I am a Pairrebenne Trawlwoolway woman from Tebrakunna Country in northeast Trouwerner (Tasmania) and Research Fellow in the Discipline of Geography and Planning.

My research areas encompass human geography and Indigenous studies, developing original methodological approaches, and contending with ethics, climate change and land management issues. With an interest in Indigenous and decolonising methodologies, my research focuses on relationality with Country, largely through Aboriginal cultural burning practices and fire. 

In February 2025 my PhD was awarded without correction. It is entitled Kin and Country: Relational Research, Cultural Fire and Indigenous Futurities.

My research has influenced policy, academia, and higher education practice. It continues to bridge disciplinary boundaries, advance Indigenous-led methodologies, and reshape how Indigenous knowledges are integrated across both the social and natural sciences.

In 2025 I am completing a First Nations Fellowship with the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES). This fellowship will further develop the Kin and Country Framework (Bishop & Tynan, 2022) as a pedagogical tool for higher education teaching and learning.