Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2021
  • Graduate Certificate of Conflict Resolution and Mediation, University of Queensland, 2014
  • Masters of Development Practice (Community Development, International Relations), 2013
  • Graduate Diploma of Education, University of New England, 1998
  • Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Hons, Anthropology), University of Sydney, 1987

Experiences:

  • Research assistant: 2021-2022
  • Guest lecturer: Anthropology (ANTH 1030 & ANTH 1008), University of Queensland, 2019, 2020
  • Tutor: Political Science (POLS 3102), University of Queensland, 2021
  • Tutor: Anthropology (ANTH 1008), University of Queensland, 2019
  • Tutor: Masters of Education (EDUC7600), University of Queensland, 2018-2021
  • Tutor: Sociology (SOCY 1050 & SOCY 3329), University of Queensland, 2019 and 2021
  • Research assistant, Outreach Team, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, 2016-17
  • Senior education officer, Department of Education (Queensland), 2006 – 2022
    • regulatory assessment: home education, non-state schooling and CRICOS
  • Classroom teacher, Department of Education (Queensland), 1999-2006
  • Company director, Cottage Industries Homes, 1991-1995
  • Tutor: Anthropology Department, University of Sydney, 1988
  • Research assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Sydney, 1986-88

Service:

  • Volunteer, refugee support hub, Brisbane, 2017-22
  • PhD representative, Refugee Education Special Interest Group 2019-2021
  • Founding member, Academics for Refugees, University of Queensland, 2019-2021
  • Australian Network of Student Anthropologists (ANSA) President, 2020
  • Student representative, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, 2018

Research interests:

  • Seeking asylum, refugees and issues surrounding resolution of refugee status
  • Anthropology of policy
  • Citizenship and the national imaginary
  • Methodological innovations to provide voice under constraints of policy/citizenship issues  

Projects:

  • Freedom on a Thread: living in limbo as part of the Australian “asylum legacy caseload” (PhD thesis). Supervised by Professor Greg Marston and Dr Jenny Munro, 2016-2021