The School of Indigenous Knowledges is led by Aboriginal staff and is co-located with the Kulbardi Aboriginal Center at Murdoch University. The School aims to bring in as many knowledge holders from the community to teach students.
Associate Professor Bep Uink (She/her)
Dean of Indigenous Knowledges
Associate Professor Bep Uink (She/her)
Dean of Indigenous Knowledges
Bep Uink (Master of Applied Psychology (Clinical), PhD) is a Noongar woman from Perth, WA. She has worked at Murdoch University since 2017 in her roles as Post-Doctoral Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre. Her research focuses on understanding how socially determined disadvantage impacts the social emotional wellbeing of young people, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and how social systems such as higher education can support young peoples’ wellbeing.
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Associate Professor Rebecca Bennett (She/Her)
Associate Dean Research and Associate Dean Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Associate Professor Rebecca Bennett (She/Her)
Associate Dean Research and Associate Dean Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Rebecca Bennett is the Pro Vice Chancellor Equity Diversity and Inclusion at Murdoch. She co-leads the multidisciplinary Aboriginal Culture Education and Equity (ACEE) research lab in the School of Indigenous Knowledges. Her research interests include social justice and higher education; racism and allyship; Indigenous higher education; LGBTIQA+ inclusion; popular and digital culture, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
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Ms Jenna Woods
Associate Dean Teaching and Learning
Ms Jenna Woods
Associate Dean Teaching and Learning
Jenna is a Noongar woman with family connections to the South West. She has been at Murdoch University since 2010, first as a student and then a teaching-focused academic. Jenna’s teaching background includes the disciplines of Australian Indigenous Studies and Community Development with a teaching focus on the theory and practice of working with Indigenous communities and community development more generally. Her areas of interest include Aboriginal women’s and children’s interests, the impact of racism on Aboriginal communities, family violence, gender relations and social justice.
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