Antonia Hendrick

Dr. Antonia Hendrick is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Allied Health, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, The University of Western Australia. With a PhD from Curtin University (2010), she focuses on decolonizing social work education, cultural responsiveness, and systemic change. Her work prioritizes Indigenous collaboration, allyship, and participatory community practices. She co-led a successful ARC grant (2023–2025) to develop culturally responsive simulation tools for social work education.

Education:

• Bachelor of Social Work, 1st Class Honours (1997)
• PhD in Social Work (2010)

Research Interests: Decolonization, allyship, culturally responsive policies, participatory practice, and systemic inequities. She integrates lived experience educators (LEE) into curriculum design to address power differentials.

Awards:

• UWA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2023)
• Vice-Chancellor's Award for Indigenous-Led Research Commendation (2023)
• School of Allied Health Award (2022)

Grants & Collaboration:

• Chief Investigator in ARC grant for culturally responsive social work simulation tools
• Partnered with Aboriginal Elders to reform institutional cultural responsiveness

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with LEEs and Aboriginal communities to drive policy reforms, including menopause equity and decolonial curriculum development.