Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Professor Adam Shoemaker commenced at Monash University as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) on 3 September 2007.
Professor Shoemaker was Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University (ANU) and Foundation Director of the ANU Research School of Humanities. He has a strong background in higher education management, including two years as Pro Vice-Chancellor at Queensland University of Technology and four years as Professor and Dean, Faculty of Arts at ANU.
Professor Shoemaker graduated Bachelor of Arts, with honours, from Queen's University at Kingston (Canada) and has a doctorate from the ANU. His sustained research interest is in Indigenous Australian history, literature, culture and politics, and he has been published extensively in these areas.
Professor Shoemaker is active in community engagement and has held a variety of national and international appointments, most notably as Chair of the Brisbane Writers Festival, President of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand and President of the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
Portfolio
Office staff
- Desley Orrill, Personal Assistant to Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)
- Dr Cecilia Hewlett, Director
- Ms Michelle King, Senior Project Manager
- Ms Helen Fletcher-Kennedy, Senior Project Manager
- Mr Jeffrey Bender, Project Manager
Contact
Desley Orrill
Personal Assistant to Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Monash University Clayton
Tel: +61 3 9905 5862
Fax: +61 3 9905 1479
Desley.Orrill@adm.monash.edu.au |
