Dr Carol Fort
Academic Level C
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- PhD
- BA Hons (1st Class)
- Grad.Dip.Ed.
- RGN, RPN
- Faculty/University Contact Person for RHD Matters
- Recent key responsibilities include: Dean; Associate Dean Academic; Faculty Chair, Research Higher Degrees; Director, Bachelor of International Studies
Carol is especially interested in the learning opportunities associated with transition and with helping students to develop capacities to direct and evaluate their own learning strategies. She received a Faculty teaching award for her work in this field and developed a school-wide project, the SIS First-Year-Experience, incorporaing a drop-in centre, mentoring schemes and enrichment programs, which supports transition into first-level university study.
At Flinders, she is primarily involved with teaching specialist topics and supervising postgraduate research in environmental history (especially food and water), South Australian history, church history, and the history of Indigenous-Settler relations.
In 2013 and 2014 she was appointed Faculty Teaching and Learning Scholar and led research into the acquisition of generic graduate attributes (Graduate Qualities) in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
- member of several scholarly organisations: Asia Pacific Economic History Association, ANZ Law and History Association, Australian Historical Association, International Water History Association and the History Council of South Australia
- Immediate past president, International Water History Association
- member Editorial Board Water History
- member Editorial Board Finnish Journal of Environmental History
- member National Archives of Australia Consultative Committee
- member St Barnabas College (CSU) Board. Member Finance Committee
- regular speaker at local libraries, historical societies and other
- previously: SACE Board of South Australia - chief assessor, convenor, chair and member of significant assessment and curriculum committees; Australian Dictionary of Biography - secretary of South Australian Working Party; IWHA - President, vice-president, chair Nomination Committee, Conference Organising and Program Committees; ANZLHA - Conference Organising and Program Committees; History Council of South Australia - vice-president
- History - Australian
- South Australia
- National Security Legislation -
- wartime employment -
- wartime munitions procurement
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