Rate My Professor Daniela Heil

Heil's career at the University of Newcastle includes key appointments such as Sociology and Anthropology Honours Convenor from January 2010 to June 2015, Research Ethics Advisor for Arts and Social Science on the Human Research Ethics Committee from March 2012 to June 2014, Acting Deputy Chair of the HREC from August 2013 to June 2014, Program Convenor for Graduate Certificate and Master of Social Change and Development in 2016, and Deputy Head of School, Teaching and Learning since January 2016. She received the 2010 Inaugural Online Teacher of the Year Award. Her scholarly contributions encompass the co-authored book The Anthropology Companion (2018), chapters including 'Happiness in a First People's Community in New South Wales, Australia' (2024) and 'Medical Anthropology' (2023), and journal articles such as 'Conceptualizing "risk taking" in Australian Aboriginal health' in Social Science & Medicine, 'Managing Aboriginal health within an ontology of life-as-contingent' in Oceania (2008), and 'Gaynor Macdonald (1948-2022)' in Oceania (2022). Heil's work informs health policy and practice to better accommodate Indigenous cultural characteristics, enhancing outcomes through culturally attuned approaches. She holds fellowships in the Australian Anthropological Society and memberships in AIATSIS, AAA, and EASA.