions Department

Professional/Other affiliations
Menzies Memorial Scholars Association
Member: Macquarie University Graduate School of Management Advisory Council

Areas of Professional Interest
Contract negotiation and drafting and advice on corporate legal issues; corporate governance and accounting practices.

DR BEN GOLDER
2005 Menzies Scholar in Law

Education
BA (English literature) First Class Hons and LLB (2004), University of New South Wales. Ben was awarded the University Medal in Law.

PhD in legal theory, Birkbeck College, University of London.

Current position
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales.

Career history
Ben taught law at the University of East London, University College London, Birkbeck College and New York University in London.

Research Interests
Legal and social theory (particularly critical, feminist and post-structuralist approaches to law), legal philosophy, criminal law and public law (particularly critical approaches to counter-terrorist law and capital punishment).