Professor Barry Judd is a descendant of the Pitjantjatjara people of north-west South Australia and one of Australia’s leading academics in Indigenous higher education, sport, identity and race relations. 

He is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, where he provides leadership on institutional policy, strategy and the advancement of Indigenous education and research.

With more than 30 years’ experience working across Indigenous higher education, Professor Judd brings significant expertise in governance, organisational change and the relationship between First Nations peoples and Australian sport.

His contribution to Hawthorn’s First Nations Advisory Group provides an important independent perspective on cultural safety, accountability and long-term systemic change.