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Aboriginal Education, Higher Education, Early Childhood Education, Dharug
Australia

Biography

I am a proud Boorooberongal woman of the Dharug Nation. I have spent many years as a Director and educator in the field of Early Childhood Education and as an educator in the higher education sector.
I am currently employed as Senior Lecturer. Indigenous Education School of Education at Western Sydney University. Prior to this I had the privilege of being the lead investigator on a three-year ARC project entitled, Developing Indigenous Early Career Researchers with Professor Michelle Trudgett (WSU), Professor Susan Page (WSU) and Dr Rhonda Povey (WSU)
My PhD, 'Yanna Jannawi- Walk with Me. Centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Early Education and Care Services', was conferred on 19th January 2021 by the Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges (CAIK), UTS.

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Employment (6)

Western Sydney University Library: Penrith South, NSW, AU

2023-01-09 to present | Senior Lecturer (School of Education)
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Michelle Lea Locke

Western Sydney University: Penrith South, NSW, AU

2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education, Strategy and Consultation)
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Michelle Lea Locke

University of Technology Sydney: Sydney, NSW, AU

2017-06-12 to 2019-11-15 | Tutor (CEntre for The Advanement of Indigenous Knowledges)
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Michelle Lea Locke

Macquarie University: Sydney, NSW, AU

2016-02-01 to 2017-11-24 | Tutor
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Michelle Lea Locke

TAFE NSW: Nirimba, NSW, AU

2012-02-06 to 2017-06-30 | Lecturer (Child Studies)
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Michelle Lea Locke

Macquarie University: Ryde, NSW, AU

2011-04-04 to 2012-12-21 | Research assistant (Education)
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Michelle Lea Locke

Education and qualifications (5)

University of Technology Sydney: NSW, NSW, AU

2017-02-01 to 2021-01-19 | Doctor of Philosophy (Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges)
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Michelle Lea Locke

Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne: VIC, VIC, AU

2019-02-07 to 2019-12-19 | • Graduate Certificate Indigenous Leadership and Research
Education
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Michelle Lea Locke

Macquarie University: North Ryde, NSW, AU

2012-02 to 2017-04-21 | Masters of Indigenous Education
Education
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Michelle Lea Locke

University of Western Sydney: Milperra, NSW, AU

1993-02-01 to 1995-05-26 | Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
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Michelle Lea Locke

University of Western Sydney: Milperra, NSW, AU

1989-02-06 to 1992-04-27 | Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
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Michelle Lea Locke

Professional activities (1)

Dharug Straegic Management Group Ltd: Sydney, NSW, AU

2018-02-27 to present | Secretary
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Michelle Lea Locke