Professor Grace Sarra

Associate Professor Grace Sarra is an academic and a researcher within the School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is of Aboriginal heritage from Bindal and Birri clan groups of the Birrigubba nation and Torres Strait Islander heritage of Mauar, Stephen and Murray Islands. Associate Professor Sarra has experience in teaching and leadership roles in schools and universities for almost 30 years. Her research work utilizes Indigenous knowledges and frameworks with theoretical frameworks to contest prevailing assumptions and stereotypes that contribute to the lack of success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in schools and juvenile detention Centres. A/Professor Sarra’s work focuses in the area of Indigenous education on pedagogy and community engagement, school change and leadership, social justice and inclusive education.