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Research has found people with ethnic-sounding names have felt they need to use more “English-friendly” names to be considered for job interviews. shutterstock

December 16, 2022

What is a name microaggression and could you be doing it without knowing?

Sender Dovchin, Curtin University

Name microaggression refers to negative assumptions about people with ethnic-sounding birth names. This can lead to bigger acts of discrimination, which causes harm to people with these names.

Non-Indigenous researchers need to stop conducting research ‘on’ First Nations communities, and instead work ‘with’ them to gain knowledges. Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Vincent Lambert/AAP

August 23, 2022

‘You can’t just show up and start asking questions’: why researchers need to understand the importance of yarning for First Nations

Robyn Ober, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education; Rhonda Oliver, Curtin University, and Sender Dovchin, Curtin University

First Nations communities have experienced data being collected by researchers unethically. Better practices and relationships with communities can happen through ways of sharing such as yarning.

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May 12, 2022

‘Stop measuring black kids with a white stick’: how to make school assessments fairer for all

Carly Steele, Curtin University; Graeme Gower, Curtin University; Rhonda Oliver, Curtin University, and Sender Dovchin, Curtin University

The languages and the methods of classroom assessments need to be expanded. Such changes will make assessment more inclusive and fairer for all, particularly First Nations students.

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