Rate My Professor Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes

Her research expertise spans the sociology of racism, Critical Indigenous Studies, Critical Disability Studies, climate justice, and intersectionality, often applying an intersectional lens. As Lead Chief Investigator, she spearheads the BlakAbility project, exploring the lived experiences of Indigenous university staff and students with disability to create a culturally safe, disability-confident policy and practice framework. Daniels-Mayes is a Member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts, Co-Chair of the Accessible Communications Technical Advisory Group, and Advisor to the National Disability Data Asset Committee. Notable publications include 'The silent violence of ableism in architecture' (2025, co-authored with I. Howe), 'Ethical Inclusion and Participation of People with Disability in Research: Problematising Vulnerability' (2024), 'Researching Indigenous people living with a disability: The urgent need for an intersectional and decolonising approach (BlakAbility)' (2023), and 'Strategic human rights-based policy reforms for making Australian universities equally accessible to students, staff, and faculty who are Indigenous people with disability' (2023, co-authored with P. Harpur and M.A. Stein). She has obtained major funding, such as $1.94 million ARC Discovery Indigenous grant in 2023 for improving life outcomes for Indigenous people with disability, $60,000 from the National Disability Research Partnership for BlakAbility in 2025, and the Rechnitz Fund from the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2024.