Marian Simms

Marian Jane Simms (14 December 1951 – 28 April 2021) was an Australian political scientist, and was a full professor at the University of Otago, and Deakin University. She specialised in gender studies in leadership and political science.

Early life and education Simms was born in Canberra, and grew up on its outskirts. She attended Lyneham High School, followed by the Australian National University, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts with honours in 1974. Her honours thesis was on John Latham and the Great Depression in Australia, and was supervised by L. F. Crisp. Simms taught for a year at the University of Adelaide before enrolling for a PhD, initially at Melbourne University. Simms left Otago to join Deakin University as Head of the School of History, Heritage and Society. Following this, she was at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra, where she worked on the "50:50 by 2030 initiative", a programme to achieve gender equity in public service and government leadership across Australia. Simms chaired the International Political Science Association's Research Committee on Gender, Globalization and Democratization for three years, from 2003. She was also a Fulbright Fellow, using her award to visit the University of Southern California campus in Washington DC.

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