Azra Coombe

Lecturer

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

place Humanities

Ngarrindjeri, Narungga, and Kaurna scholar and educator with a profound dedication to Indigenous research, education, and methodologies. With over a decade of experience in Indigenous education and community engagement within the pubic sector. Holding a Bachelor of Education (Honours), her work emphasises Ngarrindjeri ways of being, doing, and knowing, particularly within classroom contexts through relationality.

Lecturer and Topic Coordinator in Critical Indigenous Studies at Flinders University, where she mentors Indigenous students across multiple colleges. As a leader in the First Nation Researcher's Collective and a final-year PhD candidate, her research challenges settler-colonial educational systems by centering Indigenous epistemologies. Her outreach includes collaborations with Aboriginal-controlled services and educational organizations, with a focus on fostering capacity and sustainability for Indigenous peoples in educational settings.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Education / Bachelor of Arts (Middle and Secondary Schooling)
  • Bachelor of Education (Honours)
  • Candidate - Doctor of Philosophy 
Honours, awards and grants

2024 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching (Commendation)

2023 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Early Career Mentoring Program - Monash University

2022 Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue Indigenous Student Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Key responsibilities

Critical Indigenous Studies

  • Topic Coordinator
  • Lecturer
Topic coordinator
EDUC2420 Critical Indigenous Pedagogical Approaches
EDUC2420 Critical Indigenous Pedagogical Approaches
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities
Topic lecturer
EDUC2420 Critical Indigenous Pedagogical Approaches
EDUC2420 Critical Indigenous Pedagogical Approaches
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities