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James Cook University

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5.05/4/2026

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About Felecia

Professor Felecia Watkin Lui is a Torres Strait Islander academic with ancestral connections (giz) to Erub, Mabuiag, and Badu in the Torres Strait. She holds the position of Professor and serves as Head of Indigenous Teaching Programs and Professorial Research Fellow (ARC Future Fellow) in the Indigenous Education and Research Centre at James Cook University. Watkin Lui completed her Doctor of Philosophy (Indigenous) at James Cook University in 2009, with a thesis entitled "My island home: a study of identity across different generations of Torres Strait Islanders living outside the Torres Strait." Her career at James Cook University has progressed from doctoral research to leadership roles in Indigenous education and research, including supervision of higher degree research students and contributions to the university's Indigenous Education Strategy.