Ms Shelly McGrath

Lecturer

Indigenous Education and Research

Email:shelly.mcgrath@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 40550886

Career Summary

Biography

Anglo-Celtic settler living and working on the unceded lands of the First Peoples of the Central Coast region of NSW. PhD candidate whose research examines state-sanctioned violence and the reproduction of racialised hierarchies which exist to disrupt the capabilities of First Peoples and advance settler-colonial territorialisation.

I use critical theories to explicate how the triangulate of colonialism, capitalism and carcerality must be dismantled to make way for the rebuilding of more sustainable and just futures based in First Laws and Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Aboriginal Studies (Honours), University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice, University of Newcastle

Keywords

Abolition
Decolonisation
Indigenous Studies
Settler-colonialism
Social Change

Languages

English (Mother)

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
450117	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing	40
450518	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law	30
441012	Sociology of inequalities	30

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Lecturer	University of Newcastle Indigenous Education and Research Australia

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
3/10/2019 - 29/6/2020	Lecturer	The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle Australia

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Other (1 outputs)

Year

Citation

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Link

2023

Butler K, Kember H, McGrath S, Fam D, 'Partnering with First Nations Communities in planning - A case study', (2023)

Co-authors	Kathleen Butler

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News

News • 30 May 2023

Australia-first research into First Nations and city planning

The Greater Cities Commission (the Commission), in partnership with University of Newcastle’s Wollotuka Institute and the Institute for Regional Futures, has today launched the Partnering with First Nations Communities in City and Regional Planning research report.

News • 4 May 2021

Scholarships to boost academic careers for 132 PhD students

The University of Newcastle today recognised the recipients of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Training Priority Scheme, aimed at providing a pathway for Honours students to undertake a PhD and gain teaching skills to enhance their academic career prospects.