University of Newcastle

Stacey McMullen is a proud Kooma woman who grew up and continues to work on Awabakal Country (Newcastle, Australia). She is currently the Interim Deputy Head of the Wollotuka Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Newcastle, where her substantive role is as an Indigenous Scholar and Senior Lecturer, teaching across both undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programs.

Stacey is a Clinical Psychologist and Board-Approved Supervisor with over 20 years of experience across government, non-government, Aboriginal-led, and private practice settings. Her clinical work has focused on culturally responsive psychology interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with particular expertise in social and emotional wellbeing, trauma, complex trauma, and perinatal trauma.

Her research and teaching explore culturally responsive and culturally led therapeutic approaches, with a strong commitment to embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges within Western psychological frameworks. Stacey is passionate about supporting the development and success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychology students and future graduates.

She is an active member of the Community of Practice of the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP), the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA), and Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA).