Archie Thomas – The Conversation

Senior research fellow, University of Technology Sydney

Dr Archie Thomas (he/him) is a Chancellors' Senior Research Fellow in the discipline of Social and Political Sciences in the Faculty of Design and Society at UTS in Sydney, Australia. Archie is a non-Indigenous researcher and a transgender man.

Archie's research is focused on how educative institutions like schools and the media can change – and have changed – to meet the aspirations of historically marginalised groups. This includes research on issues such as school exclusion and the school-prison nexus, the inclusion and protection of LGBTIQASB+ teachers' rights, the experiences and strategies of diverse journalists in news media, and Indigenous remodellings of education systems and governance as a practice of self-determination and nationhood. He works collaboratively with communities, organisations and government, and on policy impact and social justice.

He is the lead author of Does the media fail Aboriginal political aspirations? (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2020), Yipirinya: education for self-determination (forthcoming, 2026), and the co-editor of Educational Agitations (Routledge, 2026).

Experience

2023–present

Chancellors Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
2025–present

Chancellors Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
2021–2022

Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
2021–2021

Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University

Education

Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Arts (Cultural Studies)
2021

University of Technology Sydney, PhD
2017

University of Technology Sydney, Master of Education

Professional Memberships

Australian Queer Archives
Australian Association of Research in Education
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand Communications Association

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