Rate My Professor Cammi Murrup-Stewart

Associate Professor Cammi Murrup-Stewart is an Aboriginal woman with close ties to Wurundjeri Country and a family history impacted by the Stolen Generation policies. She lives with multiple disabilities and chronic illnesses and advocates for greater accessibility and inclusion. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Development Studies in International Development from La Trobe University, a Master of Development Studies in International Development from the University of Melbourne with a thesis on integrating psychosocial perspectives into development policies, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing from Monash University's Sub-Faculty of Translational Medicine and Public Health. With over eight years of experience in international and local community development and health sectors, she currently serves as an educator, supervisor, and researcher at the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Workforces Centre within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. Murrup-Stewart established the Murrup Bung-allambee Indigenous Psychology Group and leads the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Graduate Research Yarning Circle, supporting Indigenous higher degree research students.

Her research specializations encompass First Nations social and emotional wellbeing, sociology, cross-cultural psychology, settler-colonisation and anti-racism, Indigenous research methodologies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health, intersectionality, accessibility, and qualitative methods. Key publications include “Connection to culture is like a massive lifeline”: Yarning with Aboriginal young people about culture and social and emotional wellbeing (Qualitative Health Research, 2021), Understanding culture: The voices of urban Aboriginal young people (Journal of Youth Studies, 2021), Aboriginal perceptions of social and emotional wellbeing programs: A systematic review of literature (Australian Psychologist, 2019), and ‘Lateral violence stems from the colonial system’: settler-colonialism and lateral violence in Aboriginal Australians (Postcolonial Studies, 2023). She has received major awards such as the 2020 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research – Indigenous Researcher, Postgraduate Publication Award (2020), Turner Institute Excellence in Community Engagement Award (2021), and Turner Institute Strategic Project Grant (2022). As Associate Editor of the Australian Psychologist since January 2024, Murrup-Stewart has delivered public lectures at the International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference (2025) and Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (2023), contributing to projects on urban First Nations connection, student belonging, and policy impact in Indigenous health.