Rate My Professor Zac Roberts

Dr Zac Roberts is a Walbunja Yuin historian and archaeologist from the South Coast of New South Wales, currently serving as Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies within the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University. He completed his PhD at Macquarie University in 2024, with a thesis examining the history of relations between Indigenous and Jewish communities in Australia since 1788; the degree was awarded with no corrections. Previously, he held the position of Associate Lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of Indigenous Studies at the same institution. Roberts' academic interests focus on relationalities between Indigenous peoples and other minoritised groups in Australia, particularly Indigenous-Jewish relations, alongside Indigenous histories, archaeology, and media.

Roberts has made significant contributions through his publications, including 'Macquarie University, Indigenous Heritage' in the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (2020), 'A guide to writing and speaking about Indigenous People in Australia' (co-authored, 2021), 'Divergent Experiences of Jewish-Aboriginal Women in Australia' (2023), 'Settler Colonialism, Jews, and Indigenous Peoples' (2023), and 'A journey to and from archaeology' (2025). His work has accumulated 53 citations on Google Scholar. He has received notable awards, such as the 2022 John Mulvaney Fellowship from the Australian Academy of the Humanities for his PhD research, the 2025 Australian Religious History Fellowship at the State Library of New South Wales for the project 'Changing Representations of Indigenous Peoples in the NSW Jewish Press', and the Faculty of Arts Learning & Teaching award for Early Career at Macquarie University. Roberts teaches units including Research in Critical Indigenous Studies and has presented public lectures, such as on using colonial archives in decolonial history-making at the Museum of Sydney.