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Dr. Debbie Bargallie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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I am a descendent of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua Aboriginal peoples of the Liverpool Plains and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales in Australia. I was born and raised on Dharawal country in Wollongong, New South Wales, where I continue to have strong connections. I currently reside on the land of the Quandamooka peoples. My paternal great grandfather came to Australia in the late 1890’s from the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent now located in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first book is Unmasking the racial contract: Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service<\/a> <\/em>(Aboriginal Studies Press 2020). I have a new co-edited book titled Critical Racial and Decolonial Literacies: Breaking the silence <\/em> <\/a> published on 22 August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am Associate Professor – Principal Research Fellow at Griffith University. I am a critical race scholar and cover the areas of sociology, social and political science, law, critical Indigenous studies and education with a focus on race and racism. My research primarily examines the experiences of Indigenous peoples and work and Indigenous peoples and Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a member of the\u00a0Griffith Institute for Educational Research\u00a0<\/a>(GIER) and\u00a0Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research<\/a>\u00a0(GCSCR). I am an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University with the Centre of Critical Indigenous Studies in the Faculty of Arts. I also hold an Adjunct Professor position at UNIPDU University in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia. I was appointed to the Australian Research Council (ARC) 2026 College of Experts and as Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. I serve as President of the Queensland Muslim Historical Society. In addition, I am a member of Centre for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) and BERA (British Educational Research Association). I was also a committee member (2019-2020) of the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (ACRAWSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I held a long-term executive level management career in the Australian Public Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See my research work and publications here: Debbie Bargallie | About | Griffith University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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