Quinn Eades is a Senior Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality & Diversity Studies, best known for both academic work and poetry on queer theory and experience. He is particularly known for integrating his trans-masculine perspective into both academic and personal writing.

Early life and education

After studying a BA in

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

at University of Newcastle from 1993-2000, he studied

creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes beyond the boundaries of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on craft and technique, such as narrative structure, character ...

, gaining a graduate certificate from

University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a Institute of technology, ...

in 2003 and a postgraduate diploma from

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

in 2010. He did his PhD from 2011 to 2015 in English and

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...

under Sue Martin at

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...

, also publishing a collection of poems as a companion volume.

Career and impact

During his PhD, he founded the interdisciplinary gender, sexuality and diversity academic journal: ''Writing from Below'' in 2012, and is currently the co-managing editor. He also worked as a sessional lecturer in

interdisciplinary studies Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, economi ...

, being made a full lecturer upon being awarded his PhD in 2015 and subsequently made senior lecturer in gender, sexuality & diversity studies. It was also in 2015 that he began transitioning to be a non-binary trans masculine person at the age of 41, whilst completing a PhD thesis and having recently given birth to his youngest child. He draws significantly on this experience in both his academic writing and poetry, for example his experience of male motherhood. Alongside his academic work, he is also known for his published poetry. He employs a hybrid writing style; mixing academic writing on queer and trans theory with poetry and autobiography.

Awards and honours

Association for the Study of Australian Literature The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) is an Australian organisation which promotes the creation and study of Australian literature and literary culture especially through the interaction of Australian writers with teache ...

's 2018 Mary Gilmore Award. * Arts Queensland's 2017 XYZ Prize for Spoken Word.

Works

References

External links

Quinn Eades's webpage
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