
M.A. Ed. Secondary English Education (Wake Forest University), B.A. English (Duke University)
Katherine Thompson (B.A. Duke University; M.A. Ed. Wake Forest University) has taught in a variety of settings, including public and independent high schools, not-for-profit and summer programs (The Fresh Air Fund; WriteGirl; North Carolina Governor's School), and Mwalimu Anna Primary School in Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania. She is currently the manager of the UNSW Matraville Education Partnership and a sessional academic within the UNSW School of Education, working in the fields of Indigenous education and community advocacy, sociocultural contexts of education, and equity in education.
Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award - Programs that Enhance Learning - Master of Teaching Indigenous Education Program 2021
Dean's Learning & Teaching Awards 2019 - Rising Star Award
Nominee - UNSW President's Awards 2017 - Collaboration
UNSW Staff Excellence Award: Excellence in Community Engagement - UNSW Matraville Education Partnership 2016
Aboriginal Voices/Culturally Nourishing Schools Project (2020-2023)
Cultural Residents Project (2020-2022)
Culture, Community and Curriculum Project (2016-2018)
My Teaching
EDST1108: Indigenous Perspectives in Education
EDST5115: Social and Political Contexts in Education
EDST5116: Student Engagement
Master of Teaching Indigenous Education Intensive
Nura Gili Winter School and Pre-Education Programs