Katrina Rose Thorpe

Associate Professor Katrina Rose Thorpe is a Worimi woman and Academic Lead at Nura Gili, University of New South Wales. Her research focuses on Country-centred 'Learning from Country' pedagogies, with a strong commitment to developing culturally responsive educational frameworks that connect students to Aboriginal peoples, communities, and Indigenous knowledges.

• BEd (University of Western Sydney)
• MEd (Human Resource Management, University of Sydney)
• GradCertEdStudies (Higher Education, University of Sydney)
• ProfCert (Indigenous Research, University of Melbourne)
• PhD (University of Sydney)

Thorpe's work spans Aboriginal curriculum design, place-based learning, and Indigenous research methodologies. She has over 20 years of experience teaching mandatory Indigenous Studies courses across education, social work, nursing, and community development disciplines.

Her recent accolades include the 2023 Colin Marsh Award for outstanding journal contributions and multiple institutional awards for curriculum innovation and remote teaching excellence. She supervises research in Aboriginal education, Country-centred pedagogies, and Indigenous higher education practices.

• 2023 Colin Marsh Award, Australian Curriculum Studies Association
• 2022 UTS Learning and Teaching Award
• 2020 UTS Remote Learning Award
• 2017 University of Sydney Unit of Study Commendation