Roslyn Weaver works as the Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Family and Community Health Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. Her main focus of research is around medical humanities, particularly health and popular culture. Roslyn holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Wollongong and graduated in 2008. She is the author of Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film: A Critical Study (2011), and her other publications include work on literature, education, and health.