Rachel Lynwood

Biography

Rachel is Associate Dean (Education), and Senior Lecturer at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian peoples, Southern Cross University. Some of Rachel's key areas of scholarly expertise are in social and emotional well-being, Trauma and Resilience, Indigenous pedagogies, Scholarship of Learning & Teaching, and Indigenous health.

Research

Rachel's current PhD work is based on her experiences as an Indigenous scholar and Bundjalung woman in the Australian higher education sector. Rachel's research interests are also strongly informed by her community engagement work with community elders, representatives, and volunteer work in the area of Circle Sentencing initiatives with the Department of Communities & Justice, NSW.