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Dr Mikayla King

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: mikayla.king@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-2152

Mikayla is an Academic within Kurongkurl Katitjin and the School of Education.

Background

Mikayla King is a Kalkadoon woman born and raised on Whadjuk Country of the Noongar Nation. Mikayla has worked in various levels of education over the last decade, in various roles including Aboriginal Islander Education Officer, Classroom Teacher, Acting Deputy Principal and as an Academic. Her experience is in Metropolitan Teaching Program (hard to staff) Western Australian Schools. Mikayla recently completed her PhD, in ARC project Culturally Responsive Schooling and focused on the way affects circulate and influence teacher pedagogical practice.

Research areas and interests

  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
  • Aboriginal Education
  • Affect curriculum and schooling
  • Indigenous epistemologies

Awards and recognition

  • 2025 - Australian Association for Research in Education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate student researcher award
  • 2025 - New Voice in Indigenous Educational Leadership Scholarship from Australian Council for Education Leaders
  • 2023 - Edith Cowan University Young Alumni Commendation
  • 2020 - Department of Education Teacher of the Year nomination
  • 2019 - Midland NAIDOC Education and Arts Person of the Year
  • 2019 - Early Childhood Australia Early Career Teacher of the Year

Professional Associations

  • 2026 - Early Childhood Australia National Aboriginal Advisory
  • 2023 - Australian Association for Research in Education

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