Rhonda is an early career researcher interested in geographies of diversity, multiculturalism and belonging in urban spaces. Her PhD research on the geographies of Islamophobia in Sydney, Australia and the San Francisco Bay Area, USA revealed the need for local and context-specific anti-racism policy practice, public education campaigns and policy initiatives that respond to the spatial imaginaries and lived experiences of racialised groups.

Prior to her appointment with the Centre for Western Sydney, Rhonda was a community program manager at UTS, and a researcher with the Challenging Racism Project (CRP) at Western Sydney University. In her role with the CRP, she collaborated on multi-stakeholder projects focused on geographies of diversity and racism in Australian cities. She was also previously appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley where she developed research and resources for countering Islamophobia in the American context.