At UNU-CRIS 
27/04/2020
Biographical Statement 

Anthea joined the UTS Faculty of Law in 2016. She holds a BA and LLB (Hons) from the University of Sydney, an LLM (Research, Dean's Honors) from McGill and was awarded her PhD in Law as a Quentin Bryce Doctoral Scholar from the University of Technology Sydney and the University of British Columbia (jointly enrolled). Her research takes a critical, interdisciplinary approach to the regulation of migrants and non-citizens, with a particular focus on the social and legal categories of the refugee and irregular migrant. Her areas of expertise are migration and refugee law, administrative law and legal theory. For the last four years, she has worked between Australia and Canada on qualitative research into refugee narratives and the oral hearing within onshore refugee status determination processes in both countries.

Anthea has published in local and international journals and worked as a research associate on nationally and internationally funded competitive research grants. She is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW. Prior to joining the Faculty, she practised in family law, and in refugee and migrant advocacy in Australian community legal centres and in Canada.