Shani Crumpen
2026 Fellow
Shani Crumpen - Dungala Kaiela Fellow, University of Melbourne, is a Torres Strait Islander woman and a PhD Candidate within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Her research explores the Impacts of Indigenous Led on Country Collections on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. Shani graduated from Latrobe University with a Bachelor of Arts Honours (Sociology) and has a strong interest in Indigenous Data Governance, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems and community development.
Shani is an investigator for the Developing Yorta Yorta Measures for Shared Prosperity, Repositioning Value and a Thriving Community with Strong Foundations research project.
Shani’s research work in the Algabonyah Research and Impact Centre (ARIC), includes the Rumbalara Wellbeing and Resilience research project and Novel interventions to address methamphetamines in Aboriginal communities (NIMAC) research project.
Shani has worked in a number of Indigenous organisations in the Goulburn Murray region over the last 17 years.
Publications:
Rumbalara Wellbeing and Resilience Report: https://www.kaielainstitute.org.au/research.html
Realising Indigenous Data Governance: A case study of the Koori Resource and Information Centre Archives: https://publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/asa/article/view/10213
How community sport and recreation affect the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people: A qualitative systematic review and meta-aggregation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212657024000187
Reducing Methamphetamine Use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities With the “We Can Do This” Web App: Qualitative Evaluation of Acceptability and Feasibility: https://formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e58369