Rate My Professor Liam Lynch

Dr Liam Lynch serves as an Associate Lecturer in the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University, based at the Curtin Perth campus. He teaches core first-year units including Culture to Cultures (COMS1003 and COMS1012), which are integral to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Mass Communication degrees within the Faculty of Humanities. These units guide students to reflect on their own cultural identities and backgrounds, explore Indigenous knowledges, perspectives, and values, and critically assess cultural and social positionings alongside colonial forms of knowledge. Lynch has contributed to Curtin University's Assessment 2030 initiative through a reflexive essay example, defining reflexive academic learning as a process whereby students learn about scholarly concepts in the context of their lived experience, representing a form of experiential learning that engages the whole student.

Lynch earned his PhD from Curtin University, with his doctoral thesis examining Oscar Wilde's philosophy of art. His academic interests lie in intercultural education and the development of intercultural capabilities in tertiary settings, particularly within a Western Australian context. Collaborating with Dr Kara-Jane Lombard, he presented at the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) Forum in 2017 on the case study 'Teaching intercultural capabilities to first year Humanities students at Curtin University,' investigating how dedicated units foster a lifelong learning approach to intercultural awareness. This research earned them a WAIER Research Grant of $1000. In 2018, they addressed 'The Trump effect' on intercultural learning at the WAIER Forum, analyzing polarized student responses to course content amid rising concerns over multiculturalism, far-right influences, and social cohesion. Lynch serves as both a teacher and researcher, advancing culturally responsive pedagogies and graduate attributes in intercultural competence.