Associate Professor Nida Denson

Challenging Racisms and enhancing social belonging

Western Sydney University

Nida Denson is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University. Her research aims to combat racism and discrimination, to improve the health and wellbeing of various marginalised groups (e.g., people of colour, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who are gender and sexuality diverse). Her research expertise is mainly in the areas of education and psychology.

She has been a Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery and Linkage projects and other nationally-competitive grants, projects and tenders. In collaboration with CRIS colleagues Yin Paradies and Jehonathan Ben, their 2015 systematic review and meta-analysis which examined the effects of racism on health has been cited over 1100 times (Google Scholar, November 2021). She is internationally-recognised for her anti-racism work in higher education, with her research being cited in U.S. Supreme Court Cases as evidence supporting race-conscious admissions practices as well as anti-racist education in American schools by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).