Associate Professor Janis Wilton OAM

Janis Wilton is a public and applied historian with a particular interest in oral history, local and family history, ethnic community history, and history and museums. Before her retirement in 2017, she coordinated and taught into the UNE’s courses on local, family and applied history, and supervised research students in these areas. Working as a sole researcher/author and as part of a team, she has communicated her research through books, monographs, reports, articles, book chapters, conference papers, guest talks, exhibitions, websites, online databases, an audio-tour, radio programs, an education resource kit and exhibitions. She has also, and with passion, shared her experiences and expertise through workshops and through working with community groups to develop their own public and applied history projects.