Dr Jackie Huggins (Editor)
Jackie Huggins AM (BA Qld, BA Hons, DipEd Flinders) is of the Bidjara (Central Queensland) and Birri-Gubba Juru (North Queensland) peoples. Jackie has a BA majoring in history and anthropology from the University of Queensland and an Honours degree in history and women's studies and a Diploma of Education from Flinders University. Jackie holds many leadership positions in organisations across the country. She is currently Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia; a Director of the Telstra Foundation; Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University; Council Member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; Member of the Indigenous Advisory Board of the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, Central Queensland University; Co-Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Release Policy and Practice in the Queensland Prison System (2004); and Member of the Indigenous Advisory Board of the State Library of Queensland. She was a former Executive Member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (1994-2000); former Chair of the Queensland Domestic Violence Council (2001); former Commissioner for Queensland for the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families (1997); former member of the ATSIC Review Panel (2003). Jackie is on many editorial advisory boards and has published widely on Australian Indigenous issues, in particular history and women's studies. She authored Auntie Rita (with Rita Huggins 1994) and Sistergirl (1999). Jackie is Editor of the Australian Journal of Indigenous Education and a member of the Editorial Board of Life Writing. In 2000 she received the Premier's Millenium Award for Excellence in Indigenous Affairs and in 2001 was awarded an Australia Medal (AM) for her work with Indigenous people, particularly reconciliation, literacy, women's issues and social justice.
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Telephone: +61 (7) 3365-6709
Facsimile: +61 (7) 3365-6855
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Dr Elizabeth Mackinlay (Editor)
Liz Mackinlay (BMus Hons, PhD Adelaide, PhD Qld) is a Senior Lecturer in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland where she teaches Indigenous Studies, Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. Liz completed her PhD in Ethnomusicology in 1998 and a PhD in Education in 2003. She is undertaking research on Indigenous Australian women's performance, performance pedagogy and embodied learning, and music teaching and music learning environments. A full list of publications can be found here. Liz is presently the National Treasurer of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA), President of the Queensland Chapter of the MSA (MSAQ), and Council Member of the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Society for Music Education (ASME). She is also Editor of the Queensland Journal of Music Education and Co-Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.
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Telephone: +61 (7) 3365-6712
Facsimile: +61 (7) 3365-6855
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Dr Sean Ulm (Assistant Editor)
Sean Ulm (BA Hons, PhD Qld, MAACAI) has been engaged in the research and teaching programmes of the Unit since 1993. Sean co-coordinates (with Ian Lilley) the undergraduate courses ABTS2090 Independent Project in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies 1, ABTS2090 Independent Project in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies 2 and ABTS3020 Working with Indigenous People as well as supervising many postgraduate students across the University. Sean is also Assistant Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Sean manages the Unit's website, prepares annual and other reports and edits the Ngulaig Monograph Series and the Unit's Research Report Series. Sean's major research interests include: Australian coastal archaeology; southeast Queensland archaeology; Aboriginal social formations and cultural processes and Indigenous cultural heritage and cultural property rights. Results of Sean's recent research have been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Radiocarbon, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Australian Archaeology, Geoarchaeology and Archaeology in Oceania. A full list of publications can be found here. Sean holds positions on several professional bodies and editorial committees, including: Editor of Australian Archaeology and Junior Representative for South-East Asia and the Pacific for the World Archaeological Congress.
Further details are available in Sean's Research Solutions profile.
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Telephone: +61 (7) 3365-2385
Facsimile: +61 (7) 3365-2359
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Dr Katelyn Barney (Managing Editor)
Katelyn Barney (PhD Qld, Grad Cert Ed Qld, BMus Hons Qld, BA Qld, A.Mus. A) is currently Research Officer in the Unit and Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Her main research interests include collaborative research with Indigenous Australian women who perform in contemporary music contexts, representation and ethics, and reflective writing as a teaching and learning tool. She teaches a range of topics including music history, ethnomusicology, popular music, women and music, aural training and Indigenous studies. She is also Secretary of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Australia and New Zealand Branch) and National Treasurer of the Musicological Society of Australia.
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Telephone: +61 (7) 3365-6712
Facsimile: +61 (7) 3365-6855
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Jan Stewart (Publications Administrative Assistant)
Jan is an Administrative Assistant for The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. She is a primary teacher and holds a BA in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and a BEd (Hons) in Indigenous Education from the University of Queensland. Jan is currently conducting research for a PhD in Indigenous Education with the School of Education.
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Telephone: +61 (7) 3365-6752
Facsimile: +61 (7) 3365-6855
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