Rate My Professor Chris Dixon

Prior to joining Macquarie University in 2016, where he first served as Dean of the Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Dixon was Reader in History at the University of Queensland (2007–2016), Associate Professor of History at the University of Newcastle (1994–2007), and Lecturer in History at Massey University (1993–1994), with earlier appointments at the University of Sydney. His accolades include the Fulbright Scholarship in Australian-U.S. Alliance Studies (2016) and grants from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Dixon has held leadership positions as President of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association for two terms and President of the International Society for Cultural History. Current research projects explore African Americans in the Korean War and American servicemen on rest and recreation leave in Australia during the Vietnam War. Recent publications feature '"The pause that refreshes": American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971' (with J. Piccini, 2025) and 'Black America and Hollywood’s Korean War: The Steel Helmet (1951) and Pork Chop Hill (1959)' (with J. Johnson, 2024).