Corina Norman is a Dharug and Dharawal woman, Predoctoral Research Fellow, and PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, based at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. Her work sits at the intersection of Aboriginal language, Country, and cultural practice, and is shaped by an Indigenous worldview where language, Country and wellbeing are inseparable.

Corina’s research centres on Dharug as the language of place and explores language revitalisation, Ngurra guardianship, cultural ecology, and wellbeing. Her doctoral work looks at how language, cultural practice and learning on Country support identity, knowledge sharing, and intergenerational continuity within community-led education.

She brings long-standing experience as an Indigenous language educator, curriculum designer, and community practitioner. Corina is a co-founder and director of Bayala Aboriginal Corporation and Yanma Budyari Gumada Aboriginal Corporation, where she leads Dharug language programs, cultural burning and ecological work, Junior Shadow Rangers programs, and place-based learning across Western Sydney and the Greater Blue Mountains region.

Corina holds a Master of Indigenous Languages Education and progressed directly from the Master of Research pathway into her PhD at Western Sydney University. She is a qualified primary school teacher and works across schools, universities, and community settings, guided by strong relationships with Elders, families and community. At the heart of her work is a commitment to language sovereignty, cultural continuity, and research that walks gently, with purpose, alongside Country and community.