Transforming Lives and Systems

Dr Jack Frawley is an Academic Leader at the University of Sydney's National Centre for Cultural Competence. Jack has held several senior academic positions at the Australian Catholic University, Charles Darwin University and the University of Sydney and is an Adjunct at the Batchelor Institute. His research and published work focus on social inclusion especially in the areas of leadership studies, program evaluation, teacher education, and minority education. He has worked extensively in Aboriginal Australia as well as the South Pacific and Southeast Asia.Dr Emma Sarian is an early career researcher who was recently awarded her PhD by Macquarie University, where she also completed a Master of Research in 2014. Her doctoral thesis explored the historical rise of identity politics in Australia, bringing together archival research on the women's and Aboriginal rights movements in the 20th century with contemporary political theories of identity. Emma currently works as an Associate Lecturer at the National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC), where her role spans both the research and delivery of cultural competence programs. Her research in this role focuses on theories of cultural competence pedagogy and evaluation, seeking to establish a strong theoretical foundation for determining best practices in cultural competence development. Dr Tran Nguyen is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney's National Centre for Cultural Competence. Prior to coming to the University of Sydney, she was a Chevening/Cambridge scholar in Development Studies (MPhil degree) at the University of Cambridge, UK, and completed a PhD in Sociology at Macquarie University. Her research expertise and interests include inter-ethnic relations, cultural competence, migration, employability, internationalisation in higher education, employment services and welfare state policies. Tran has published in leading national and international journals in the areas of intercultural studies, social issues and sociology. Her previous experience includes working with UNESCO and in the Australian welfare sector. She has also served as a reviewer for prominent national journals, and for book chapters related to her working fields.