Rate My Professor Robert Shaw

Shaw's academic qualifications are comprehensive, encompassing a Professional Certificate in Indigenous Research from Melbourne with First Class Honours, a Master of Indigenous Languages Education from Sydney with High Distinction – Magna (Summa) Cum Laude, a Master of Education (Religious Education) from Notre Dame with Distinction, a Graduate Diploma of Education from Murdoch, a Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist) – 1st Class Honours from Murdoch with specializations in Business and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from NSW TAFE Western, Certificate IV in Health Science Foundations from Challenger TAFE, and Certificates I and II in Aboriginal Languages – Wiradyuri from Yarradamarra Aboriginal Centre – NSW TAFE Western. His research interests include Indigenous Australian Languages, Indigenous Education, First Nations Peoples Incarceration, Languages and Language Acquisition, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Health, Medicine and Traditional Medicines, Asian Philosophies and Religions, East Asian Studies, and Buddhist Studies. Notable publications comprise Miu, B. et al. (2025) 'Exploring fathers’ child and family support during Aboriginal mothers’ incarceration' in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples; Heckenberg, R. et al. (2020) 'West of the wall: Reflections of lock down in delivery during COVID-19' in Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 23(3-4); Shaw, R. (2017) 'The Venerable Monk Xuyun’s Thought on and Cultivation Practices of the Chan and Pure Land Dharma Doors' in Chen Chienhuang (Ed.), Zhòng lì zhuāngyán; and Shaw, R. (2016) 'The Venerable Monk Xuyun's Life as an Exemplar for Humanistic Buddhism' in Fayu China.