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Michelle Staff

(she/her)
Online & Outreach Manager, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

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.

Education

  • 2023 
    The Australian National University, PhD (History)
  • 2018 
    University of Oxford, Master of Studies in British and European History (Distinction)
  • 2017 
    University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (Hons I)