Dr Michelle Locke is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Western Sydney University and a Researcher in the Centre for Educational Research. Dr Locke is a proud Dharug woman and WSU Alumni, with over twenty years’ experience in early childhood education. Michelle has a Masters of Indigenous Education and a PhD titled Yanna Jannawi (Walk with Me): Centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Early Education and Care Settings.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Technology, Sydney
- BA Ed (Early Childhood) University of Western Sydney, Macarthur
Publications
Locke, M., Trudgett, M. and Page, S. (2023). ‘Indigenous early career researchers : creating pearls in the academy’, Australian Educational Researcher, vol 50, no 2 , pp 237 – 253.
Townley, C., Grace, R., Woodrow, C., Baker, E., Staples, K., Locke, M. and Kaplun, C. (2023). ‘[In Press] Educator perspectives on embedding Acknowledgement to Country practices in early learning centres in Australia’, Australasian Journal of Early Childhood.
Locke, M., Trudgett, M. and Page, S. (2023), ‘Building and strengthening Indigenous early career researcher trajectories’, Higher Education Research and Development, vol 42, no 1 , pp 156 – 170.
Howitt, R., Holt, L. and Locke, M. (2022), ‘Challenging the colonial legacy of/at Macquarie’, Geographical Research, vol 60, no 1 , pp 71 – 85.
Locke, M., Trudgett, M. and Page, S. (2022). ‘Australian Indigenous early career researchers: Unicorns, cash cows and performing monkeys’, Race Ethnicity and Education, vol 26, no 1 , pp 1 – 17.
Povey, R., Trudgett, M., Page, S., Locke, M. and Harry, M. (2022). ‘[In Press] Raising an Indigenous academic community: A strength-based approach to Indigenous early career mentoring in higher education’, Australian Educational Researcher, .
Locke, M. (2018). ‘Wirrawi Bubuwul-Aboriginal women strong’, Australian Journal of Education, vol 62, no 3 , pp 299 – 310.
ESJI Research Group 