Jane Ferguson
Dr Jane Ferguson is an anthropologist and lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language in the
College of Asia and Pacific at the Australian National University in Canberra. Her research interests
include social and cultural anthropology, Asian cultural studies, air transportation and freight services,
and historical studies. She will add an ethnographic perspective to the project, incorporating field
research and interviews with employees of Southeast Asian and North American carriers that operate flights
to Australia. She will also make use of archival materials in Bangkok, as well as records held by the SFO
and the Pan Am archive at the University of Miami, integrating findings into Case Study 1: Air
Memories and Case Study 3: An Ocean Apart?