Dr. Antonia Hendrick is a Senior Lecturer, Teaching & Learning Discipline Chair, and MSW Coordinator in the Social Work and Social Policy discipline at the University of Western Australia's School of Health and Clinical Sciences. She earned her Bachelor of Social Work with First Class Honours in 1997 and completed an industry-funded PhD at Curtin University in 2010, commencing doctoral studies in 2005. Prior to her academic career, Hendrick held various appointments in government and non-government organisations. She began lecturing in Curtin University's Social Work program in 2008 and continued in that role until 2022, when she joined UWA as Senior Lecturer.

Hendrick's research interests focus on decolonising the social work curriculum, developing culturally responsive policies, processes, and practices for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ally work, decolonial theory and practice, and developmental participatory community practice. She teaches units such as SWSP5631 Social Work Methods 2: Theory for Practice - Working with People and SWSP3007 Decolonising Social Work: Anti-Oppressive Practices. Key publications include "Eco-social Work in Action: A Place for Community Gardens" (Bailey, Hendrick, & Palmer, 2018), "Teaching about Decoloniality: The Experience of Non-Indigenous Social Work Educators" (Hendrick & Young, 2018), "Decolonising the Curriculum, Decolonising Ourselves: Experiences of Teaching in and from the 'Third Space'" (Hendrick & Young, 2017), "Ally Work, Decoloniality, and the Problematics of Resisting White Privilege" (Hendrick & Young, 2023), and "Australian Value or Political Rhetoric? The Media’s Use of the Fair Go in Australia" (Pantaleo et al., 2025). As Chief Investigator, she contributes to an Australian Research Council grant (2023–2025) aimed at developing semi-immersive simulation tools for culturally responsive social work professionals. Hendrick has received the UWA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2023), a commendation for the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Indigenous-Led Research (2023), and the School of Allied Health award (2022). Her work includes partnerships with Aboriginal Elders and Lived Experience Educators to advance cultural responsiveness and systemic change.

Professional Email: antonia.hendrick@uwa.edu.au