University of Technology Sydney homepage

BIO

Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi poet and legal researcher from the floodplains of Gunnedah in NSW. Between 2017-2018, she was a Fulbright scholar at Harvard Law School, where she was named the Dean's Scholar in Race, Gender and Criminal Law. Her second book, BLAKWORK, was released with Magabala Books in September 2018.

Prior to this, Alison worked at UTS:CAIK, UTS:Law, the Gendered Violence Research Network, and received a blackandwrite! fellowship from the State Library of Queensland.

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow
    University of Technology Sydney, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, Sydney, AustraliaSep 2018 - present
  • Research Associate
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaOct 2014 - Aug 2017

MEDIA

Showing media thumbnails 1 to 2 out of 2.

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Paralegal
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia), Sydney, AustraliaJan 2014 - 2017
  • Communication and Information Officer
    UNSW Australia, Gendered Violence Research Network, Sydney, AustraliaJan 2014 - Dec 2015
  • Intern
    Native Title InquiryJul 2014 - Oct 2014
  • Winter Intern
    AllensJun 2012 - Jun 2012

DEGREES

  • LLM Candidate
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United StatesAug 2017 - May 2018
  • Bachelor's Degree, LLB (Hons), BA, Writing and Cultural Studies
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia2011 - 2016

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

DISCIPLINES