Samantha Cooms

Dr Samantha Cooms is a proud Noonuccal Quandamooka mother and carer, she holds a Bachelor of Psychology (hons) majoring in Indigenous Studies, a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Research and Leadership and a PhD in Business and is now a Lecturer in Management in the Business School at the University of Queensland. Dr Cooms has a background in psychology and experience working in the mental health and disability sectors. She is passionate about disrupting hegemonic assumptions and promoting First Nations ways of knowing, being and doing. She has experience with using both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research with a special interest in the use of poetic inquiry for sharing voices and perspectives of First Nations peoples in qualitative research. Dr Cooms' research seeks to decolonise and Indigenise knowledges with a special focus on disability to address intersectional disadvantage and disrupt ongoing colonisation. In line with this, she is passionate about connecting First Nations perspectives of inclusion and sustainability. Disrupting hegemonic assumptions and promoting First Nations ways of knowing, being and doing; qualitative and quantitative research; poetic inquiry for sharing voices and perspectives of First Nations peoples in qualitative research; decolonise and Indigenise knowledges with a special focus on disability to address intersectional disadvantage and disrupt ongoing colonisation; connecting First Nations perspectives of inclusion and sustainability

[2026] Decolonial reflexivity as (un)learning: groundwork for Indigenising Business Education curricula. Wear, Andy, Coombs, Samantha and Jones, Mark (2026). Teaching in Higher Education, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2026.2717200 [2026] The past to the future: The National Indigenous Business & Economic Conferences footprint. Williams, Rod and Cooms, Samantha (2026). The International Journal of Indigenous Business, 1 (1), 9-27. doi: 10.64222/LNBY4494 [2026] Indigenous Disability in Australia. Cooms, Samantha and Muurlink, Olav (2026). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability. (pp. 2798-2804) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-11375-7_477 [2026] Stepping into standpoints: Indigenous standpoints guiding decolonial reflexivity in business education. Cooms, Samantha, Wats