Overview
Background
Associate Professor Levon Blue is a member of Beausoleil First Nation in Canada and lives in Queensland, Australia. She is the HDR Coordinator at The University of Queensland in the Office of the Deputy-Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement and coordinates courses within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Major. Levon was awarded a PhD in 2016 that focused on financial literacy education practices in a First Nation community in Canada. Her research area includes financial literacy education and higher education with Indigenous peoples.
Availability
- Associate Professor Levon Blue is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Waterloo
- Masters (Coursework) of Adult Education & Training, Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Financial Services (Consumer Education), Griffith University
Research impacts
My main research focuses on financial education (i.e. financial literacy education/financial capacity building/financial capabilities), specifically as experienced by Indigenous peoples in Canada and Australia including Indigenous young adults. I was drawn to this area of research due to the exploitative and predatory financial practices often targeting Indigenous peoples and the need to do something about it. Through my research I have challenged mainstream understandings of financial education, adopting a critical lens to highlight the overriding deficit approach that has been followed.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Indigenous rights-based approaches to decolonising research methodologies in settler colonial contexts
Anderson, Peter, Diamond, Zane M., Pham, Thu, Baeza Peña, Angela, Tapia, Carla, Blue, Levon, Saward, Melanie, Hurley, Angelina, Pecar, Kate, Kelly, Amanda, Forbes, Owen, Goerke, Veronica, Diamond, Jeane, Cathcart, Abby, Sato, Chizu, Maeda, Koji, Fox, Russell and Howe, Wren D. W. (2025). Indigenous rights-based approaches to decolonising research methodologies in settler colonial contexts. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 10 1553208. doi: 10.3389/frma.2025.1553208
2025
Journal Article
Measuring social determinants influencing Australian university students’ completion: confirmatory factor analysis
Pham, Thu D., Baeza Penã, Angela, Xing, Congcong, Blue, Levon E., Anderson, Peter J. and Chappell, Rhetta (2025). Measuring social determinants influencing Australian university students’ completion: confirmatory factor analysis. Frontiers in Education, 10 1568521. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1568521
2025
Journal Article
Cryptocurrencies: who is vulnerable and what are the vulnerabilities?
Blue, Levon, Xing, Congcong and Pham, Thu (2025). Cryptocurrencies: who is vulnerable and what are the vulnerabilities?. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 60 (1), 143-175. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.351
2025
Journal Article
Navigating Unreasonable, Unsustainable and Unjust Financial Practices: Experiences of Indigenous Small Business Owners
Blue, Levon, Brimble, Mark, Bodle, Kerry, Frazer, Lorelle, Weaven, Scott and Hunt, Douglas (2025). Navigating Unreasonable, Unsustainable and Unjust Financial Practices: Experiences of Indigenous Small Business Owners. Sustainability, 17 (5) 2103, 2103-5. doi: 10.3390/su17052103
2025
Journal Article
Cryptocurrencies are here to Stay! Think you aren’t Vulnerable, Think Again
Blue, Levon Ellen (2025). Cryptocurrencies are here to Stay! Think you aren’t Vulnerable, Think Again. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 14, 56-67. doi: 10.6000/1929-4409.2025.14.06
2025
Book Chapter
Centring Country and relationships: reflections on co-teaching critical Indigenous studies
Blue, Levon, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2025). Centring Country and relationships: reflections on co-teaching critical Indigenous studies. Indigenising curriculum at The University of Queensland: a handbook. (pp. 228-238) edited by Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Levon Blue and Laura Deane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2025
Book
Indigenising curriculum at The University of Queensland: a handbook
Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Levon Blue and Laura Deane eds. (2025). Indigenising curriculum at The University of Queensland: a handbook. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/df54ba7
2024
Journal Article
Cryptocurrency purchases among young adults: behaviors and educational opportunities
Blue, Levon Ellen, Xing, Congcong and Pham, Thu (2024). Cryptocurrency purchases among young adults: behaviors and educational opportunities. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 35 (3), 352-365. doi: 10.1891/jfcp-2022-0084
2024
Journal Article
Indigenous higher degree by research students’ retention and completion: a scoping review
Baeza Pena, Angela, Xing, Congcong, Blue, Levon, Pham, Thu, Saward, Melanie and Anderson, Peter (2024). Indigenous higher degree by research students’ retention and completion: a scoping review. The Australian Educational Researcher, 52 (2), 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s13384-024-00777-2
2024
Journal Article
Examining the financial and commercial literacy of Australian Indigenous small business owners
Brimble, Mark, Weaven, Scott, Wildman, Karen L., Blue, Levon, Bodle, Kerry and Frazer, Lorelle (2024). Examining the financial and commercial literacy of Australian Indigenous small business owners. Accounting and Finance, 65 (1), 667-690. doi: 10.1111/acfi.13343
2024
Journal Article
Supporting Indigenous success through quality supervision in research degrees
Pham, Thu D., Blue, Levon E. and Anderson, Peter J. (2024). Supporting Indigenous success through quality supervision in research degrees. The Australian Educational Researcher, 52 (2), 1199-1219. doi: 10.1007/s13384-024-00759-4
2024
Other Outputs
Think you’re immune to crypto scams? You might be more at risk than you realise
Blue, Levon Ellen, Xing, Congcong and Pham, Thu D. (2024, 07 31). Think you’re immune to crypto scams? You might be more at risk than you realise The Conversation
2024
Other Outputs
Crypto scams claim victims across the socioeconomic spectrum
Blue, Levon (2024, 07 22). Crypto scams claim victims across the socioeconomic spectrum UQ News
2024
Journal Article
Want Indigenous university students to succeed? Here's how
Pham, Thu, Blue, Levon E., Baeza, Angela, Anderson, Peter and Saward, Melanie (2024). Want Indigenous university students to succeed? Here's how. EduResearch Matters.
2024
Journal Article
Higher education success factor model: a means to explore factors influencing Indigenous Australian completion rates
Pham, Thu Dinh Xuan, Blue, Levon E., Baeza, Angela, Anderson, Peter J., Xing, Congcong and Saward, Melanie (2024). Higher education success factor model: a means to explore factors influencing Indigenous Australian completion rates. Student Success, 16 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.5204/ssj.3154
2024
Other Outputs
Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding
Anderson, Peter, Baeza Pena, Angela, Blue, Levon Ellen, Saward, Melanie and Pham, Thu D. (2024, 03 04). Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding The Conversation
2024
Book Chapter
Methodologies for Conducting Academic Business Research with Indigenous Communities in Australia
Bodle, Kerry, Frazer, Lorelle, Blue, Levon, Hunt, Douglas, Brimble, Mark and Weaven, Scott (2024). Methodologies for Conducting Academic Business Research with Indigenous Communities in Australia. Managing the Post-Colony. (pp. 209-228) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0319-7_13
2024
Book Chapter
Indigenous small business owners: exploring the practice of support
Blue, Levon Ellen, Hunt, Doug, Bodle, Kerry, Frazer, Lorelle, Brimble, Mark and Weaven, Scott (2024). Indigenous small business owners: exploring the practice of support. Researching practices across and within diverse educational sites: onto-epistemological considerations. (pp. 141-162) edited by Susan Whatman, Jane Wilkinson, Mervi Kaukko, Gørill Warvik Vedeler, Levon Ellen Blue and Kristin Elaine Reimer. Leeds, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-80071-871-520231007
2024
Book
Researching practices across and within diverse educational sites: onto-epistemological considerations
Whatman, Susan, Wilkinson, Jane, Kaukko, Mervi, Vedeler, Gørill Warvik, Blue, Levon Ellen and Reimer, Kristin Elaine (2024). Researching practices across and within diverse educational sites: onto-epistemological considerations. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/9781800718715
2024
Book Chapter
Trust settlement agreement practices in first nation communities
Blue, Levon Ellen (2024). Trust settlement agreement practices in first nation communities. Researching practices across and within diverse educational sites: onto-epistemological considerations. (pp. 113-140) edited by Susan Whatman, Jane Wilkinson, Mervi Kaukko, Gørill Warvik Vedeler, Levon Ellen Blue and Kristin Reimer. Leeds, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-80071-871-520231006
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Levon Blue is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Indigenising the educational turn: A relational, pedagogical approach to decolonising curatorial practice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amelia Barikin
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