Michael Head (academic)

Michael ("Mike") Head (born 1957) is an Australian academic and lecturer at the University of Western Sydney.

Head obtained a master's degree in law from the Columbia University in New York. Having initially taught law at Columbia, Adelaide and ANU, Head began teaching at the University of Western Sydney in 1999. His main areas of study have been civil liberties, democratic rights, public law and legal theory. He has written numerous books on these topics.

Head became the first legal PhD graduate from the University of Western Sydney in 2004. He went on to win the award for the UWS leading researcher by publications in the period 2004-2006.

Head is also a national committee member in the Australian Socialist Equality Party for whom he has recently contested the seat of Fowler.