About

Introduction

Maryanne Dever is an Associate Professor in the Film, Media and Cultural Studies programme in the School of Humanities and Social Science. Before coming to the University of Newcastle in 2010 she held positions at the University of Sydney, the University of Hong Kong and Monash University where she was Director of the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Sydney, 1994
• MA (Hons I), University of Sydney, 1987
• BA (Hons I), University of Queensland, 1984

Research

Research Interests

Maryanne Dever's research interests encompass feminist literary and cultural studies and applied social research. Her current research focuses on issues of intimacy and materiality in relation to the research practice (methodology) for and the socio-cultural status of archived objects. She is working on a series of projects involving either the scholarly editing of significant series of personal correspondence between principally women writers and/or reflexive considerations of archival practice in this area. She also has on-going research interests in the area of gender, work and higher education.

Recent Publications

Books and Monographs

Dever, M., Newman, S. & Vickery, A. The Intimate Archive: Journeys Through Private Papers. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2009.

Dever, M. (Ed.) Australia and Asia: Cultural Transactions. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press and London: Curzon Press, 1997.

Dever, M. (Ed.) M. Barnard Eldershaw. Australian Authors' Series. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1995.

Dever, M. (Ed.) Wallflowers and Witches: Women and Culture in Australia, 1910 to 1945. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1994.

Refereed Journal Articles

Dever, M., Newman, S. and Vickery, A. (2010). 'The Intimate Archive'. Archives and Manuscripts, 38:1, 94-137.

Dever, M. (2010) 'Greta Garbo's Foot or Sex, Socks and Letters'. Australian Feminist Studies, Vol 25, Issue 64, 163 - 173.

Dever, M. & Morrison, Z. (2009) 'Women, Research Performance and Work Context'. Tertiary Education and Management 13:1, 49-62.

Dever, M. (2008) 'Students, Careers, and Employers: Findings from an International Study'. Bologna and Beyond: New Perspectives on Gender and Gender Studies. Eds. Sabine Grenz, Gabriele Jähnert and Beate Kortendiek. Bulletin Texte 34. Berlin: Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Humboldt University, 63-74.

Bartlett, A., Dever, M. & Henderson, M. (2007) 'Notes Towards an Archive of Australian Feminist Activism'. Outskirts. Vol. 16. Available here 

Research Reports

• Dever, M., Boreham, P., Western, M., Haynes, M., Kübler, M., Laffan, W., Behrens, K. Gender Differences in Early Post-PhD Employment in Australian Universities: The influence of PhD Experience on Women's Academic Careers. Brisbane: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre, 2008. Available here 
• Dever, M., Morrison, Z., Dalton, B. & Tayton, S. When Research Works for Women: Report from the Project. Monash University, 2006. ISBN 0-9756822-0.  Available here  

Research Fellowships

• Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia Fellowship, Canberra, 2009.
• Visiting Scholar, McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women (MCRTW), McGill University, Montreal, Canada, April - June 2008.
• Bank of Montreal Visiting Scholar in Women's Studies, Institute of Women's Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada, Jan - March 2008.
• Visiting Scholar, School of Research Studies and Women's Studies Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, January 1997.
• Harold White Fellowship, National Library of Australia, Canberra, Sept - December 1995.
  

Conference Papers

'Intimacy, Material Literacy and the Archive', British Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference, University of Kent, 5-7 July 2010.

'Legal Futures: Aspirations, Motivations, Family'. Gender, Work and Organization 2010, Keele University, UK, 21-23 June 2010.

'Gender, Early Career Formation and the Changing Academic Workforce'. 6th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education, University of Stockholm, 5-8 August 2009.

'Gender, Research, Careers:  Early Post-PhD Employment and the Influence of Family and PhD Context on Women's Academic Careers'. Australian Women's & Gender Studies Assoc., Perth, 9-11 July 2008.

 'The interdisciplinary classroom: Did we set the bar too high?', Conference: Breaking Boundaries, Forging Connections: Feminist Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice, Mount St Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 11-13 April 2008

'Students, Careers, Employment: Findings from an International Study'. Panel Member: Panel: Gender Studies and Beyond.  Fifth European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education, Humbolt University, Berlin, 28-31 August 2007.

'Passion and Performativity: Research, Flexibility and Professionalism', Stream: Gender and Working in Academe, Gender, Work and Organisation Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Keele,  27- 29 June 2007.

'Greta Garbo's foot or sex, socks and letters'. Bodies of Knowledge: Sexuality in the Archives. Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, 27-29 April 2007.

'Marjorie Barnard and Romancing a Life', Panel: Secrets and Lies: 'Life Fictions' and Women's Writing in Australasian Modernism. Out of the Archive: 8th Annual Modernist Studies Association, University of Tulsa, 19-22 October 2006.

Grants and Funding

PROJECT: Archiving Australian Feminism: The Merle Thornton Papers
RESEARCHER(S): Dr Margaret Henderson (UQ); Assoc. Prof. Maryanne Dever
DATE: 2010-11
FUNDING SOURCE: Sidney Myer Foundation
AWARD: $5,270

PROJECT: Gender differences in early post-PhD employment and the influence of PhD context and family on women's academic careers
RESEARCHER(S): Prof. Paul Boreham, Prof. Mark Western, Assoc. Prof. M. Dever and Assoc. Prof. W. Laffan.
DATE: 2007-8
FUNDING SOURCE: Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee Senior Women's Colloquium, 2007 (now Universities Australia Executive Women)
AWARD: $30,000

PROJECT: Letters between Vance and Nettie Palmer, 1909-1959:  The Complete Correspondence.
RESEARCHER(S): Prof. C. Ferrier (UQ) and Assoc. Prof. Maryanne Dever
FUNDING SOURCE: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2005-2007
AWARD: $225,000

Research Supervision

Maryanne Dever is an experienced supervisor and has supervised more than 16 higher degree theses to completion. While she is interested in supervision across a range of topics in feminist literary and cultural studies, she would be particularly interested to work with students on the following: engagements with literary archives; key questions in gender and higher education; gender and cultural production.

Other

Membership of Societies and Professional Bodies

President, Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA), 2006-10

Awards and Prizes

Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Contribution to Curriculum, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, 2008.