Director
Felicity Plunkett (PhD (Sydney)) is a Lecturer in the School of English, Communication and Theatre at the University of New England. She is the co-ordinator of ECTW 101, Representing Contemporary Australian Identity, COMM 285/385, Australian Film, ENGL 400, Australian Literature (honours), and shares co-ordination of ECWG, Reading Popular Culture. Her research interests include Australian literature, film and poetry, and her publications include articles in HEAT, Metro, Southerly and Antipodes. Her own poetry has been published in journals and anthologies including Calyx: 30 Contemporary Australian Poets (Paper Bark Press, 2000) and Skylines: New England Writing (Kardoorair Press 1999). With Russell McDougall, she edited ASAL’s Notes and Furphies from 1997-2000.

Deputy Director
Janis Wilton is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Classics, History and Religion at the University of New England. She teaches Australian history with a particular emphasis on oral history, ethnic community histories, and history and museums. She is currently a Trustee of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW; Vice President of the International Oral History Association; and Coordinator of the research project Golden Threads: The Chinese in regional New South Wales 1850-1950.

Secretary
Erin Ihde is a postgraduate student currently completing his PhD with the School of Classics, History and Religion at the University of New England. His thesis concerns Edward Smith Hall, editor of The Sydney Monitor from 1826 to 1840. Erin teaches Australian colonial history on a casual basis and has published articles in that area.

Treasurer
Julian Croft, is a Professor in the School of English, Communication and Thetare. His primary research interest is in Australian literature, but he has published on Anglo-Welsh poetry, West African literature, Australian film and American literature. He has written and edited eight books, the most recent of which is a study of the Australian novelist Joseph Furphy, which won the McCrae Russell prize in 1991. He is currently working on a history of Australian poetry in the twentieth century. He is also a poet and a novelist.