Professor Bronwyn Fredericks is an Aboriginal woman originally from South-east Queensland. A writer, educator and community activist, she has published poetry, socio-political prose, essays, and academic work within Australia and internationally, including the USA, Canada, Ireland and England.
She has been a National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with Monash University, and associated with the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) and the Indigenous Studies Research Network at the Queensland University of Technology.
She was Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at Central Queensland University (CQU), as well as the Chairperson of CQU Academic Board and BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Chair in Indigenous Engagement. At CQU, she led CQU’s Reconciliation Action Plan process and the Office of Indigenous Engagement Change Proposal.
Following CQU, she joined The University of Queensland (UQ) as Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement).
Sources include Stylus Poetry Journal, 31 (2008); UQ.
