Dr Rachel Lynwood

Biography

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

Research

Rachel's PhD thesis, titled: A narrative of scholarly life from the perspective of an Indigenous Australian academic, is based on her long-term 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 organisations linked to Corrective Services, Department of Communities & Justice, and health and wellbeing.