Melissa is the Academic Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, at Monash Law. She teaches, researches and writes on Australian public law, Indigenous legal issues, human rights law, and legal education. Melissa's most recent book is Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia (2021). Melissa was a Chief Investigator on an ARC funded project that investigated the legal and other barriers to Indigenous Australians' registration and certification of birth. Her most recent ARC project is 'Real-time rights-based recordkeeping governance' which analyses and evaluate how records co-creation can be conceptualised in child protection and information law contexts. She is National Editorial Convener for the Alternative Law Journal and a Board Member of the Victoria Law Foundation. She is on twitter @DrMCastan.
Experience
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–presentDeputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
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–presentNational Editorial Convenor, Alternative Law Journal
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2018–presentAssociate professor, Law Faculty, Monash University
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2003–2017Senior lecturer, Law Faculty, Monash University
Education
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2018Monash University , Doctor of Philosphy
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2011Monash University, Postgraduate Diploma of Education
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1999University of Melbourne, Master of Laws
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1992Monash University, Batchelor of Arts, Batchelor of Laws
Research Areas
- Law (1801)
- Law And Legal Studies (18)
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Law (180101)
- Melbourne, Australia
- Website
- @DrMCastan
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
