Associate ProfessorVictoria Rawlings

BEd(Hons)(Sydney); PhD (Sydney)

Vic's research and teaching focuses on gender, sexuality, and schooling. She is currently working on projects funded by the Australian Research Council, DFAT, and the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, all of which aim to make schools safer, more inclusive, and receptive to gender and sexuality diversity. Using co-researcher methodologies, Vic works in partnership with teachers, students, and school leaders to drive meaningful change in their communities. She also creates curriculum-based strategies that aim to build critical thinking, care, and connection between students through SQUIGGLE, including STIR (Seeing, Talking, Interrogating and Reflecting: Classroom Activities about Gender and Sexuality).

Vic's work has extended beyond schools and into queer science (the CLOAK project); sport (looking at the experiences of girls and women in Australian Football Umpiring); and self-harm and suicide of LGBTQ+ youth. Alongside Professor Lee Wallace, Vic is the co-director of the Hunt-Simes Institute for Sexuality Studies at the University of Sydney. She also serves as an inaugural council member on the NSW LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council.