People
Directors
Dr Ray Kelly
Co-Director
Deputy Head of Wollotuka Institute, Indigenous Education and Research
- T: +61 (0) 4921 7408
- E: raymond.kelly@newcastle.edu.au
Professor Kate Senior
Co-Director
Principal Research Fellow, Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre , Australian Health Services Research Institute , University of Wollongong
- T: +61 (0) 4921 7408
- E: kate.senior@newcastle.edu.au
Research
Dr Jacqueline Wright
Project Officer, Research Assistant
- T: +61 2 4921 7408
- E: jacqui.wright@newcastle.edu.au
Prof Emeritus John Maynard
Emeritus Professor
Indigenous Education and Research
- john.maynard@newcastle.edu.au
- 0408416886
Professor Victoria Haskins
Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- victoria.haskins@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215221
Professor Kathleen Butler
Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Strategy and Leadership
Office - DVC (Research and Innovation)
- kathleen.butler@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217747
Dr Kit Candlin
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- kit.candlin@newcastle.edu.au
- 49216413
Dr Daphne Daniels
Chair Strongbala Pipul Wanbala Bois Komiti (Strong People One Voice Committee), Deputy Chair Yugul Mangi Development Aboriginal Corporation, Chair Family Violence Prevention Working Group, Nyukurr Community
Dr Daphne Daniels is a Nunggubuyu woman from Ngukurr in South-East Arnhem Land. She is the deputy chair of the Yugal Mangi Development Corporation and the editor of the Ngukurr News. In 2022 Daphne was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle, recognising her involvement in 25 years of community-based research.
Assoc Prof Daniela Heil
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- daniela.heil@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216790
Dr Marguerite Johnson
Professor
School of Humanities and Social Science (Classics)
- T: +61 (0) 432 104 884
- E: marguerite.johnson@newcastle.edu.au
Associate Professor Amy Maguire
Associate Professor
Newcastle Law School
- T: +61 (0) 2 4921 5374
- E: Amy.Maguire@newcastle.edu.au
Assoc Prof Julie McIntyre
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- julie.mcintyre@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217029
Associate Professor Sara C Motta
Head of Politics and International Relations Group
Newcastle Business School
- T: +61 (0) 2 4921 5020
- E: sara.c.motta@newcastle.edu.au
Assoc Prof Heather Sharp
Associate Professor
School of Education
- heather.sharp@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249218700
Dr Kevin Sobel-Read
Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice
- kevin.sobel-read@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216613
Assoc Prof Tamara Young
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- tamara.young@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215804
Dr Paul Hodge
Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- paul.hodge@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215092
Dr Simon Weaving
Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- simon.weaving@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243494591
Professor Sarah Wright
Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- sarah.wright@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217157
Cara Cross
Thesis: Our land, our healer: Exploring the use of sulphur, sulphate minerals and sulphate clays within Aboriginal pharmacopoeia.
Ashlen Francisco
Thesis: A History of the Transition from Protection to Welfare in NSW 1939-1940.
Dr Padraic Gibson
Thesis: The Communist Party of Australia and the Fight for Aboriginal Rights 1921 – 1934.
Dr Srishti Guha
Thesis: Gaze Returned: The Politics of Colonial Visual Culture and Iconography in India and Australia 1860 – 1950.
Dr Jesse Hodgetts
Thesis: Traditional Aboriginal Language and Song from Original Speakers and Songmen in NSW.
Carole Y Johnson
Thesis: NAISDA and Indigenous urban Dance in Australia in the 1980s: A story of political activism, community development and transnational cooperation and creativity!
Estelle Leishman
Thesis: Eco-Art Mulubinba, Examining the benefits, challenges and innovations of utilizing a sustainable art practice in Newcastle, NSW.
Associate Professor Marlene Longbottom
Thesis: Balwalwanga bhulungs: We are strong women.
Dr Pearl Nunn
Thesis: Visible and Vocal: Women of Colour in Eighteenth Century Britain.
Aiden Powell
Thesis: From Songlines to Spotify: The Polyphonic Story of Aboriginal Music and Song in the 21st Century
Dr Jennifer Rumbel
Thesis: Sacred Stories – Sacred Spaces: A Journey into Discovery, Truth & Right Relations
Jane Singleton
Thesis: The work and life of Katie Langloh Parker who notated Noongahburrah/Yuwaalaraay legends and language in 19thcentury North West NSW.
Dr Truman Smith
Thesis: "Unprovoked Barbarity": Kidnapping on Queensland’s Frontier, 1859 – 1897.
Derrick Vale
Thesis: Knock 'Em Down Bowra: Looking into the Life of Aboriginal People in Bowraville from a Koori's Point of View.
Lynette Walshe
Thesis: An epistemology of the philosophical culture and spirituality between Indigenous Language and Country. Gathering a holistic understanding of the expression "Language Belongs to Country".
Nadine Wilson
Thesis: People of the Wulawula (Forest near Water): A more-than-human history of Worimi Country/the Myall Lakes region.
Professor Pal Ahluwalia
Vice-Chancellor President Professor Pal Ahluwalia
The University of the South Pacific
Dr Laurie Bamblett
Co-director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History
Australian National University
Professor Swapna Banerjee
Director, Research and Academic Programs
Jumbunna Inst for Indigenous Education & Research. Director, SIC - Strengthening Indigenous Communities. Core Member, SIC - Strengthening Indigenous Communities
Professor Richard Chenhall
Professor in Medical Anthropology
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Professor Kathleen Clapham
Senior Aboriginal researcher and anthropologist
Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong
Dr Daphne Daniels
Chair, Strongbala Pipul Wanbala Bois Komiti (Strong People One Voice Committee), Deputy Chair, Yugul Mangi Development Aboriginal Corporation, Chair, Family Violence Prevention Working Group
Ngukurr Community
Professor Françoise Dussart
Department of Anthropology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
University of Connecticut
Dr Frances Edmonds
Senior Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Professor Penny Edmonds
Dean of Research & Matthew Flinders Professor, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Flinders University
Associate Professor John Robert Evans
Director, Undergraduate Indigenous Program
University of Sydney
Professor Valerie Harwood
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology of Education
Sydney School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney
Ms Jackie Huggins
Doctor of the University Honoris Causa, AM, FAHA
B.A. Hons (UQ), Dip.Ed. (Flinders)
Professor Emerita Marilyn Lashley
Professor Emerita, Department of Political Science
Howard University, Washington D.C
Dr Paul McKenzie-Jones
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta CA
Professor Chris Mullard
Director Focus Consultancy, Chairman of the Bernie Grant Trust, Chairman of the London Notting Hill Festival, Patron of the Slavery memorial Trust and Honorary Consul general for the Republic of South Africa
Director Focus Consultancy, Chairman of the Bernie Grant Trust, Chairman of the London Notting Hill Festival, Patron of the Slavery memorial Trust and Honorary Consul general for the Republic of South Africa
Mr Djon Mundine
Djon Mundine OAM, independent Bandjalung curator, writer, artist, activist
Concept-Curator 1988 Aboriginal Memorial, Winner 2020 Red Ochre Life-time Achievement Award of the Australia Council
Professor Atsushi Nobayashi
Center for Cultural Resource Studies
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Japan
Dr Patricia O'Brien
Australian Research Council Future Fellow, School of History
Australian National University
Dr Naomi Parry
Lecturer
University of Tasmania and Accredited Member Professional Historians' Association
Dr Venetria K Patton
Director, African American Studies & Research Center
Purdue College of Liberal Arts
Ms Karen Rogers
Director, Ngukurr Arts Aboriginal Corporation
Ngukurr, Northern Territory, Australia
Associate Professor Theresa Runstedtler
Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences
American University, Washington D.C
Scott Manning Stevens
Director, Native American Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University, NY
Terry Snowball
Repatriation Coordinator
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD 20746
Dr Ronald Stephens
Professor of African American Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Purdue College of Liberal Arts
Professor Sudebilige
Professor, and Dean of School of Education
Minzu University of China
Professor Quito Swan
ACLS Frederick Burkhardt Fellow and Professor of African Diaspora History
Howard University, Washington D.C
Michael Williams
Independent Consultant Director
University of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies unit, 1992-2010
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The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.