Adam Shoemaker
{{Short description|Canadian-Australian academic and higher education administrator}}
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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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scu.edu.au/about/vice-chancellor/about-professor-shoemaker/ |title=About Professor Shoemaker - Southern Cross University |access-date=2018-11-08 |archive-date=2018-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065655/https://www.scu.edu.au/about/vice-chancellor/about-professor-shoemaker/ |url-status=dead }} He currently serves as vice-chancellor of Victoria University.
Education
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).{{Cite web |url=https://studylib.net/doc/18730030/annual-report-2001---australian-national-university |title=Annual Report 2001 - Australian National University |access-date=2018-11-08 |archive-date=2018-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108082625/https://studylib.net/doc/18730030/annual-report-2001---australian-national-university |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/adam-shoemaker-10833|title=Adam Shoemaker|website=Theconversation.com|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806062457/https://theconversation.com/profiles/adam-shoemaker-10833|url-status=live}}
Professional career
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/news/the-next-vice-chancellor-marks-a-new-era-for-victoria-university|title=The next Vice-Chancellor marks a new era for Victoria University|website=Vu.edu.au|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318041458/https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/news/the-next-vice-chancellor-marks-a-new-era-for-victoria-university|url-status=live}}
Honours and awards
Shoemaker is a Commonwealth Scholar. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1136|title=Adam Shoemaker|website=Austlit.edu.au|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=3 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503223951/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1136|url-status=live}}
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.
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