Dr. Vicki Pascoe
BArts,(UNE) Grad. Cert. Organisational Development & Training,(SCU) Grad. Dip. Adult Ed. & Training,(UNE) MEd (Hons) Aboriginal Education, (UNE) PhD (Flinders)Senior Research Fellow
Office of Indigenous Engagement
Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE)
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Dr. Vicki Pascoe has over twenty years’ experience in tertiary education, teaching in the fields of Indigenous Australian studies, Education, Sociology, Cultural Studies and Communications. Dr. Pascoe has received two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and the International Award for Excellence for the top-ranked article, 2008 from the International Journal of Learning: Pascoe, V.A. & Radel, K. 2008, "What are Nice Guys Like them Doing in A Place Like that?": Education Journeys from Australian Indigenous Students in Custody. Dr. Pascoe is a Social Justice researcher and her interests are varied. Most recently, Medical Education, Medical Dominance, and Bullying are of interest as well as Decolonising Curriculum in Higher Education. Another area of interest is disengaged youth at risk. In 2023 Dr. Pascoe joined the Manna Institute as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. The institute's focus is regional, rural and remote mental health. Manna conducts research to address the complex mental health needs of regional Australia as an urgent, national social justice issue.
Background
I am an Arrernte woman. My Grandfather was born on the old Hermannsburg Mission out from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. I have worked across 4 different universities and lived in 4 Australian States. I now make Darumbal country (Rockhampton Qld.) my home.
My substantive position at CQU sits within the College of Education and the Arts, but I am currently on secondment to the Jarwun Research institute.
Universities Studied At
University of New England
Southern Cross University
Flinders University
Universities Worked At
Southern Cross University 1998 - 2000
Charles Darwin University 2001 - 2003
CQUniversity 2004 - 2010
Flinders University 2011 - 2017
CQUniversity 2020 - current
Awards
2006 Vice-chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence: Indigenous Education Teacher of the year.
2006 Pro-Vice Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award: Tertiary Entry Program Teaching Team.
2007 Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning: Nulloo Yumbah centre for Indigenous Learning Spirituality and Research, CQU teaching team: "For creating and teaching a successful, culturally appropriate Tertiary entry Program for Indigenous Australians aspiring to tertiary education, particularly to students in correctional centres".
International Award for Excellence in Literacy and Education. Top ranked article. The International Journal of Learning for the paper: Pascoe, V.A & Radel, K. (2008) "What are Nice Guys Like them Doing in a Place Like that?" Education Journeys from Australian Indigenous students in Custody. Awarded at the 16th International Learning Conference, University of Barcelona, Spain.
2012 Awarded the Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue Scholarship, Flinders University, South Australia.
2012 Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning: Yunggorendi First Nations centre for Higher Education and Research, Flinders University, teaching team: "For sustained, dedicated, inspirational and far-reaching contribution to the education of pre-service teachers of Indigenous students in compulsory topics in the school of Education".
Previous teaching
Previous teaching Includes: Adult Education and extensive experience in Tertiary Education Preparatory Programs. I have also taught in TAFE NSW across a number of programs.
Professional Experience
Before entering into teaching I worked in the following:
Real Estate
Insurance
Finance
Australian Public Service (Tertiary Education Commission).
Professional Memberships
Queensland College of Teachers - Full Registration 808498
Consultancy Work
Impaired Decision - Making Capacity and Indigenous Queenslanders 2011 https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/153398/final-report-december-2011.pdf
Funded by the Office of the Public Advocate Queensland.
Jayne Clapton, Lesley Chenoweth and Natalie Clements - Griffith University
Vicki Pascoe and Kylie Radel - CQUniversity
Yvonne Cadet-James, Val Wallace and Diane Cadet-James - James Cook University
No Dramas: participatory action research using applied theatre to enable Indigenous youth-led communication on health and justice priorities (YRGP003)
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 2: Other Public Sector)
Funding Schemes: Department of Environment and Science (QLD) Youth Research Grants Program
Total Funding: $200,000.00
RTP Scholarship, commencing 2022
Grant: Scholarship (Not Specified )
Funding Schemes: RTP Stipend Scholarship, Commencing 2022
Total Funding: N/A
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3999 Other Education
- 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
- 4501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history
- 3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy
- 4702 Cultural Studies
- 4410 Sociology
- 4502 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
- 4505 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community
- 4203 Health services and systems
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Health services and systems - Health services and systems not elsewhere classified
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education
