Fields of Research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curriculum and pedagogy
Other education
Environmental education and extension
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student engagement and teaching
Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy
Higher education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sociology
Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
Australian history
Education assessment and evaluation
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Other Indigenous studies
Technical, further and workplace education
Curriculum and pedagogy
Health services and systems
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion
Sociology of education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing

Research Objectives

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education engagement and attendance outcomes
Tourism services
Teacher and instructor development
Other education and training
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health
Other culture and society
Teaching and curriculum
Inclusive education
Pedagogy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community service programs
Understanding Australia's past
Expanding knowledge in human society
Other Indigenous
Law reform
Policies and development
Equity and access to education

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Collaborating for community-engaged scholarship in health and wellbeing: A co-autoethnographic study of Indigenous self-determined researcher development; International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies
Aboriginal Education Workers in Tasmania becoming Teachers
Analysis of 'Partners in a Learning Culture Blueprint for Implementation' Midterm review reports in relation to Training Packages and Indigenous stakeholders
Developing cultural competence as a graduate attribute at the University of Tasmania; Journal of Literature and Art Studies
Developing Pictorial Conceptual Metaphors as a means of understanding and changing the Australian health system for Indigenous people; Action Learning Action Research Journal
Enhancing cultural capability as a graduate attribute at the University of Tasmania; Research & Reviews: Journal of Educational Studies
Exploring Aboriginal identity in Australia and building resilience; Indigenous, Aboriginal, Fugitive and Ethnic Groups Around the Globe
Finding space and place: using narrative and imagery to support successful outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in enabling programs; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Gendered Indigenous Health and Wellbeing within the Australian Health System: A Review of the Literature; CQ University
Impediments to educational success for Indigenous students; Two Way Teaching and Learning
Improving the Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students within Catholic Education Tasmania
Improving the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students within Catholic Education Tasmania
Improving the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students within Catholic Education Tasmania: literature review
Indigenising Universities: Looking at the UTAS Model; AIATSIS 2014 Conference, Breaking Barriers in Indigenous Research & Thinking: 50 years on
Indigenous footprints on health curriculum; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Indigenous higher education: the role of universities in releasing the potential; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Indigenous Perspectives and Cultural Identity; Diversity, Inclusion and engagement
Indigenous Perspectives and Cultural Identity; Diversity and Inclusion in Australian Schools
Introduction; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Linking Two Bays project; 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED)
Research collaborative scholarly creative writing: two poems about quantitative research and two about qualitative research; Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues
Role of Australian Indigenous support staff in higher education; Professional and Support Staff in Higher Education
Teacher education, Aboriginal studies and the new national curriculum; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Tracks into Teaching
Tracks into Teaching: A guide to becoming a teacher in Tasmania for Year 9-12 students
Upholding heightened expectations of Indigenous children? Parents do, teachers do not; Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Wadu
‘Ngulluck Katitj Wah Koorl Koorliny/ Us mob going along learning to research together’: Drawing on action research to develop a literature review on Indigenous gendered health and wellbeing; Action Learning Action Research Journal

Research Projects

14th Annual Hawaii International Conference on arts and Humanities - January 2016; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Aboriginal Tasmania Digital Map Expansion to Include UTAS Aboriginal Site Interpretations; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Educating the Tourist; Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment (DTAE)
How do Indigenous Children grow up strong in education?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
National Indigenous Research and Knowledge Network (NIRAKN); Australian Research Council (ARC)
Yolla Birding Project Video; Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment (DTAE)
A unit dedicated to dementia in Indigenous peoples in the online Dementia Care Degree Program
Aboriginal Education Worker (AEW) Views on Teaching
Improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Non-Aboriginal pre-service teachers' attitudes to teaching Tasmanian Aboriginal histories and cultures.

Research Candidate Supervision