Nancy Cushing
Nancy Cushing is Associate Professor in History at the University of Newcastle on Awabakal country. Her research explores settler colonial relations with the Australian environment.
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Nancy Cushing
Nancy Cushing is Associate Professor in History at the University of Newcastle, Australia on unceded Awabakal land. Her teaching includes an introduction to Australian history, the history of crime and environmental history while her research area is Australian environmental history, specialising in human-other animal relations. Her current book project is A New History of Australia in 15 Animals (Bloomsbury, forthcoming) to be followed by a history of animals in Sydney, supported by the Coral Thomas Fellowship 2024 – 25 at the State Library of NSW. Nancy is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence and a member of the executive of the Australian Historical Association