Rate My Professor Liz Cameron

Liz Cameron is a Dharug woman serving as Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Built Environment (Indigenous Health) at the University of Newcastle, within the College of Engineering, Science and Environment. An accomplished artist, spatial designer, academic, and researcher, she holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Newcastle and a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Health from Macquarie University. Her research is practice-led, drawing on decolonial theories, embodied visual communications, and Country-guided practices. Key interests include architecture informed by Indigenous knowledge systems, arts-led practices, caring for Country, design, ecology, environmental restoration, cultural representation in the built environment, identity, belonging, and the role of creative making in health and healing. Her fields of research are Indigenous methodologies (20%), cultural and creative industries (40%), and global Indigenous studies environmental knowledges and management (40%).

Cameron's distinguished career spans multiple institutions. She was Professor and Chair of Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University's Indigenous Education from May 2019 to June 2022, and Director/Professor there from May 2015 to June 2019. Previously, as Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle from February 2010 to June 2015, and Course Coordinator in the Indigenous Support Program at the University of Western Sydney from January 2006 to January 2008. In recognition of her contributions, she received the Vice Chancellor's Award of Excellence from Deakin University in 2019. Cameron has an extensive publication record, including journal articles such as "Embodied experiences: integrating indigenous sensory knowledge in architectural education" with Megan Eiman (Architectural Science Review, 2025), "'Reclaiming their stories': A study of the spiritual content of historical cultural objects through an Indigenous creative inquiry" (Australian Archaeology, 2024), "Yarning up with Doc Reynolds: an interview about Country from an Indigenous perspective" (Wildlife Research, 2025), "The shifting baseline syndrome as a connective concept for more informed and just responses to global environmental change" (People and Nature, 2023), and "Indigenous ecological knowledge systems - Exploring sensory narratives" (Ecological Management & Restoration, 2022). She has also authored book chapters like "Embodied Realisms in Australian Aboriginal Art" (2024) and contributed to conferences and creative works.