Kyllie Cripps FAHA is an Australian Aboriginal Tasmanian sociologist who specialises in Aboriginal domestic violence. Originally a professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice, she is currently Professor at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre at Monash University.[1]
Kyllie Cripps | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Awards | Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2023) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Enough Family Fighting: Indigenous Community Responses to Addressing Family Violence in Australia and the United States (2005) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
| Sub-discipline | Aboriginal domestic violence |
| Institutions | |
Biography
editCripps was educated at the University of South Australia, where she received her BA in Aboriginal Affairs Administration in 1998 and BA with first-class honours in Aboriginal Studies in 1999, and at Monash University, where she received her PhD in Arts in 2005.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was titled Enough Family Fighting: Indigenous Community Responses to Addressing Family Violence in Australia and the United States, and was featured on the 22 September 2007 episode of ABC Radio Sydney's Speaking Out.[3]
After spending some time working at the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation's Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit,[3] Cripps started working at the UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice as a senior lecturer in 2010.[4] She received her master degree in criminology from University of Sydney in 2020.[2] In 2022, she was promoted to associate professor, and in 2023, she moved to Monash University, where she became professor and the director of the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre.[4]
As an academic, Cripps specialises in Aboriginal domestic violence,[1] being known as a leading expert in the field.[5][6] She uses intersectionality in her research, which otherwise has included identifying causes and solutions to domestic violence.[1] Her work also includes creating safe spaces, supporting local communities and organisations, and teaching the next generation.[1] While at UNSW, she served as co-convenor of their Gendered Violence Research Network.[2] She was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2023.[5]
Cripps is an Aboriginal Tasmanian.[1] She is married to John.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Kyllie Cripps". Monash University. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Associate Professor Kyllie Cripps - Alumni". Monash University. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Speaking Out - Enough Family Fighting". ABC. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Kyllie Cripps". ORCID. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b Pressler, Abra (22 November 2023). "Announcing 2023 Academy Fellows" (Press release). Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "52 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people changing the world". Cosmos. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.