Dr Douglas Golding is a lifelong student and teacher of comparative religion and of Australian and American history. He has travelled widely and studied in the Middle East, as well as in Australia and the US. He has been a lecturer at several Australian universities and has presented findings from his academic research at a number of international conferences in Australia and overseas. He has tutored at WEA for many years, and was elected as a life member of the WEA Council in 2023.