Susan Blackburn

Susan Blackburn graduated from Adelaide University with a BA (Honours), and Monash University with Diplomas of Education and a PhD. She has taught at several universities and at Monash University since 1991. The focus of her research has been on Indonesian history and politics, the Indonesian women's movement, and foreign aid. She teaches in the areas of the Politics of Development, Gender in Asian Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, and Foreign Aid and Non-Government Organisations, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She was the winner of the Collaborate Community Award at the 2016 Victorian Community History Awards for editing work, Breaking Out: Memories of Melbourne in the 1970s.