Senior Lecturer
Senior Research Fellow
Overview
Marnee Shay is an Aboriginal educator and researcher who is passionate about social justice, equity and community-driven research. Marnee’s maternal connections are to Wagiman country (Northern Territory) and she also has strong connections to Aboriginal communities in south east Queensland where she was raised.
Marnee is an experienced secondary school teacher in flexischools – that offer a flexible curriculum for marginalised students – and has worked in diverse community school and TAFE settings with disenfranchised young people. Her academic teaching for pre-service teachers has included programs on Indigenous education and how to create positive learning environments for students.
Marnee is a qualitative researcher who works with Indigenous peoples across urban, regional and remote communities, particularly in diverse school settings. She has developed a number of collaborative ‘yarning’ (story-telling) and creative methodologies for undertaking ethical research in Indigenous communities. This research has led to culturally and contextually relevant outputs developed by Indigenous young people including clothing items and text that creates voices on identity, health and wellbeing. Her research findings have resulted in school-wide reviews and changes to the way Indigenous education is undertaken, ensuring both suitability and sustainability of programs.
Additionally, as a consultant, Marnee helps with genuine inclusion of Indigenous people and communities within schools, thereby building the capacity of the educators implementing Indigenous education strategies within the school environment. She also assists schools to develop relevant, collaborative and highly contextualised professional development programs relating to Indigenous education.
Marnee’s research interests are:
· Alternative schooling
· Indigenous education
· Indigenous education policy
· Indigenous research ethics and methodologies
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
- Master of Education (Research), University of the Sunshine Coast
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
- Bachelor of Indigenous Studies, Southern Cross University
Publications
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Journal Article: Extending the yarning yarn: collaborative yarning methodology for ethical indigenist education research
Shay, Marnee (2019) Extending the yarning yarn: collaborative yarning methodology for ethical indigenist education research. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 1-9. doi:10.1017/jie.2018.25
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Other Outputs: Flexischools: an alternative for indigenous children
Shay, Marnee (2018) Flexischools: an alternative for indigenous children. http://thewire.org.au/story/flexischools-alternative-indigenous-children/, The Wire.
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Other Outputs: How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
Shay, Marnee and Lampert, Jo (2018, June 14). How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education. The Conversation, .
Grants
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(2019) UQ Early Career Researcher
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(2018–2019) Queensland University of Technology
Supervision
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An exploration of corporates in Australia with Reconciliation Action Plans Valuing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women through leadership opportunities
Doctor Philosophy
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Teacher Engagement with External Providers in Indigenous Education
Master Philosophy
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How mainstream schools can provide alternative education programs for youth at risk of disengaging
Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Book Chapter
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Stuart, Kaz and Shay, Marnee (2018). Countering epistemological exclusion through critical ethical research to support social justice: methodological comparisons between Australia and the United Kingdom. In Vicente Reyes, Jennifer Charteris, Adele Nye and Sophia Marvopoulo (Ed.), Educational research in the age of the anthropocene (pp. 188-210) Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5317-5.ch009
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Leadership in Flexi schools: issues of race and racism in Australia
Shay, Marnee (2018). Leadership in Flexi schools: issues of race and racism in Australia. In Martin Mills and Gillean McCluskey (Ed.), International perspectives on alternative education (pp. 131-142) London: Trentham Books.
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More than cultural celebrations Indigenous identities in school settings
Shay, Marnee (2018). More than cultural celebrations Indigenous identities in school settings. In Tania Ferfolja, Criss Jones Diaz and Jacqueline Ullman (Ed.), Understanding sociological theory for educational research 2nd ed. (pp. 102-115) Singapore: Cambridge University Press.
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Inclusion in the middle years: supporting ethnic and cultural diversity
Morgan, Ann, Shay, Marnee and Proud, Denise (2017). Inclusion in the middle years: supporting ethnic and cultural diversity. In Beth Saggers (Ed.), Developing positive classroom environments: strategies for nurturing adolescent learning (pp. 278-294) Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
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Our mob are researchers too! The story of an Aboriginal researcher seeking new paradigms
Shay, Marnee (2017). Our mob are researchers too! The story of an Aboriginal researcher seeking new paradigms. In Chris McMaster, Caterina Murphy, Ben Whitburn and Inger Mewburn (Ed.), Postgraduate study in Australia: surviving and succeeding (pp. 127-136) New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang Publishing.
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Re-imagining Indigenous education through flexi-schooling
Shay, Marnee (2016). Re-imagining Indigenous education through flexi-schooling. In Derek Bland (Ed.), Imagination for inclusion: diverse contexts of educational practice (pp. 116-127) New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315689913
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Shay, Marnee (2015). The perceptions that shape us: strengthening Indigenous young people's cultural identity in flexi school settings. In Tania Ferfolja, Criss Jones Díaz and Jacqueline Ullman (Ed.), Understanding sociological theory for educational practices (pp. 93-109) Port Melbourne, VIC Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Article
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Shay, Marnee (2019) Extending the yarning yarn: collaborative yarning methodology for ethical indigenist education research. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 1-9. doi:10.1017/jie.2018.25
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Shay, Marnee and Wickes, Judi (2017) Aboriginal identity in education settings: privileging our stories as a way of deconstructing the past and re-imagining the future. Australian Educational Researcher, 44 1: 107-122. doi:10.1007/s13384-017-0232-0
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Shay, Marnee (2017) Emerging ideas for innovation in Indigenous education: a research synthesis of Indigenous educative roles in mainstream and flexi schools. Teaching Education, 28 1: 12-26. doi:10.1080/10476210.2016.1210594
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Shay, Marnee, Morgan, Ann, Lampert, Jo and Heck, Deborah (2016) Introduction to the special issue on alternative pathways in education for disenfranchised children and young people in the Australian context. International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, 7 2: 171-177. doi:10.18357/ijcyfs72201615716
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Shay, Marnee (2016) Seeking new paradigms in Aboriginal education research: methodological opportunities, challenges and aspirations. HSE-Social and Education History, 5 3: 273-296. doi:10.17583/hse.2016.2299
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Alternative education engaging Indigenous young people: flexi schooling in Queensland
Shay, Marnee and Heck, Deborah (2015) Alternative education engaging Indigenous young people: flexi schooling in Queensland. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 44 1: 37-47. doi:10.1017/jie.2015.8
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Shay, Marnee and Heck, D. (2013) Developing shared practice to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student retention in teacher education. Journal of Indigenous Australian Issues, 16 4: 42-57.
Conference Publication
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Shay, Marnee and Sarra, Grace (2018). Our stories, our way: cultural identities, health and well-being of Indigenous young people in Australia. In: World Indigenous Research and Education Conference, Sámi University of Applied Sciences and World Indigenous Research Association, Norway, (). 22-24 August 2018.
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Shay, Marnee and Wickes, Judi (2016). Deficit constructions of Aboriginal identity in Australia: a CRT analysis of the pervasiveness in education across generations. In: 2nd International CERES Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, (). 24-26 June 2016.
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Stuart, Kaz and Shay, Marnee (2016). Narrative participative action research to support social justice: methodological comparisons between Australia and the United Kingdom. In: Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (). 27 November - 1 December 2016.
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Shay, Marnee (2016). Seeking new paradigms in Aboriginal education research: methodological opportunities, challenges and aspirations. In: Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, (). 27 November-1 December 2016.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander roles in flexi schools
Shay, Marnee (2015). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander roles in flexi schools. In: Australian Association for Research in Education, Fremantle, Australia, (). 29 November-3 December 2015.
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Shay, Marnee, Morgan, Ann, Proud, Denise and Heck, Deborah (2014). Alternative notions of schooling in Australia: the story of teachers and principals engaging and reflecting on supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. In: World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, (). 19-24 May 2014.
Other Outputs
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Flexischools: an alternative for indigenous children
Shay, Marnee (2018) Flexischools: an alternative for indigenous children. http://thewire.org.au/story/flexischools-alternative-indigenous-children/, The Wire.
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How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
Shay, Marnee and Lampert, Jo (2018, June 14). How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education. The Conversation, .
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ERRR #022. Marnee Shay on Indigenous education, education research, and flexischools
Lovell, Ollie and Shay, Marnee (2018) ERRR #022. Marnee Shay on Indigenous education, education research, and flexischools. Education Research Reading Room Podcast.
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Teaching notes for Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Shay, Marnee (2018) Teaching notes for Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia. Carlton, VIC, Australia, Black Inc.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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(2019) UQ Early Career Researcher
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(2018–2019) Queensland University of Technology
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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An exploration of corporates in Australia with Reconciliation Action Plans Valuing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women through leadership opportunities
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Teacher Engagement with External Providers in Indigenous Education
Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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How mainstream schools can provide alternative education programs for youth at risk of disengaging
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
