Adam Shoemaker
Professor Adam Maximilian Shoemaker (born 1957) is a Canadian-Australian academic and higher education administrator, and a scholarly authority within the field of Indigenous Australian literature.[1] He currently serves as Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University.
Education[]
Professor Shoemaker was born in Canada, and holds a BA Honours degree from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada (1979), and a PhD from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia (1986).[2]
Professional career[]
Professor Shoemaker has held several positions in higher education administration in Australia, including at Griffith University, Monash University, the Australian National University and in 2016 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Southern Cross University. In late-2020, he commenced as Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University.[3]
Honours and awards[]
Professor Shoemaker is a Commonwealth Scholar.[4] He also has received a number of literary awards, including being highly commended for the Human Rights Awards, and winner of the Walter McRae Russell Award.[5]
Select publications[]
- Shoemaker, A.M. 1993. Mudrooroo: A Critical Study. Pymble: Angus and Robertson.
- Shoemaker, A.M. (ed.) 1998. A Sea Change: Australian Writing and Photography. Sydney: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.
- Shoemaker, A.M. 2004. Black Words, White Page: Aboriginal Literature 1929-1988. Canberra: ANU Press.
- Muecke, S. and Shoemaker, A.M. 2002. Les Aborigènes d'Australie, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 428), série Culture et société. Paris: Éditions Gallimard.
- Muecke, S. and Shoemaker, A.M. 2004. Aboriginal Australians: First Nations of an Ancient Continent, 'New Horizons' series. London: Thames and Hudson.
Online article: https://theconversation.com/profiles/adam-shoemaker-10833
References[]
- ^ See SCU summary of professional career. https://www.scu.edu.au/about/vice-chancellor/about-professor-shoemaker/
- ^ See ANU Annual Report 2001. https://studylib.net/doc/18730030/annual-report-2001---australian-national-university; and see also Profile at The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/profiles/adam-shoemaker-10833
- ^ https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/news/the-next-vice-chancellor-marks-a-new-era-for-victoria-university
- ^ See SCU summary of professional career. https://www.scu.edu.au/about/vice-chancellor/about-professor-shoemaker/
- ^ See profile: https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1136?mainTabTemplate=agentAwards
- Living people
- 1957 births
- Australian academic administrators