Isabel O'Keeffe

Roles: Part-time Lab Coordinator for the Child Language Lab at Macquarie University's Department of Linguistics; Research Associate at Sydney Conservatorium of Music (University of Sydney); Chief Investigator for an Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (SOAS, London) project on Kunbarlang.

• PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne

Research Interests: Intersections of language, song, and emotions; preservation of Indigenous languages and performance traditions; child language acquisition. Her work focuses on Western Arnhem Land communities and endangered languages like Kunbarlang.

Article Trends: Research spans child healthcare (2023), digital archiving of oral traditions (2018), and linguistic-musical analysis of Indigenous traditions (2010). Themes include cultural preservation, multilingualism, and health equity.

Grants: Funded by the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (SOAS, London).

Labs & Collaborations: Works with the Child Language Lab (led by Distinguished Professor Katherine Demuth) and engages in national Indigenous health initiatives.