Glenn Auld

My privilege is entangled with the ongoing legacies of Australia's invasion,

including horrific acts of genocide. My research is a journey of becoming a
bad invader to support the healing of Country and uphold the sovereign rights
of First Nations Peoples. My academic career troubles literacy learning in
schools and higher education at a time when voice, treaty and truth are
unfinished business in Australia. Drawing on over 30 years of teaching and
researching, I publish on strength-based approaches to literacy learning in
contexts where discourses of resilience are yet to be nationally recognised.

My research is informed by 15 years of classroom experience, spanning
secondary, primary and early childhood education contexts in schools and
centres with high numbers of Aboriginal Student enrolments. To foreground
systemic change in education, I have sustained research partnerships in First
Nations led literacy projects. My research program infuses true histories of
Australia and contemporary narratives of First Nations peoples' resistance to
reimagine literacy pedagogy in post-treaty Australia.

Although my research trajectory is often beset by my raced and gendered
symbolic violence, it is based on a vision where Indigenous Knowledges will,
once again, lay the foundation for all education in Australia. I have
contributed to over 100 publications including digital texts in threatened
First Nations languages, edited books, book chapters, refereed journal
articles, reports, media stories and other publications in a range of high
standing international and national peer review publications and conference
proceedings.

The $3.5M in funding I have won includes many reviews of national and state
educational programs in literacy and technology that I have either led or
collaborated on. I collegially supervised five higher degree by research (HDR)
students to completion in 2021. My service contribution has included course
directing, HDR co-ordinating and initiating professional experience
opportunities for pre-service teachers. Currently, I am a Research Integrity
Advisor and a member of the Deakin University Teaching and Learning

Committee. I review for a diverse range of national and international
journals reporting on invader and First Nations relations in education.

My academic impact, however, is all messed up because there will never be
justice on stolen land.