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Dr Payi Linda Ford
Associate Professor Payi Linda Ford
Principal Research Fellow
Dr Kathy (Gotha) Guthadjaka
Dr Kathy (Gotha) Guthadjaka AM
Senior Research Fellow & Elder on Country
Läwurrpa
Associate Professor Elaine Läwurrpa Maypilama
Principal Research Fellow
Steven Bird
Professor Steven Bird
Professor
Professor Michael Christie
Professor Michael Christie
Principal Researcher
Professor Helen Verran
Professor Helen Verran
Senior Researcher 
Anne Lowell
Principal Research Fellow
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Jennifer Deger
Professor of Digital Humanities
Michaela Spencer
Dr Michaela Spencer
Research Fellow
Jennifer Macdonald
Dr Jennifer Macdonald
CDU-CSIRO Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Rachel Groom
Rachel Groom
CDU-AIMS Research Fellowship
Dr Cathy Bow
Dr Cathy Bow
Research Associate 
Dr Jackie Gould
Dr Jackie Gould
CDU-AIMS Fellow 
Mat Bettinson
Dr Matthew(Mat) Bettinson
Research Fellow
Emily Armstrong
Emily Armstrong
Research Assistant and PhD Candidate
Gawura Waṉambi
Gawura Waṉambi
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies
Joy Bulkanhawuy
Joy Bulkanhawuy
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies
Emily Tyaemaen Ford
Emily Tyaemaen Ford
Junior Research Assistant & Adjunct Research Associate
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Dr Payi Linda Ford
Associate Professor Payi Linda Ford

Principal Research Fellow

Associate Professor Payi Linda Ford

Principal Research Fellow

E:  linda.ford@cdu.edu.au
T: +61 8 8946 7203

Dr Payi Linda Ford is Aboriginal and identifies as Rak Mak Mak Marranunggu, from Kurrindju, on the Finniss River, in the Northern Territory and is currently a Principal Research Fellow at Northern Institute at CDU, with whom she has a long association. Her knowledge, expertise and research in working with Indigenous groups is clearly invaluable to the Northern Institute. Dr Ford graduated with her PhD (Education), 2006 from Deakin University.

Linda understands and is familiar with Indigenous epistemological practices and its application to her research projects. Her knowledge and experience has informed her research practises to include ways of being, knowing and ability to lead and contribute to local, national and international research projects. The Indigenist research methodologies are applied to her research projects ie. Australian Research Council Projects, FRDC Aquaculture project and Plant Biosecurity research project.  

Current projects include 2 ARC's PBCRC 4041, LEBA Grants (Ageing, Telehealth and Language revitalisation), NTG Oral History grant.

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