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Professor Bronwyn Carlson

Professor Bronwyn CarlsonBronwyn Carlson is the Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University. Bronwyn is an Aboriginal woman who was born on and lives on D'harawal Country in NSW Australia. She is a scholar with both a national and international reputation in the field of Indigenous Studies.

Bronwyn was awarded her first ARC grant in 2013 for her research on Aboriginal identity and community on social media. She was awarded a second consecutive ARC grant in 2016 to explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander help-seeking behaviours on social media.

Bronwyn has vast teaching and curriculum development experience and has published in scholarly journals, nationally and internationally. She maintains a strong connection between Indigenous Studies pedagogy and research. She is the author of the book, The Politics of Identity: Who Counts as Aboriginal Today? (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2016) and is the founding and managing editor of the Journal of Global Indigeneity.