Principal Practitioner
Positions: Associate Professor, School of Social Science, Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Music, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Katelyn Barney is a non-Indigenous teaching and research academic based within the School of Social Science and also affiliated with the School of Music at The University of Queensland.
Strong long-term relationships and partnerships with Indigenous people is at the centre of her work. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Katelyn co-leads a podcast series on teaching called Indigenising Curriculum in Practice with Professor Tracey Bunda and is also the Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.
Katelyn is known for her leadership in two additional areas: improving pathways for Indigenous students into and through higher education, and advancing understandings about the role of collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.