Chair: Bianca Mister (CQUniversity)

Bianca Mister is a Lecturer at CQUniversity. She has taught and conducted research across Australia, Vietnam, and Argentina, bringing an international perspective to her teaching and scholarship. Her research interests include vocabulary development, academic literacy, and heritage language maintenance and revitalisation. Bianca’s work bridges research and classroom practice, translating evidence from applied linguistics into practical teaching and curriculum design strategies that support students’ academic success. Alongside her academic appointments, she has worked extensively as a Senior Learning Designer and has played a key role in developing innovative educational programs in collaboration with leading Australian universities, including the University of Queensland, the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, RMIT, and UNSW.

Panellist: Dr Hao Tran (University of Queensland)

Dr Hao Tran is a Teaching Associate in the School of Languages and Cultures at The University of Queensland, where she has taught widely across the Applied Linguistics program and coordinated courses in English for Academic Purposes and Second Language Acquisition since 2019. She received the UQ HASS Teaching Award (Tutor) in 2024 and was shortlisted for the UQ Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in the same year. She is currently Associate Editor of TESOL in Context and an editorial board member of Technology in Language Teaching and Learning. She was Reviews Editor of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (2024 to 2025) and has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2021. Hao's academic journey began as a lecturer in English teacher education in Vietnam before she moved to Australia as an international student, first for her MA and later for her PhD.

Panellist & Mentor: Dr Giuseppe D’Orazzi (University of Melbourne)

Dr Giuseppe D’Orazzi is a Senior Lecturer in ESL and Applied Linguistics at the School of Languages and Linguistics and Research Associate at the Centre for the Studies of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. He is secretary of the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU). He also co-coordinates the Research Methodology Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning (IAPLL). His research focuses on second language learning and teaching – including Indigenous and minority languages, intercultural communication, multilingualism and multiculturalism, and the internationalisation of higher education.

Panellist: Dr Billy Setiawan (CQUniversity)

Dr Billy Setiawan is an Associate Lecturer in Academic Literacies at CQUniversity, with prior roles as lecturer/tutor and Research Assistant at the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide. His teaching experience spans academic literacy, applied linguistics, languages education, and intercultural communication. He is also an active public scholar, publishing widely in The Conversation on language, education, and society. His research focuses on intercultural language education and multilingualism, with publications in journals and edited volumes. Billy has received multiple awards, including the UniSA Justice & Society Champion Award, and prestigious scholarships such as the Fulbright Program.

Mentor: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite (University of Queensland)

Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite is Deputy Head of School (Applied Linguistics) in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland. He has published more than 60 peer reviewed articles in leading international journals, including Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, English for Specific Purposes, Computer Assisted Language Learning, ReCALL, System, IRAL, and the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research. His work has been recognised through inclusion in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists lists for 2023 and 2024. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics and holds editorial roles across several leading journals and book series in applied linguistics.

Mentor: Professor Margaret Kettle (CQUniversity)

Professor Margaret Kettle is a research focused academic in language education and applied linguistics, currently based at CQUniversity. Her work examines the ways that pedagogy, language and culture intersect in people's lives and can be brought together to promote participation and belonging in schooling, higher education, workplaces, and communities. She has led and contributed to multiple Australian Research Council (ARC) grants, government funded projects, and philanthropic research initiatives. With extensive experience in grant development, leadership, and interdisciplinary collaboration, she brings deep insight into building competitive grant applications and managing large scale research projects.

In this workshop, participants will develop an understanding of the processes followed to create, publish, renew and celebrate Aboriginal language stories. These include developing relationships with schools and/or communities to work in collaboration between Elders, Language knowledge holders, school principals, teachers, holding institutions and researchers, each of whom have an important role to play. In describing the processes followed working together to create Aboriginal language stories, we detail community ownership, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), co-design and the practicalities of creating the stories from a language perspective. The workshop aims to provide information to others who may be working in school and/or community contexts and are seeking engage in collaborative learning. Throughout the workshop, we encourage participants to ask questions and share their own experiences.

Case Study 1: Christ the King School, Djarindjin/Lombadina, Western Australia

Vincent McKenzie, Sharon Le Ray, Carly Steele, Toni Dobinson. This school-based project produced Aboriginal language books that included Bardi language, Aboriginal English and standardised Australian English. Bardi is a highly endangered language, and these books were designed to support Bardi language learning and cultural learning.

Case Study 2: Purnululu Aboriginal Independent Community School [PAICS], Western Australia

Sophie Mung, Libby Lee-Hammond, Rhonda Oliver, Sender Dovchin. In Purnululu, Gija Kriol is spoken by the students. The aim of the school is to not only revitalise the Gija language, but to also ground the pedagogy in traditional Gija language, stories and ceremonies.

Case Study 3: Papunya School, Northern Territory

Roslyn Dixon, Karen McDonald, Samantha Disbray. This case study explores a partnership to ensure that books and resources from the Papunya Literature Production Centre (which produced over 350 books in the 80s) are safe kept, renewed and reused. We explore strategies for ICIP arrangements and new technologies for sharing stories.

Vincent McKenzie (Bawunge): Respected Aboriginal educator, language teacher, and cultural advocate from the Djarindjin community. He belongs to the Ooloongoon clan group and received the 2020 Kate Mullin Award for excellence in Indigenous language preservation.

Sharon Le Ray: Principal of Christ the King Catholic School for 10 years. An experienced educator with over 40 years of experience, including 9 years as a professional actor working with Aboriginal communities in the APY lands.

Carly Steele: Senior Lecturer and Master of Education course coordinator at Curtin University. Her research focuses on culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and assessment.

Toni Dobinson: Over 40 years of experience in language teacher education. She is committed to culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and the revitalisation of language in remote schools.

Rhonda Oliver: Has undertaken educational research for more than 35 years. For the last two decades she has been undertaking work in the field of Indigenous education and Aboriginal languages research.

Sender Dovchin: A proud Mongolian woman whose research is primarily inspired by Indigenous and Mongolian nomadic knowledge cosmologies and philosophies.

Libby Lee-Hammond: Director of Gija Curriculum at PAICS. Her work spans decades informed by an unwavering commitment to social justice and educational equity.

Sophia Mung: A Jarlaloo woman and lead of the Gija language program at PAICS. As one of the few fluent speakers of Gija, she teaches language to students every day.

Roslyn Dixon: Luritja artist, teacher, and curator. She collaborated with the Pintupi-Luritja Bilingual Collection team to renew and exhibit resources from the Papunya Literature Production Centre.

Karen McDonald: Luritja artist and teacher. She was a literacy worker at the Papunya Literature Production Centre and joined the curation team for the Wangka Walytja exhibitions.

Samantha Disbray: Linguist and researcher at the University of Queensland. She co-developed the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalisation.