About me

Associate Professor Kenny teaches and researches in the area of human rights, refugee, and immigration law. She is a legal practitioner and works closely with refugee non-government organisations and refugee communities. Her research interests lie in the intersection of refugee status determination and issues related to mental health.

She is a Principal Research Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Research Centre and an affiliate of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at the University of NSW.

ARC Case study: Improving legal practice, community support and high-level policy advice through the study of migration and refugee law and policy https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/EI/Web/Impact/ImpactStudy/1121

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Awards

Best Clinical and Health Sciences Thesis
University of South Australia (Australia, Adelaide), 2025
Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Best Research Output Award (2018-2022) Non-Traditional Research Output
Murdoch University (Australia, Perth), 2023
Australian Awards for University Teaching, Citation
Universities Australia, 2019
Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching
Murdoch University (Australia, Perth), 2018
Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Research
Murdoch University (Australia, Perth), 2018
Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, (Centre for Human Rights Education team award)
Curtin University (Australia, Perth), 2012
Sir Ronald Wilson Leadership Award
WA Office of Multicultural Interests, 2009
Human Rights Award for Law
Australian Human Rights Commission (Australia, Sydney), 2002

Organisational Affiliations

Associate Professor, School of Law and Criminology, Murdoch University

Principal Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University

Migration Law Committee, International Law Association

Affiliate , University of New South Wales

Education

University of South Australia (Australia, Adelaide)
2017–2024, Doctor of Philosophy
Law
1994–1995, Master of Laws(LLM or LLM), University of Iowa (United States, Iowa City) - UI
Law
1991–1992, Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Western Australia (Australia, Perth) - UWA
Law
1987–1991, Bachelor of Jurisprudence, University of Western Australia (Australia, Perth) - UWA