A/Professor Sadie Heckenberg
Associate Professor Sadie Heckenberg is a proud Wiradjuri woman, living and working on Nipaluna Country.
Sadie is a member of Ember Connect's Board, and has recently been appointed to the position of Academic Director (Aboriginal Engagement) at the University of Tasmania. Sadie is the President of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium and sits on the Universities Accord Ministerial Reference Group and the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts. A Wiradjuri scholar, Sadie was awarded her PhD in 2018, entitled Nothing About Us Without Us: Protecting Indigenous knowledges through oral histories and culturally safe research practices. Sadie also sits on the board of Black Duck Group, and on the Universities Australia DVC Corporate Committee. Sadie is the Lead CI for Australian Research Council’s Linkage Project: Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Girls, Changing Communities.