
Overview
Background
Katelyn Barney is an Associate Professor in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit and affiliated with the School of Music. Katelyn is also Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Principal Practitioner in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation. Her teaching has been recognised through a UQ Teaching Excellence Award with her colleague Professor Tracey Bunda for their innovative and inclusive co-teaching approach, developing the podcast Indigenising Curriculum in Practice and embedding storying in teaching.
In 2025 she is co-leading a number of projects with Indigenous colleagues including exploring staff and student perspectives of Indigenised curriculum with Professor Tracey Bunda and examining the role of music in sustaining Indigenous languages with Professor Anita Heiss and Deline Briscoe. Katelyn is also working with Professor Bronwyn Fredericks and colleagues across three universities to explore the links between pathway programs and university completion which builds on their previous ACSES-funded project on improving completion rates for Indigenous tertiary students.
Her latest edited book Musical Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous People in Australia: Exchanges in the Third Space received the Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize. She has previously held an Equity Fellowship with the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (formerly NCSEHE) and has developed a range of resources on evaluating programs for Indigenous students. She is an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow and also the Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.
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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2025
Journal Article
Re-defining ‘success’ in relation to outreach programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: centering the voices of students, staff and caregivers
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2025). Re-defining ‘success’ in relation to outreach programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: centering the voices of students, staff and caregivers. The Australian Educational Researcher. doi: 10.1007/s13384-025-00812-w
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2024). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 53 (2). doi: 10.55146/ajie.v53i2.1924
2024
Conference Publication
Building the evidence about correlations between pathway programs and Indigenous student university completion
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey, Moor, Ashley, Parlett, Scott, Hausia, Kirsten, Richy, Nisa and Taylor-Griffiths, Daniel (2024). Building the evidence about correlations between pathway programs and Indigenous student university completion. Australian Association for Research in Education, Sydney, NSW Australia, 1-5 December 2024.
2024
Book Chapter
The Australian Children’s TV Music Phenomenon
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2024). The Australian Children’s TV Music Phenomenon. The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia. (pp. 346-361) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108991209.023
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
Conference Publication
Enabling/pathway programs and Indigenous student university completion: building the evidence
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey, Moor, Ashley, Parlett, Scott, Hausia, Kirsten, Richy, Nisa and Taylor-Griffiths, Daniel (2024). Enabling/pathway programs and Indigenous student university completion: building the evidence. STARS Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 30 June - 2 July 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Enhancing student engagement in tertiary Indigenous Studies through a storying
Bunda, Tracey, Barney, Katelyn, Saunders, r e a (Regina), Gilbert, Stephanie, Richy, Nisa and Oliver, Lisa (2024). Enhancing student engagement in tertiary Indigenous Studies through a storying. STARS Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 30 June - 2 July 2024.
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, 16 (1), 1-8. 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
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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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
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