About Dr. Jodi Edwards
Dr Jodi Edwards is a Yuin woman with Dharawal kinship connection who has dedicated her life to Community, Culture, education and Language. Jodi was awarded her PhD from Macquarie University’s Department of Indigenous Studies in 2021 for her thesis “Weaving the past into the future: The continuity of Aboriginal cultural practices in the Dharawal and Yuin Nations”. As a D’harawal language speaker and advocate, she is passionate about awakening the language. She is a Curriculum Reform Advisor for Aboriginal Education with the NSW Education Standards Authority, providing expertise and advice to support the curriculum reform and delivery process.
Jodi is a Research Fellow at RMIT and a tutor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.
Publications
‘Singing up Country’: reawakening the Black Duck Songline, across 300km in Australia’s southeast. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/singing-up-country-reawakening-the-black-duck-songline-across-300km-in-australias-southeast-167704