Glenn Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer in and the Convenor of the History Program in the School of History and Politics at the University of Wollongong. He has taught Australian History since 2001 when he completed a term as the Sub Dean in the Faculty of Arts. Before that he taught in Science and Technology Studies and Communication & Cultural Studies.

After Glenn completed his PhD on industrial pollution at Port Kembla, he was Director of Migrant Health for the NSW Department of Health, which in turn led to Glenn writing ethnic access policies for the NSW Departments of Health and Local Government and the national migrant health policy for the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Glenn has received two OCTAL awards - Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (1995 and 2004) – and is a frequent nominee for this award. He has also received a teaching award from the Australian College of Educators (2006). He is a member of the NSW Board of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australia's longest running history project. He is also a weekly commentator on history matters for ABC Radio.

Glenn is also a passionate supporter of the Liverpool (probably the greatest team ever to play the beautiful game), is highly enthusiastic about learning to play jazz drums and is a serious student of jazz.