Dr Michelle Staff's historical training spans ten years and three institutions. In 2023 she received her PhD from the ANU's School of History, with a thesis titled 'Women Going Global: Australian and British Feminist Internationalists, 1919-39'. After working as a research editor in 2023, from 2024 she commenced as online and outreach manager with the National Centre of Biography/Australian Dictionary of Biography. Alongside this she is writing a biography of the Australian feminist Bessie Rischbieth and is a co-convenor of the Australian Women's History Network.