William "Bill" Craig Martin (13 September 1956 – 27 April 2016) was an Australian sociologist.
[3][5] Martin completed a BA (Honours) at the Australian National University in 1977.
He undertook a PhD at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Iván Szelényi and Erik Olin Wright, his degree being conferred in 1988.
[2][3] Martin returned to Australia to take up a position at La Trobe University.
In 2009 he took up the position of Professor of Sociology and Program Leader of the Employment and Education research program at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland.