Adam Maximilian Shoemaker (born 1957) is a Canadian-Australian

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

and higher education administrator, and a scholarly authority within the field of

Indigenous Australian literature Indigenous Australian literature is the fiction, plays, poems, essays and other works authored by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. While a letter written by Bennelong to Governor Arthur Phillip in 1796 is the first ...

. He currently serves as

vice-chancellor A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ...

Victoria University Victoria University may refer to: * Victoria University (Australia), a public research university in Melbourne, Australia * Victoria University, Toronto, a constituent college of the federal University of Toronto in Canada * Victoria University of ...

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).

Professional career

Shoemaker has held several positions in higher education administration in Australia, including at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith ...

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

, the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

and in 2016 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of

Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2019, it was ranke ...

. In late-2020, he commenced as vice-chancellor and president of

Honours and awards

Shoemaker is a

Commonwealth Scholar The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international programme under which Commonwealth governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. History The plan was originally proposed ...

. 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.

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 «

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» (nº 428), série Culture et société. Paris: Éditions Gallimard. * Muecke, S. and Shoemaker, A.M. 2004. ''Aboriginal Australians: First Nations of an Ancient Continent'', '

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' series. London: Thames and Hudson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shoemaker, Adam 1957 births Living people Australian academic administrators Australian National University alumni