Shandell is a Research Associate based at UWA Albany campus.

Prior to commencing this role and undertaking her PhD, Shandell worked in many organisations that delivered outcomes for Aboriginal communities on the south coast. These roles varied from natural resource management to suicide prevention in vulnerable communities to First Nations art. These roles were focused on supporting community capacity.

Shandell’s most recent academic role has been as an Albany campus tutor in Indigenous units, along with also providing support to the delivery of biodiversity units. Since 2020, she has also supported the ‘Walking Together’ team working with Noongar Elders and cultural responses to contemporary biodiversity conservation based at UWA Albany.

The focus area of Shandell’s research will be on Merningar boodja (Menang peoples’ country) looking at:

• Indigenous community driven and led responses to conservation biology
• marine landscapes/research and the application of TEK (traditional ecological knowledge)
• 2-way science and collaborative approaches that focus on Indigenous methodologies.