Kerry Barlow has an extensive background in education, having taught economics, economic history and education for many years, at high school, TAFE and university levels. Kerry also has strong skills in research, having conducted numerous funded projects and published many reports, articles and learning guides on a wide range of social and economic issues. Her passion also lies in family history research, and she brings her teaching and research expertise to the genealogy field, where she has been teaching family history courses for the WEA for the past 6 years. Kerry’s teaching style is based on Action Learning and she aims to empower students with the skills required to learn from a wide range of sources and to be able to discern more reliable sources of information.