INTHEBLACK August 2022 - Magazine - Page 41
DR KERRY BODLE FCPA
STANDING UP
FOR THE FIRST
PEOPLES
Dr Kerry Bodle FCPA, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
academic director with Griffith
Business School, works to
advance financial literacy among
Indigenous business owners and
to provide the next generation
with the tools to help businesses
succeed.
There was a time when Bodle
was labelled the “most unlikely to
achieve”, but she has proven her
detractors wrong many times
over. A self-described “accidental
academic”, Bodle was in her
mid-30s, raising four children and
working part-time at a local high
school as a teacher’s aide when
she enrolled in an accounting
undergraduate degree at Griffith,
and she hasn’t looked back.
Through her research and
teaching, Bodle has been
instrumental in bringing
Indigenous culture into the
Griffith Bachelor of Business
curriculum and fostering a deeper
understanding and appreciation
for it not only among students,
but also among her academic
colleagues.
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