Lisa Featherstone (Associate Professor) is an historian whose work focuses on the intersections between sex, medicine and the law. She is currently focusing on the sexual assault of women and children in late twentieth century Australia, and has a monograph on this topic forthcoming in late 2021. She has published widely on sexual crimes, including child sexual abuse and rape in marriage. She is the author of two monographs including Sex Crimes in the 1950s (co-authored with Andy Kaladelfos), which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Prize in 2017. Featherstone is currently Deputy Head of School at the University of Queensland, where she teaches Australian history and the history of sexuality.