Editorial

Bronwyn Fredericks; Martin Nakata; Katelyn Barney

doi:10.55146/ajie.v52i1.682

Authors

Bronwyn Fredericks The University of Queensland
Martin Nakata James Cook University
Katelyn Barney The University of Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55146/ajie.v52i1.682

Abstract

We are very pleased to bring you Volume 52 Issue 1 of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. This year the journal celebrates its 50th anniversary! The journal has a long history beginning in 1973 as The Aboriginal Child at School. From its infancy, The Aboriginal Child at School played an important role in responding to the challenging and urgent tasks facing teachers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children through the publication of practical information and support and fostering research and publication of findings in relevant areas. In 1996 The Aboriginal Child at School was transformed into The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education and reduced to two issues per year. The decision was made to change the title as a result of feedback from educators involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and also to reflect a broadening of the content of the journal to include international perspectives. In 2003, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the journal, the decision was taken to relaunch AJIE as a peer reviewed research journal. From 2012 to 2021 AJIE was published by Cambridge University Press and in 2022 AJIE began an exciting new future as a fully open access scholarly publication. This year we also welcome a new Editorial Board and we thank them for their service to the journal.

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Author Biographies

Bronwyn Fredericks, The University of Queensland

Professor Bronwyn Fredericks is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at The University of Queensland, home of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. She has over 30 years of experience working in and with the tertiary sector, State and Federal Governments, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based organisations.

Bronwyn is a member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Research Advisory Committee, the Beyond Blue National Research Advisory Committee, a NATSIHEC representative for Universities Australia, a judge for Queensland’s Australian of the Year Award, and on numerous other Queensland and national annual awards committees, as well as being a member of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) College of Experts.

Martin Nakata, James Cook University

Professor Martin Nakata is Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Education & Strategy at James Cook University. He is a leading Indigenous academic in Australia, and the first Torres Strait Islander to graduate with a PhD. Professor Nakata has been the co-editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education for over ten years, and continues to serve on editorial boards of academic journals in several countries as well as in Australia.

Katelyn Barney, The University of Queensland

Dr Katelyn Barney is a Senior Lecturer in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at The University of Queensland. She has been the Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education for the last 12 years. Katelyn recently completed a National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education Equity Fellowship focusing on strengthening the evidence and research base about the effectiveness of outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. She has also co-edited a number of books and special issues of journals as well as her recent edited book Musical Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous People in Australia: Exchanges in the Third Space published by Routledge.