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Ms Katherine Thompson

Ms Katherine Thompson

Casual Academic

M.A. Ed. Secondary English Education (Wake Forest University), B.A. English (Duke University)

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Education

Katherine Thompson (B.A. Duke University; M.A. Ed. Wake Forest University) has taught in a variety of secondary and tertiary settings in the United States, Australia, and Tanzania. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney (Bedegal Country), and a sessional academic and research assistant within the UNSW School of Education, working in the fields of LGBTQ+ families and health, Indigenous education, sociocultural contexts of education, and eq...
Phone
+61 2 9065 2108
E-mail
katherine.thompson@unsw.edu.au
Location
Morven Brown Level G or Matraville Sports High School Annexe

Rainbow Families HDR Scholarship - 2024

Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award - Programs that Enhance Learning - Master of Teaching Indigenous Education Program 2021

Dean's Learning & Teaching Awards 2019 - Rising Star Award

Nominee - UNSW President's Awards 2017 - Collaboration

UNSW Staff Excellence Award: Excellence in Community Engagement - UNSW Matraville Education Partnership 2016

HDR Candidate, Centre for Social Research in Health: Experiences in 'Rainbow Family' formation in Australia: what can we learn from the stories of queer people seeking to become parents?

A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Indigenous Content in Curriculum (2022-2025)

Teaching Social Justice in Initial Teacher Education (2024-2025)

Culturally Nourishing Schooling Project (2020-2024)

Cultural Residents Project (2020-2022)

Culture, Community and Curriculum Project (2016-2018)

 

 

 

My Teaching

EDST1108: Indigenous Perspectives in Education

EDST5115: Social and Political Contexts in Education

EDST1104: Social Perspectives in Education

EDST2070: Culture, Identity and Education

Master of Teaching Indigenous Education Intensive

Nura Gili Winter School and Pre-Education Programs