A/Prof Sana Nakata ~ Principal Research Fellow

Sana Nakata is Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University. She is trained in the law and political theory of the Western tradition, and her research focuses upon the politics of childhood, Indigenous policy and governance. She has held multiple Australian Research Council grants, written and edited books including Childhood Citizenship, Governance and Policy (Routledge, 2015) and published in leading international and Australian journals, including Politics, Contemporary Political Theory, and Australian Journal of Political Science.

Teaching

• IA5030: Navigating the Cultural Interface (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Politics of Childhood; Indigenous Law and Governance; Public Policy; Political Theory; Democratic Theory

Experience

• 2020 to 2022 - Associate Dean, Indigenous, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
• 2012 to 2022 - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Research Disciplines

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and c (4505)
• Political science (4408)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Indigenous (2199)
• Government and politics (2302)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services (2101)

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Journal Articles

• Krakouer J, Nakata S, Beaufils J, Hunter S, Corrales T, Morris H and Skouteris H (2022) Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care. Australian Social Work, 76 (3). pp. 343-357
• Bray D and Nakata S (2020) The figure of the child in democratic politics. Contemporary Political Theory, 19. pp. 20-37
• Dunstan L, Hewitt B and Nakata S (2020) Indigenous family life in Australia: A history of difference and deficit. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (3). pp. 323-338
• Nakata S and Maddison S (2019) New collaborations in old institutional spaces: Setting a new research agenda to transform Indigenous-settler relations. Australian Journal of Political Science, 54 (3). pp. 407-422
• Nakata S (2008) Elizabeth Eckford's Appearance at Little Rock: The Possibility of Children's Political Agency. Politics, 28 (1). pp. 19-25

Books

• Nakata S (2015) Childhood citizenship, governance and policy: The politics of becoming adult. Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy. Routledge, Abingdon, UK

Book Chapters

• Nakata S and Bray D (2023) Political Representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth in Australia. In: The Politics of Children's Rights and Representation. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 301-323
• Maddison S and Nakata S (2020) Introduction: Questioning Indigenous-settler relations: Reconciliation, recognition, responsibility. In: Questioning Indigenous-Settler Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer, Singapore, pp. 1-13

Other research outputs

• Maddison S and Nakata S (2020) Questioning Indigenous-Settler Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World. Springer, Singapore

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Academic buoyancy for Indigenous students: building academic buoyant capacities at the locale of the learner (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)