Overview
Background
Dr Angela Baeza is a woman, educator, researcher, mother, and daughter. She is Diaguita First Nation from the Atacama Desert of Chile and has been living and working in Meanjin since 2018. With a professional background as a school teacher and university lecturer, her research focuses on Indigenous education and culturally responsive pedagogies.
Her doctoral research centred on relationships among Indigenous communities, schools, and support systems, and her ongoing work continues to be guided by community knowledge and lived experiences. She has received multiple awards recognising her leadership in Indigenous education, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Contribution Award from the Australian Teacher Education Association in 2025.
Dr Baeza is a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures at The University of Queensland.
Availability
- Dr Angela Baeza is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Graduate Diploma, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile
- Masters (Research), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
- Masters (Research), Monash University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
- Member, Australian Educational Research Association (AARE), Australian Educational Research Association (AARE)
- Member, Australian Teacher Education Association, Australian Teacher Education Association
Research interests
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Indigenous education
Her research theorises the understanding of teachers’ experiences and Indigenous community members regarding providing Indigenous education in rural and remote areas.
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Higher Education with Indigenous peoples
She has actively contributed to significant research initiatives, such as the Queensland research project facilitated by the National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN). This ARC (Australian Research Council) funded project seeks to understand the social determinants that influence the completion of university by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Research impacts
Ahe has actively contributed to significant research initiatives, such as the Queensland research project facilitated by the National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN). This ARC (Australian Research Council) funded project seeks to understand the social determinants that influence the completion of university by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Angela was the project's chief investigator, of the ECR Project "Creating partnerships for integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge in Australian classrooms".
She has received multiple awards recognising her leadership in Indigenous education, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Contribution Award from the Australian Teacher Education Association in 2025.
Works
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Featured
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, 1-17. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1568521
Featured
2024
Journal Article
The experience of living and teaching in a Rural Indigenous school in the Atacama Desert: perceptions of teachers and the Atacameña community
Baeza, Angela Rossana (2024). The experience of living and teaching in a Rural Indigenous school in the Atacama Desert: perceptions of teachers and the Atacameña community. AlterNative, 20 (4), 658-669. doi: 10.1177/11771801241288239
Featured
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
Featured
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
Featured
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 doi: 10.64628/AA.yfjyqdjj5
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Highlighting the voice of Indigenous communities for education: findings from a case study in rural Chile
Pena, Angela Baeza, Anderson, Peter and White, Simone (2023). Highlighting the voice of Indigenous communities for education: findings from a case study in rural Chile. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 52 (2) 331, 1-19. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v52i2.331
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Exploring the lived experience of one Rural Teacher in Indigenous context in Chilean Northern Territory: a narrative inquiry
Baeza, Angela Rossana (2019). Exploring the lived experience of one Rural Teacher in Indigenous context in Chilean Northern Territory: a narrative inquiry. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 12 (1), 29-45. doi: 10.5204/ijcis.v11i1.1100
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Teachers' professional standards and Indigenous Education in Australia and Chile
Baeza, Angela Rossana (2019). Teachers' professional standards and Indigenous Education in Australia and Chile. International Education Journal, 18 (3), 14-24.
2026
Book Chapter
Widening access: Indigenous Australian mature-aged students in higher education
Pham, Thu D., Baeza Peña, Angela, Anderson, Peter J. and Blue, Levon E. (2026). Widening access: Indigenous Australian mature-aged students in higher education. Exploring widening access for mature age students: international data, experiences and practices. (pp. 157-171) edited by David Baker, Lucy Ellis and Nazim Uddin. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003540144-13
2025
Conference Publication
Experiences of teachers embedding Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in the classroom
Pena, Angela Baeza and Tapia, Carla (2025). Experiences of teachers embedding Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in the classroom. World Indigenous People Conference on Education, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2025.
2025
Other Outputs
Debt relief is a start but Indigenous research students need other support now
Pena, Angela Baeza, Blue, Levon, Anderson, Peter and Pham, Thu (2025, 10 13). Debt relief is a start but Indigenous research students need other support now EduResearch Matters
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, 1553208-10. doi: 10.3389/frma.2025.1553208
2025
Conference Publication
Higher Education Success Factor (HESF) model: supporting university leaders’ data-led decision making for student success
Baeza, Angela, Pham, Thu, Anderson, Peter and Blue, Levon (2025). Higher Education Success Factor (HESF) model: supporting university leaders’ data-led decision making for student success. Student Success Conference 2025, Cairns, QLD Australia, July 2025.
2025
Other Outputs
What do you think: will Labor fix higher education?
Pham, Thu, Baeza, Angela, Anderson, Peter and Blue, Levon (2025, 06 19). What do you think: will Labor fix higher education? EduReseach Matters: A voice for Australian educational researchers
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
Book Chapter
Completing a doctorate program in an Australian university as an international student
Parada, Carla Tapia and Peña, Angela Baeza (2024). Completing a doctorate program in an Australian university as an international student. Internationalization of the doctoral experience: models, opportunities and outcomes. (pp. 207-209) edited by Elspeth Jones, Björn Norlin, Carina Rönnqvist and Kirk P. H. Sullivan. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003317555-29
2024
Journal Article
Indigenous education in the Atacama Desert: factors influencing teachers’ identity in Atacameños rural contexts
Baeza-Peña, Angela (2024). Indigenous education in the Atacama Desert: factors influencing teachers’ identity in Atacameños rural contexts. Estudios Pedagogicos, 50 (1), 255-277. doi: 10.4067/s0718-07052024000100255
2024
Journal Article
Educación indígena en el Desierto de Atacama: factores que influyen la identidad de profesores en contextos rurales atacameños
Pena, Angela Baeza (2024). Educación indígena en el Desierto de Atacama: factores que influyen la identidad de profesores en contextos rurales atacameños. Estudios Pedagogicos, 1 (2024), 255-277.
2023
Book Chapter
Indigenous ways of developing leadership in education: creating a rights-based organizational consciousness
Anderson, Peter, Pe-a, Angela Baeza, Yip, Sun Yee and Diamond, Zane M. (2023). Indigenous ways of developing leadership in education: creating a rights-based organizational consciousness. Handbook on leadership in education. (pp. 445-457) edited by Philip A. Woods, Amanda Roberts, Meng Tian and Howard Youngs. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800880429.00039
2023
Conference Publication
Factors influencing teachers’ identity in Indigenous rural contexts
Pena, Angela Baeza (2023). Factors influencing teachers’ identity in Indigenous rural contexts. European Educational Research Association, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 21 August 2023. European Educationl Research Association.
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