 Garner presented stories about social and cultural history.Garner speaks French fluently and in 2001 gained a Ph.D. in French history from the University of Melbourne for her study of representations of sea and shore in south-western France.Garner held an ARC Linkage postdoctoral research fellowship at La Trobe University from 2009 to 2012, researching the history of the Australian-American Fulbright Program.