- Adjunct fellow, Western Sydney University
B.A. in Anthropology Gettysburg College, graduated MPhil in Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, HDR research on the astronomy of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi peoples. PhD, School of Humanities and Languages, University of NSW, researching a project in Aboriginal astronomy. Adjunct Fellow Western Sydney University. Works with Ray Norris and Duane Hamacher, both contributors in this subject to the Conversation.
Experience
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2020–presentAdjunct fellow, Western Sydney University
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2015–2020PhD Candidate, University of New South Wales
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2012–2015Researcher Indigenous Cultural Astronomy, Macquarie University
Education
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2020University of NSW, PhD Ethnography
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2015Macquarie University, MPhil Indigenous Studies
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1966Gettysburg College, B.A. Anthropology and Sociology
Publications
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2021Linking the Pleiades to a reawakened Black Duck Songline in Southeastern Australia, The Australian Journal of Anthropology
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2014The Emu Sky Knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Peoples, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
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2014Star Maps and Travelling to Ceremonies: The Euahlayi People and their use of the Night Sky, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
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2014The astronomy of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi peoples and their neighbours, Australian Aboriginal Studies
Professional Memberships
- Astronomical Society of Australia
- Northern Sydney Astronomical Society
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