Kerrie Dougherty

Kerrie Dougherty is a freelance curator, historian, educator and writer, with more than thirty years' experience in the space field. Formerly Curator of Space Technology at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Kerrie is an acknowledged expert on Australia's space history, having co-authored the original edition of Space Australia and published more than a dozen other papers on the topic. A member of the Faculty of the International Space University, Kerrie lectures in Space Humanities in the ISU's Space Studies Program and Southern Hemisphere Space Studies program. She is also an elected Member of the International Academy of Astronautics and serves on international committees on the 'history of astronautics', 'space education and outreach' and 'space and museums'. Kerrie has been the recipient of an Australian Space Pioneer Award from the National Space Society of Australia and was the 2015 winner of the Sacknoff Prize for Space History. In addition to her space writing, Kerrie has co-authored three Star Wars reference books and a Doctor Who guidebook.