Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Indonesian languages, Computational linguistics, Corpus linguistics, Culture, representation and identity, Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development, Education policySEO tags
Biography
Zara Maxwell-Smith is an interdisciplinary researcher and lecturer in Indonesian Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS), UNSW Canberra. Zara completed her doctorate at the Australian National University in 2024, where she taught from 2013-2023. She has worked across a range of universities and schools, and as a researcher for the Australian government. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Teaching as well as Bachelors in...view more
Zara Maxwell-Smith is an interdisciplinary researcher and lecturer in Indonesian Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS), UNSW Canberra. Zara completed her doctorate at the Australian National University in 2024, where she taught from 2013-2023. She has worked across a range of universities and schools, and as a researcher for the Australian government. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Teaching as well as Bachelors in Arts and Asian Studies (ANU).
Current Research Interests
- Indonesian language, linguistics, politics
- Politics and culture in Southeast Asia/Indo-Pacific
- Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Automated Speech Recognition (ASR)
- Equity in AI, Open Source technologies
- Asian literacy, language education
2024 The Australian National University - Doctorate Degree in Linguistics
2012 The University of Canberra - Graduate Diploma of Education in Secondary Teaching
2011 The Australian National University - Bachelor`s degree Asian Studies (Indonesian Language Major)
2011 The Australian National University - Bachelor`s degree Arts (Applied Linguistics Major)
My Awards
2022 - Australia Indonesia Institute Indonesian Language Teaching Award
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-481X