Rachael Jacobs is a Sydney-based Academic, Artist and Activist.

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Rachael Jacobs (PhD) is a, academic, a community activist, advocate and artist living on Gadigal land. She is a lecturer in Creative Arts Education at Western Sydney University, a former secondary teacher (Dance, Drama and Music). She conducts research in arts and creativity education that works towards social, racial and climate justice. Rachael has facilitated arts projects in community settings all over Australia, including in refugee communities, in prisons and in women’s refuges.

Rachael is a freelance writer, aerial arts instructor, South Asian dancer and choreographer. She was a founding member of the community activism group, Teachers for Refugees and runs her own intercultural dance company. She is on the boards of several arts and community organisations including PYT Fairfield, Wide Eyed Wonder and Sweltering Cities. Rachael is politically engaged with her involvement in politics spanning over three decades.

Rachael has a Bachelor of Education from Sydney University, a Masters of Education from University of Southern Queensland, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from the Australian Catholic University and a PhD from the University of Western Sydney. Rachael has received two citations from the Australian Teaching and Learning Council for outstanding contributions to student learning in higher education. Her research has been cited internationally, and she has been engaged as a researcher to the OECD in the development of the Sustainable Development Goals and to UNESCO’s International Commission on Futures of Learning.