Chris Ronan is a postgraduate student at the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management at the University of Melbourne with his main research interests being in Regional, Rural and Remote higher education policy and low-SES student equity issues.

Chris has worked in the higher education sector across the United States, New Zealand, and Australia in a range of roles including Deputy Head of Hall at the Victoria University of Wellington, Residence Director in the United States, and as a consultant for university residential life and student accommodation projects.