Dr Carolyn Collins is a Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Adelaide where she completed an Arts degree, majoring in History and Classics, and, later, an Honours degree in US History. Her doctoral thesis was awarded the University Doctoral Research Medal. She has been a journalist for state and national newspapers, a magazine columnist and communications manager, and is the co-author (with Roy Eccleston) of Trailblazers: 100 Inspiring South Australian Women, and co-editor (with Paul Sendziuk) of Foundational Fictions in South Australian History.
