Indigenous and Aboriginality experts
Murdoch University’s experts on Australian Indigenous Studies and Aboriginality in Australia are involved in the teaching, learning and research of relevant histories, anthropology, politics and sociology.
Murdoch’s on campus Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre is directly involved in fostering programs and initiative that encourage increased participation in tertiary education by Indigenous students.
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Dr Nado AvelingAnti-discriminatory education and social justice Dr Nado Aveling is an expert on anti-discriminatory education within a post-colonial framework. Her research focuses on the social construction of gender and race identities and deconstructing the “normativity of whiteness" through field-based research. She is a senior lecturer in Education teaching social justice studies. |
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Associate Professor Cheryl Kickett-TuckerAboriginal identity, social and emotional wellbeing, Aboriginal education, community development Associate Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker’s research has focused on the development of culturally appropriate measures that explore the sense of self, identity and self-esteem of urban Aboriginal children, the development of an Aboriginal parenting program, exploration of racism and culturally secure Aboriginal education. Professor Kickett-Tucker has worked with Aboriginal people all her life in the fields of education, sport and health and is very passionate about using her research to make a real difference to the lives of Aboriginal children and their families. She is an Aboriginal woman from the Wadjuk, Balladong and Yued peoples in Western Australia. As well as being NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at Murdoch University, Professor Kickett-Tucker is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Telethon Institute for Child Health and the Director of the newly formed Pindi Pindi, the National Research Centre for Aboriginal Children, Families and Community. |
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Dr Bruce Walker
Back pain, manual therapies and indigenous health Dr Bruce Walker is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chiropractic and Sports Science where he teaches evidence-based practise and public health.His research interests include spinal pain, manual therapies, adverse events from spinal manipulation, Indigenous health, and evidence-based practice. Dr Walker is a national executive member of the Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia (COCA), a member of the Australian Epidemiological Association, the Spine Society of Australia and the National Network of Spine Scientists. He is currently Editor-in-Chief to the journal of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies and a member of the Human Research Ethics Committee at Murdoch University. |
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Glen StasiukFilm production and Indigenous history and community Glen Stasiuk is the award-winning Director of The Forgotten, a documentary examining the Aboriginal community's contribution to the Australian Armed Forces in the 20th Century, voted best documentary at the 2003 West Australian Screen Awards (WASA). Recent productions include Noongar of the Beeliar (Swan River), Weewar, The Ngallak Koort Boodja Project and a short documentary, Footprints in the Sand, which he wrote and directed for the National Indigenous Documentary Initiative (NIDF7) in 2007. Glen's film Gnulla Katitjin Quoppardar Boodjar (Our Understanding of Beautiful Country) was launched in York in October 2008 to further acclaim. In 2011 he was awarded a major Australian Research Council grant to examine the penal history of Rottnest Island. |
To reach these experts for media enquiries, contact:
| Rob Payne Media & Communications Coordinator Phone: 08 9360 2491 r.payne@murdoch.edu.au |
Candice Barnes Media & Communications Coordinator Phone: 08 9360 2474 c.barnes@murdoch.edu.au |
Pepi Smyth Media & Communications Coordinator Phone: 08 9360 1289 p.smyth@murdoch.edu.au |
For all other enquiries, please ring reception on 08 9360 6000.
