Professor Gene Moyle

Biography

A graduate from the Australian Ballet School, QUT Dance and after having danced with the Australian Ballet Dancers Company and Queensland Ballet, Gene pursued further studies in psychology completing a Masters and Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Working across the performing arts, elite sport and the corporate sector, Gene has focused upon the application of performance psychology and performance enhancement within these domains.

Her involvement in the performing arts has included being a Sessional Lecturer in Performance Psychology at QUT Creative Industries between 2001 to 2012, a Career Development Advisor for the national SCOPE and SCOPE for Artists Programs, the Head of Student Health & Welfare at the Australian Ballet School, in addition to consulting to various performing arts schools, associations, individual students and company professionals. She has significant experience in working with and leading multidisciplinary teams within high performance settings, and possesses specific expertise in the area of career development and transition.

As an endorsed sport and exercise psychologist, Gene has also supported a number of Olympic Winter sports programs across three Olympic cycles (Torino 2006, Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014), and has worked extensively within the elite sporting system at both State and National level across Winter and Summer Sports in both service provision and leadership roles including Senior Advisor Sport and Exercise Psychology at the Queensland Academy of Sport and Senior Performance Psychologist at the Australian Institute of Sport.

Gene’s research has centred upon the application of performance psychology to performing arts, sport and business sectors with a focus on enhancing human potential, performance and health and wellbeing. She has been an inaugural Associate Editor of the Performance Enhancement & Health journal, previously on the Editorial Board of the Annals of Applied Sport Science, and regularly contributed to international and national journals and magazines including DANCE Australia.

During her career, Gene has developed a broad experience base cultivated within established and start up small-through-large public and private organisations operating across Australia, New Zealand, North America and the United Kingdom. Positions within these companies have included Senior Executive, external consulting and internal roles across departments such as Learning and Development, Human Resources, and Health and Safety within the higher education, training, allied health, employment, energy, mining, transport, engineering, construction, allied health, Olympic sport and performing arts industries.

Gene has worked in Senior Executive and Management roles across a range of industries, including having held multiple positions on Boards and Advisory Committees. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Queensland Ballet, a Non-Executive Advisory Board Member of b.partners, and an Advisory Member of the Psychology Board of Australia's Code Expert Advisory Group. She joined QUT Creative Industries Faculty in the role as Head of Discipline - Dance in November 2012, was appointed the inaugural Head of School - School of Creative Practice in January 2017, and became the inaugural Associate Dean, International and Advancement for the Faculty in February 2019. In March 2021, she moved to the Office of the Provost as the Academic Director - New Projects. Further details – https://au.linkedin.com/in/genemoyle