Researcher

My Expertise

Dr. Sara Weuffen is a non-Indigenous teacher-researcher specialist with a PhD in cross/inter-cultural education research between non-Indigenous people and First Nations Peoples in Australia. She grew up on Gundijtmara Country in Warrnambool and currently lives and works on Wadawurrung Country in Ballarat.  Her research focuses on developing relational educational practices and professional development for teachers specifically within the secondary education space and discipline of History. Sara also specialises in learning and content design and user experience for diverse cohorts across a broad range of platforms; online, blended, face-to-face. 

Biography

Dr. Sara Weuffen works on the Culturally Nourishing Schooling Project as the qualitative Postdoctoral expert. 


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

  • Australian History
  • First Nations studies (cross-cultural education)

My Teaching

  • First Nations studies
  • Australian History
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Social Justice 

 

Location

Primary base off-campus on Wadawurrung Country in Ballarat