Holly Randell-Moon

Teaching and Research Staff

Associate Professor Holly Randell-Moon

PhD (Macquarie)

Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies
Dubbo
Building 902, Room 208

Holly is a non-Indigenous researcher who uses critical race and whiteness studies theories to situate her Anglo-Celtic family and settler ancestors within the social and built landscapes of settler colonisation. Holly has published on race, religion, and sovereignty in the journals Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, borderlands, and Social Semiotics. Her publications on biopower, cultural geography, and digital infrastructure have appeared in Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture and Media International Australia. Along with Ryan Tippet, she is the editor of Security, Race, Biopower: Essays on Technology and Corporeality (2016). She edits Somatechnics: Journal of Bodies - Technologies - Power.

Areas of Expertise

  • Social science methodologies and data analysis, production and management;
  • Production of well-designed reports for government, industries and communities that summarise complex information presented in visually appealing ways;
  • Acquiring and translating community values on infrastructure and planning;
  • Engagement and relationship building with First Nations;
  • Indigenist research methodologies and prioritisation of Indigenous aspirations;

Holly Randell-Moon is an established university researcher focused on community and First Nations social values in media, infrastructure, planning, and regional development. She has over fifteen years research experience and has completed projects funded by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, InternetNZ, the State Library of New South Wales, and evaluations for MidCoast Assist. These projects and evaluations focused on community and social inclusion in digital technologies, libraries, and regional planning. Holly has experience with creating accessible reports with clear recommendations for government and professional bodies. She is currently conducting research on First Nations’ science and knowledge of Country as growth contributors to regional development.

Areas of possible supervision include:

  • Indigenous media studies; critical race and whiteness studies; gender and sexuality studies; critical and cultural theory.
  • Theories of the state, citizenship, and Indigenous sovereignty.
  • Cultural geography, creative cities, and digital infrastructure.
  • Education policy and the knowledge economy.
  • Regional wellbeing and workforce development.
  • 2015- Australian and New Zealand Communication Association, Gender Studies (2015) and Cultural Politics Chair (2016-)
  • 2013- Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand – Religion (2013-) and Race and Whiteness Studies Chair (2017-)
  • 2012- Association for Cultural Studies
  • 2006- Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, Treasurer, Executive Member (2016-)
  • 2006- Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association