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Joleen Ryan is a Lecturer in Social Work at the NIKERI Institute, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University. A proud Gunditjmara woman with qualifications in social work and project management, she specializes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research methods, cultural safety, and health policy.
- Graduate Certificate of Business (Project Management), Swinburne University of Technology
- Bachelor of Social Work, Deakin University
Her research focuses on Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing, addressing social determinants of health, community development, and policy reform. Current projects include the FoodPATH initiative for Aboriginal health equity and queer healthcare access in regional Australia.
Key research trends: participatory systems science methods, community-driven policy solutions, decolonising pedagogies, and intersectional analyses of health disparities. She applies group model building and yarning techniques to center Indigenous voices in research.
- 2019 LIMElight Award for Indigenous Health Curriculum Innovation
- Co-investigator in VicHealth-funded research on community-led health initiatives
In teaching, she leads units on social work field education and organizational policy analysis. Her work emphasizes reciprocal knowledge exchange with Aboriginal communities and structural reform for health equity.
