LEAD RESEARCHER

Melanie Baak is an Assocaite Professor in UniSA Education Futures and the co-convenor of the Migration and Refugee Research Network (MARRNet). She is an ARC DECRA Fellow from 2023-2025. She is a member of the Centre in Research for Educational and Social Inclusion (CRESI) at the University of South Australia. Her research and teaching interests broadly cover areas of equity and inclusion, particularly in schools, with a focus on refugee education and resettlement. Her research and teaching are underpinned by understandings of how systems and structures work to marginalise sections of the population, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse groups.

Emily Miller works as a researcher with a focus on education, health, family relationships, migration and racism. She previously worked in schools in a range of roles, and her PhD focused on supports for students from refugee backgrounds in Australian high schools. Emily’s family background is English/Irish/Scottish.

Description goes hereDominic Barry is a Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara man from Kaltjiti in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands. He is currently completing his Master of Psychology (Clinical) program at the University of South Australia. Dominic is interested in psychology, language and anti-racism research.