Overview
Background
Katelyn Barney is an Associate Professor in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit and also affiliated with the School of Music. Her research focuses on improving pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into and through higher education and advancing understanding about the role of collaborative research and music making between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people. She has published across these areas and her latest edited book is Musical Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous People in Australia: Exchanges in the Third Space. She is also Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.
She was an Equity Fellow with the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (formerly NCSEHE) and her fellowship explored effective evaluation of university outreach with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary school students. Katelyn co-hosts a podcast with her colleague Professor Tracey Bunda: "Indigenising Curriculum in Practice" and co-hosted a previous series "Indigenous Success: Doing it, Thinking it, Being it". Katelyn has also collaborated with Professor Bronwyn Fredericks and colleagues across five universities to undertake a ACSES funded project to build the evidence to improve completion rates for Indigenous tertiary students.
Katelyn is an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow and her National Teaching Fellowship focused on developing pathways for Indigenous students from undergraduate study into Higher Degrees by Research.
Availability
- Associate Professor Katelyn Barney is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Graduate Certificate in Education, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Facilitating pathways into higher education for Indigenous students
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Indigenous/non-Indigenous research collaborations
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Intercultural musical collaborations between women
Works
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2024
Book Chapter
Theoretical foundations for storying a knowledge basket: enhancing student engagement in Indigenous studies in the Australian context
Bunda, Tracey, Barney, Katelyn, Richy, Nisa, Oliver, Lisa, Saunders, r e a (Regina) and Gilbert, Stephanie (2024). Theoretical foundations for storying a knowledge basket: enhancing student engagement in Indigenous studies in the Australian context. Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education. (pp. 380-396) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035314294.00037
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2024). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 53 (1), 1-1. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v53i1.1075
2024
Book Chapter
Decoloniality and the disappearance of ethnomusicology in Australian universities: Where are we now?
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2024). Decoloniality and the disappearance of ethnomusicology in Australian universities: Where are we now?. Cultures of work, the neoliberal environment and music in higher education. (pp. 141-163) edited by Sally Macarthur, Julja Szuster and Paul Watt. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50388-7_7
2024
Journal Article
Using Podcasts in Higher Education: Examples of Strategies to Indigenise Higher Education Curricula and to Promote Indigenous Student Success
Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2024). Using Podcasts in Higher Education: Examples of Strategies to Indigenise Higher Education Curricula and to Promote Indigenous Student Success. Student Success. doi: 10.5204/ssj.3381
2023
Journal Article
Editorial
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2023). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 52 (2) 1028, 1-2. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v52i2.1028
2023
Journal Article
The importance of Indigenous centres/units for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: ensuring connection and belonging to support university completion
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey, Hausia, Kirsten, Martin, Anne, Elston, Jacinta and Bernardino, Brenna (2023). The importance of Indigenous centres/units for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: ensuring connection and belonging to support university completion. Higher Education Research and Development, 43 (4), 859-872. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2023.2258825
2023
Journal Article
Editorial
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2023). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 52 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v52i1.682
2023
Journal Article
Calling out racism in university classrooms: the ongoing need for Indigenisation of the curriculum to support Indigenous student completion rates
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey, Hausia, Kirsten, Martin, Anne, Elston, Jacinta and Bernardino, Brenna (2023). Calling out racism in university classrooms: the ongoing need for Indigenisation of the curriculum to support Indigenous student completion rates. Student Success, 14 (2), 19-29. doi: 10.5204/ssj.2874
2023
Conference Publication
Calling out Racism in University Classrooms: The Ongoing Need for Indigenisation of the Curriculum to Support Indigenous Student Completion Rates
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2023). Calling out Racism in University Classrooms: The Ongoing Need for Indigenisation of the Curriculum to Support Indigenous Student Completion Rates. STARS (Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention, Success), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-5 July 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Co-authorship, collaboration and contestation in relation to Indigenous research
Barney, Katelyn (2023). Co-authorship, collaboration and contestation in relation to Indigenous research. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2190510
2023
Book
Musical collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia: exchanges in the third space
Katelyn Barney ed. (2023). Musical collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia: exchanges in the third space. SOAS Studies in Music, Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003288572
2023
Conference Publication
Exploring definitions of ‘success’ in relation to outreach programs for Indigenous Australian students
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2023). Exploring definitions of ‘success’ in relation to outreach programs for Indigenous Australian students. STARS (Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention, Success), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 3-5 July 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Strengthening completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tertiary students
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2023). Strengthening completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tertiary students. HERDSA, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-7 July 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
The importance of “seeing oneself” in Australian universities: representations and reflections of Indigeneity in higher education
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Bunda, Tracey, Barney, Katelyn and Bradfield, Abraham (2023). The importance of “seeing oneself” in Australian universities: representations and reflections of Indigeneity in higher education. International encyclopedia of education. (pp. 109-118) edited by Robert J. Tierney, Fazal Rizvi and Kadriye Ercikan. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818630-5.06007-3
2022
Journal Article
Editorial
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2022). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 51 (2), 1-3. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v51i2.624
2022
Other Outputs
School-climate factors and long-term outcomes of Indigenous students, students from low socio-economic backgrounds, and students from regional areas: Novel evidence from three Australian cohort studies
Ning Xiang, Melissa Johnstone, Wojtek Tomaszewski, Katelyn Barney, Tracey Bunda and Sandra Phillips (2022). School-climate factors and long-term outcomes of Indigenous students, students from low socio-economic backgrounds, and students from regional areas: Novel evidence from three Australian cohort studies. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2022
Journal Article
Guest Editorial: Fostering Connections in Higher Education
Barney, Katelyn, Crawford, Nicole and Delahunty, Janine (2022). Guest Editorial: Fostering Connections in Higher Education. Student Success, 13 (3), i-iii. doi: 10.5204/ssj.2702
2022
Edited Outputs
Student Success Special Issue: Fostering Connections in Higher Education
Student Success Special Issue: Fostering Connections in Higher Education. (2022). 13 (3)
2022
Conference Publication
Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: increasing impact and university participation
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2022). Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: increasing impact and university participation. HERDSA Qld Professional Development and Networking Day, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 17 November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Strategies for success: improving completions rates for Indigenous students
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2022). Strategies for success: improving completions rates for Indigenous students. STARS (Students Transitions Achievement Retention Success), Online, 4-6 July 2022.
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Narrative Techniques in Concept Albums
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno, Dr Leah Henrickson
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Doctor Philosophy
The value in developing a community centred archive of Quandamooka fibre work
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Butler
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Navigating the Interface: A critical insight into some of the key challenges with working, learning and contemporary policy in Indigenous education at University through storied experiences
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Tracey Bunda, Dr Liz Mackinlay
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