Associate Professor Mandy Downing has maternal lineage through the Lockyer family to the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people. Mandy is an applied scientist, ethicist, published author and the first Aboriginal person to be appointed as a Dean in the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University where she is the Dean of Indigenous Futures. Additionally, Mandy is the Co-Chair of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies National Research Ethics Committee and the Senior Indigenous Facilitator for the National Environmental Science Program’s Sustainable Communities and Waste Research Hub. Mandy in 2023 was inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame for her contributions of over 20 years to education.
Associate Professor Mandy Downing
