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Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University

Sandra Phillips is Associate Dean (Indigenous Education) at Western Sydney University in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts. Sandra also teaches and produces research on Indigenous writing and publishing. An Aboriginal woman from Queensland, Sandra is Wakka Wakka and Gooreng Gooreng and was raised on-Country. An industry-trained book editor, Sandra worked at Magabala Books, UQP, and Aboriginal Studies Press before earning a PhD in Literary Studies. Sandra has also held significant leadership roles across Australian arts and culture including past appointed member of the Library Board of Queensland governing the State Library of Queensland, past twice-elected chairperson of the First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN), and past deputy chair of the former Australia Council for Arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board. Sandra is a Chief Investigator on Community Publishing in Regional Australia (ARC LP210300666) and on Reading climate: Indigenous literatures, subject English and Sustainability (ARC LP220200724). Sandra is also Honorary Associate Professor at The University of Queensland in the School of Communication and Arts. Photo: Mick Richards.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Associate Dean and Associate Professor , Western Sydney University
  • 2020–2022
    Associate Dean (Indigenous Engagement), UQ
  • 2018–2020
    Coordinator Indigenous HDR, University of Technology Sydney
  • 2013–2018
    Lecturer, QUT Creative Industries
  • 2012–2013
    Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast

Education

  • 2012 
    QUT, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 1988 
    UQ, Bachelor of Arts

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Reading climate: Indigenous literatures, school English and Sustainability
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2022
    Community Publishing in Regional Australia
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN)