Dr. Jodi Edwards

Dr. Jodi Edwards is a Walbanja Woman, from Yuin Nation with Dharawal Nation Kinship ties. She is Vice Chancellor Indigenous Research Fellow at University of Wollongong and an Honorary Adjunct Fellow at RMIT.

Jodi has been in the field of Cultural Education for the past 28 years. She has been involved in many Aboriginal research projects of which she has gained hands on and working Cultural Knowledges such as Story Sharing, fish netting, canoe making and possum skin cloaking. Some of which are on display in the Museum of Australia, Sydney.

Jodi has been involved with Aboriginal research in which she has completed her PhD Weaving the past into the future – The continuity of cultural practices in the Yuin and Dharawal Nations. Her new research Unbroken Whispers – The ripples connecting Sea Kin connects all through Song, Dance and Language. She has a Masters in Language Education and a Graduate Diploma in Natural Cultural Resource Management which fuelled her passion to share Cultural knowledges and practices especially Aboriginal languages for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Jodi has presented through sharing stories at International, National, State and local Conferences on Aboriginal Cultural connections in the Marine Science space, Cultural Arts, Aboriginal languages and engaging with Aboriginal communities.