Dr Kirsten Thorpe is a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney.

Her previous roles include Senior Researcher at the Institute and Manager, Indigenous Services at the State Library of New South Wales.

She is currently a member of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Expert Working Group, a Museums Victoria Honorary Associate and an Invited Member on the International Council on Archives Expert Group on Indigenous Matters.

Dr Thorpe is a Worimi woman from the Port Stephens region.