Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance

Professor Chris Matthews is from the Quandamooka people of Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island) in Queensland, Australia. Chris received a PhD in applied mathematics from Griffith University and was a Senior Lecturer in applied mathematics at the Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University. Over the last ten years, Chris developed a deeper interest in mathematics education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners and exploring the connections between mathematics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge.

Prof. Mark Rose is an Aboriginal man traditionally linked to the Gunditjmara Nation of western Victoria.  With a forty-year career in education, Mark has contributed to a broad range of educational settings within the state as well as nationally and internationally. At a state and national level and with community endorsement Mark has served on five ministerial advisory committees.

In 2003-2005, Mark co-chaired the Victorian Implementation Review of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.  In the last fifteen years Mark has held senior academic potions and in 2020 he became the inaugural Pro-Vice Chancellor at Deakin University. Mark’s commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education is seen in his role in community groups such as the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc (VAEAI) and the raft of statutory bodies he sits on.  Mark is often drawn upon for keynotes and media.

Dr Caty Morris is the Curriculum Specialist, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education at ACARA. In 2017, she received a doctorate for her research in responsive mathematics pedagogy with Aboriginal learners. Her work in both mathematics education and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education has been at school, regional, state and national levels in various teaching and leadership positions from remote to inner city settings.

During 2009-2014, Caty managed a Closing the Gap project for the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) to improve mathematics and numeracy learning outcomes of urban and regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in seven clusters of schools across Australia.

Jessica currently manages partnerships and stakeholder relations at the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) which she joined after five years at the Business Council of Australia (BCA) where she led increases in Indigenous employment and procurement among large Australian corporations.

Jessica also spent five years at Reconciliation Australia as a part of the team that developed the Reconciliation Action Plan program. Jessica has lived and worked in remote Aboriginal communities and across corporate, not-for-profit and government sectors to support Indigenous-led enterprise and opportunity. Jessica lives on Kaurna country with her family and camp dog.

Will Morony retired as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers in 2018. He came to the Association in 1997 after a twelve year career as a teacher of secondary mathematics and physics in South Australian schools, and ten years as a senior mathematics officer in the curriculum section of the South Australian education department, during which time he was involved in several national initiatives in mathematics.

As AAMT CEO, Will had oversight of the Association’s activities. He took an active national leadership role in AAMT’s work to represent and support the Association’s members in a range of areas including curriculum and materials development, policy, professional learning, progressing national agendas such as numeracy, Indigenous students’ learning of mathematics and integrated STEM education.