Bill Louden AM is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Western Australia. He was senior deputy vice chancellor at the University of Western Australia from 2009-2013 and dean of education from 2006-2008.
Professor Louden is a board member of Brightwater Care Group and a trustee of the Fogarty Foundation. He chaired the Western Australian Government’s Literacy and Numeracy Review Taskforce and was a member of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy. He was chair of Curriculum Council of Western Australia, foundation board member of the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, and foundation deputy chair of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.
Prof Louden has a PhD from the University of Toronto, Arts and Education degrees from the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University, and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators.
In 2014, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to higher education in WA and as a leader in teacher education and sector reform.
