Rate My Professor Kathomi Gatwiri

Her research specializations encompass decolonising methodologies, anti-racist pedagogies, racial trauma, identity, migranthood, and experiences of minoritised people, particularly those assigned categories of difference in Australia. She developed the Racial Dignity Theory and Racial Dignity Framework, tools for understanding racism as an assault on human dignity, adopted across organisational settings. Gatwiri has produced over 100 traditional and non-traditional research outputs, including the books African Womanhood and Incontinent Bodies and Afrodiasporic Identities in Australia, and recent publications such as 'A love letter to Black people or anti-white propaganda? Black (non-Indigenous) people's reflections on the role of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Australia' (2025, Australian Journal of Social Issues), 'African migrants’ perception and attitude towards COVID-19 pandemic and its public health response in New South Wales, Australia: a qualitative study' (2025, Discover Public Health), 'Reversing the Gaze: An Autoethnographic Critique of Transracial–Transnational Adoption to Australia' (2026, Child and Family Social Work), and 'Depression, psychological distress, and coping strategies among African migrants in Australia: a cross-sectional web-based study' (2026, BMC Psychiatry). She has secured over $1.5 million in competitive research funding since completing her PhD. Major awards include Outstanding African-Australian Professional of the Year (2024), Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence and Outstanding Community Impact (2022), Vice-Chancellor Early Career Researcher Award (2019), Community Impact Award as Kenyan of the Year (2017), and John & Gwen Waters Excellence Award (2012). One of Australia’s leading Afro-diasporic scholars, her teaching emphasises trauma and resilience, decolonial identities, ethics and theory, grounded in decolonising practice, dignity-informed approaches, and culturally safe learning environments.