Rate My Professor Frances Wyld

Dr Frances Wyld, a Martu woman of the Pilbara region in Australia, serves as Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies within the School of Society and Culture, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences at Adelaide University. She earned her Doctor of Communication from the University of South Australia, Master of Education Studies from Flinders University, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Australia. Throughout her career, commencing with a lectureship at the University of Adelaide in 2014, Wyld has dedicated herself to integrating Aboriginal content and pedagogical theory into tertiary curricula, fostering an Indigenous worldview for ethical research and teaching practices.

Her research interests center on Indigenous Knowledges, communication, and cultural studies, employing autoethnography, storytelling, and mythography to privilege Indigenous perspectives in academia. Wyld proudly collaborates with Sámi scholars in Sweden, including on a Uppsala University-led project exploring climate change through Indigenous lenses and innovation. Her scholarly output is diverse, encompassing journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. Key publications include: "Academic kinship: I once had a game, or should I say it once had me?" (2025, Routledge); "Staying with the fire: sustainable futures using Indigenous knowledges" (2023, Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples and Futures); "The land as research participant: a storytelling project on climate change and Indigenous perspectives" (2021, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues); "Lily ends it for you" (2019, Hecate); "Earth song as storywork: reclaiming Indigenous knowledges" (2015, co-authored with B. Fredericks, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues); and "Lands of Fire and Ice: From Hi-Story to History in the Lands of Fire and Ice" (2014, ANU Press). Wyld coordinates and teaches courses such as COMM 2060 Communication and Reciprocity, HUMS 1035 Aboriginal Cultures, PHIL 3008 Aboriginal Philosophy: Contesting Knowledge in Social Science, SOCU 5012 Indigenous Perspectives on Globalisation, and INDG 5008 Aboriginal Futures. Her work significantly influences decolonising education and amplifying Aboriginal narratives in scholarly discourse.