Core members

• Professor Catherine Manathunga - Associate Dean, Research | Professor of Education Research | Co-Director of Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre | School of Education and Tertiary Access

• Professor Maria Raciti - Professor, Marketing | Director, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre | School of Business and Creative Industries

• Professor Sajid Anwar - Professor, Finance | Business and Commerce Honours Coordinator | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Dr Clare Archer-Lean - Senior Lecturer, English | HDR Coordinator | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Dr Leah Barclay - Lecturer, Design | Discipline Lead, Design | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Associate Professor Harriot Beazley - Associate Professor, Human Geography | School of Law and Society
• Dr Ali Black - Senior Lecturer, Education | Program Coordinator, Master of Education | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Michael Carey - Senior Lecturer in Education (TESOL) | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Shelley Davidow - Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy | Alternative Education Coordinator | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Anne Drabble - Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood | Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Early Childhood Education | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Rachael Dwyer - Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Peter Grainger - Senior Lecturer in Education (Educational Assessment, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Japanese Language) | School of Education and Tertiary Access | Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Dr Lauren Istvandity, Lecturer in Communication | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Dr Sharon Louth - Senior Lecturer, Education | Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Primary Education | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Adrian McCallum - Engineering Lead | Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering | Adventure STEM Advocate
• Dr Jane Menzies - Senior Lecturer in International Business | Business Postgraduate Coordinator | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Dr Renee Morrison - Lecturer, Curriculum and Pedagogy | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Susan Rayment-McHugh - Senior Lecturer, Criminology and Justice | School of Law and Society
• Dr Lynne Stuart - Senior Lecturer, Nursing | School of Health
• Dr Aaron Tham - Lecturer, Tourism, Leisure and Event Management (South Bank) | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Dr Glyn Thomas - Senior Lecturer, Outdoor and Environmental Studies | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Paul Williams - Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing | Discipline Lead, Creative Industries | School of Business and Creative Industries
• Dr Alison Willis - Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching | Senior Lecturer, Curriculum and Pedagogy | School of Education and Tertiary Access
• Dr Raj Yadav - Lecturer, Social Work | School of Law and Society

Associate members

• Dr Shannon Brincat - sbrincat@usc.edu.au
• Prof Jennifer Carter (Adjunct) - jcarter@usc.edu.au
• Dr Aruna Devi - adevi@usc.edu.au
• Ms Robyn Fox - rfox@usc.edu.au
• Mr David Hollinsworth (Adjunct) - dhollins@usc.edu.au
• Dr Craig Johnston - cjohnston1@usc.edu.au
• Mrs Roselyn Kumar (Nunn) - rnunn1@usc.edu.au
• Ms Lisa McIlwain - lisa.mcilwain@research.usc.edu.au
• Ms Natalie McMaster - nmcmaste@usc.edu.au
• Dr Amanda Miller (Adjunct) - amiller1@usc.edu.au
• Professor Patrick D. Nunn - pnunn@usc.edu.au
• Dr Tony Richardson - trichar1@usc.edu.au
• Ms Ann Robertson - arobert1@usc.edu.au
• Dr Tracey Sempowicz - tsempowi@usc.edu.au
• Dr Richard Tindle - rtindle@usc.edu.au

Advisory Board

These members advise ITRC regarding strategic plans, specific projects and activities, events, communications and community engagement. ITRC Directors are the Chairs of the Advisory Board.

• Uncle Michael Mace - Indigenous Elder
• Aunty Minnie Mace (Lynelle Louella Mace) - Indigenous Elder
• Aunty Deb Bennet - Indigenous Elder
• Alison Chan - Chancellor State College
• Jackie Newton - Chancellor State College
• Tannielle Bainbridge - Chancellor State College
• Gary Graham - DASSI Association representative
• Vicki Qiu and Hong Xu (Selina) - Sunshine Coast Chinese Association
• Jang Ethridge - Thai community Association
• Stella Romagnoli - Caloundra Community Centre
• Kim Price - Sunshine Coast Regional Council
• Kim Rawlings - Noosa Shire Council
• Luisa Miller - Moreton Bay Council
• Mary-Rose Adkins - University of Sunshine Coast

Collaborations and research partners

Universities network

• Professor Michael Singh, Western Sydney University
• Professor Tracey Bunda, University of Queensland, Ngugi Wakka Wakka woman
• Dr Jing Qi, RMIT
• Associate Professor Kathryn Gilbey, Batchelor Institute, Alyawarre woman
• Professor Denise Newfield, Witwatersrand University, South Africa
• Dr Louise Phillips, University of Queensland
• Associate Professor Alexandra Lasczik, Southern Cross University
• Dr Robyn Heckenberg, University of Southern Queensland, Wiradjuri woman
• Dr Kim Snepvangers, University of NSW

Indigenous community

• Aunty Dr Hope O’Chin, Aboriginal Elder
• Aunty Dr Judi Wickes, Aboriginal Elder
• Aunty Dr Joyce Bonner, Butchulla Aboriginal Elder
• Aunty Dr Harriet Vea Vea, Aboriginal community member
• Lyndon Davis, Aboriginal artist, educator and cultural performer
• Jandamarra Cadd, Aboriginal artist
• Peter Mulcahy, Aboriginal artist
• Waiata Telfer, Aboriginal playwright and poet
• Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Aboriginal Dancer
• Ngugui, Wakka Wakka, Birupi woman
• Anjelena Parfitt, Aboriginal artist, East Arrernte woman
• Brent Miller, Aboriginal artist
• Lyndon Davis, Gubbi Gubbi Elder and Aboriginal artist, USC Senior Fellow, USC
• Kerry Neill, Gubbi Gubbi community member and Director of Goombuckar Creations

Broader community networks

• Central Queensland Indigenous Development, Educational aspirations programs
• DET State Schools Indigenous Education, Embedding Indigenous perspectives into the curriculum
• "You Belong" initiative Yazidi refugees from Iraq & Syria 
• Future Sense Foundation NFP organising Challenges Abroad