Tracey Ann Rankin

Tracey (she/her) is an non-Aboriginal white woman and sixth-generation settler-coloniser. In her role at Flinders University, Tracey is a teaching specialist (academic) whose interests include embodied learning and social justice pedagogies. For over a decade Tracey was an early childhood educator in the public education system working with young children and their families. Tracey is a strong advocate of understanding young children as competent and capable, and as citizens from birth.

Tracey currently teaches in Health Sciences, working with students and peers to develop strengths-based approaches and understandings in support of anti-racist and Culturally Safe practices. Her interests include reproductive justice, the role of Art-Led Learning (also known as Object-Based Learning) in early childhood and tertiary education, the nexus between situated histories and feminist theories and frameworks, and solidarity and collective action in achieving social justice.

Tracey acknowledges that she lives, learns, and teaches on unceded but stolen Kaurna Country and recognises and pays respect to Kaurna Elders and Kaurna Ancestors. Tracey also acknowledges that the lands on which Flinders University's campuses are located have been places of learning since time immemorial.