Griffith University

Professional memberships

• Australian Writers Guild, Member.
• American Alliance for Theatre and Education, Member.
• Drama Australia (National Association for Drama in Education), Member.
• Drama Queensland (Queensland Association for Drama in Education), Member.
• National Tertiary Education Union, Member.
• Playlab (Queensland), Member.
  

Membership of research centres

• Centre for Public Culture and Ideas
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
• Griffith Institute for Educational Research

Academic distinctions

• Distinguished Dissertation Award, American Alliance for Theatre and Education (2003).
• Certificate of Commendation, Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching (awarded to the Mt Gravatt Drama Team), Griffith University (2000).
• Citation of Meritorious Achievement (for contribution to theatre for young people), Board of Editors 2000 Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century (Cambridge, UK) (2000).
• Certificate of Commendation, Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching (awarded to the Mt Gravatt Drama Team), Griffith University (1999 & 2000).
• Listed in 2000 Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century published by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England (2000).
• Listed in International Authors and Writers Who's Who (16th and following editions). Cambridge University Press (1999).
• Listed in Who's Who of Australian Children's Writers (published by Thorpe in Association with the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.) (1996).
• Selected to present the demonstration drama lecture/workshop to the Senate Enquiry into Arts Education (1994).
• Listed in International Who's Who of Authors and Writers (published by Thorpe in Association with the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University (1993).
• Listed in Who's Who of Australian Writers (published by Thorpe in Association with the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.) (1991).
• ASEA Arts Recognition Award, Australasian Society for Education through the Arts (1987).

Previous teaching

Undergraduate courses

• 1111VTA Dramatic Form
• 1112VTA/TT32452 Playmaking
• 1113VTA Acting in Context
• 1139VTA Effective Performance
• 2111VTA Introduction to Scriptwriting
• 2114VTA Drama as Text
• 2115VTA Theatre Direction
• 2234VTA Writing for performance
• 3113VTA Community Theatre Performance
• 3263VTA Contemporary Australian Theatre
• TT32455 Drama Education
• TT34452Theatre Direction
• TT 12451 Drama Education P-10
• TT32453 Drama in Education
• TT32452Foundations of Dramatic Activity
• TT 34452 Studies in Theatre
• TJ11002 Communication Component of Foundation Studies in the BA (Justice Admin).

Postgraduate courses

• 6247VTA Contexts of Applied Theatre I
• 6248VTA Contexts of Applied Theatre II
• 6246VTA Artist as Researcher
• 7245VTA Scriptwriting
• 7266/7242VTA Process forms/ Dramatic Form through Improvisation
• 7253VTA Intercultural drama forms
• 7267/7246VTA Production Project
• 7250/7272VTA Drama Research Project: Philosophy and Pedagogy of Drama education
• 7254VTA Drama Education Project 2A
• 7255VTA Drama Research Methods
• 7256VTA Proposal Writing Option A
• 7258VTA Research Dissertation
• 7254VTA Drama Education Project 2A
• 7255VTA Drama Research Methods
• 7252VTA Psychology of Drama Education
• 7110VTA Drama Education in Society
• 7265VTA Drama Education Project 2B
• 8121VTA The Dramatic and Reflective Practitioner

Previous course development

• 2006 Member of planning team to review drama discipline offerings
• 2005 Rewriting all courses offered in the Master of Drama Education (see program development 
• 2002 Initial development of 3263VTA Contemporary Australian Theatre
• 2001/02Initial development of courses to be offered in the Master of Drama Education ? both on-shore and off-shore (Hong Kong);
• 2001 Initial development of 2234VTA Writing for Performance
• 1998 Member of the planning team to develop the BEd (primary) course, Communicative Performance
• 1998 Development of 2111VTA (Introduction to Scriptwriting) for flexible delivery
• 1997 Development of the drama strand for Early Childhood Arts Curriculum
• 1995/97 Member of the cross Faculty planning team developing a suite of scriptwriting courses to be offered at Griffith University
• 1991/93 Convenor of the planning team responsible for the following initial undergraduate course proposals: Drama Education (TT 32455), Acting in Context (TT 32454), Theatre Learning (TT 33451), Drama as Text (TT 34451), Theatre Direction (TT 33452) (1991-1993); Member of the planning team responsible for the following initial course proposals: Drama in Education (TT 32453), Drama in Schools (TT 33452), History of Theatre (TT34453).

Previous program development

• 2005-2006 Master of Drama Education. Major responsibilities included rewriting the on-shore and off-shore (Hong Kong) programs to incorporate a Master of Drama Education (coursework) and Master of Drama Education with Honours (research). Tasks included design, liaison with The Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre, budgeting and preparation of program and course documentation for accreditation by both Hong Kong Government and Griffith University
• 2001-2005 Program Co-ordinator taking a major role assisting the Program Convenor to develop the offshore (Hong Kong) and on-shore programs - Graduate Certificate in Drama Education, Graduate Diploma in Drama Education, Master of Drama Education - including design, budgeting and preparation of program and course documentation
• 2001 Development of a drama major for Bachelor of Communication
• 1997-2001 Member of the planning committee for the development of the BA (Applied Theatre) and BA (Applied Theatre Honours) including the development of program structure and course submissions
• 1998-1999 Member of the planning team responsible for the development of the BA/BEd double degree
• 1994 Drama representative on the planning committee for the Arts Strand of the Master of Education, Faculty of Education, Griffith University,  Initial drama strand development BA (Hum), Griffith University
• 1993 Initial development of a Drama MTA, Faculty of Education, Griffith University

Postgraduate supervision - PhD completions

• (2009) Judith Mclean, Lines of Flight- A Journey Into Understanding The Roles And Functions Of Teacher-Artists (Principal)
• (2008) Madonna Stinson, ?Curriculum development as a collaborative process? (associate supervisor)
• (2007) Mangeni, Patrick, ?Negotiating gender equity through theatre for development? (principal supervisor)
• (2005) Chinyowa, Kennedy, ?Manifestations of play as aesthetic in African Theatre for development? (associate supervisor)
• (2005) Donelan, Kate, The Gods Project: Drama as Intercultural Education: An ethnographic study of an intercultural performance project in a secondary school? (associate supervisor)
• (2005) Dennis, Rea, ?Public performance: personal story? (associate supervisor)
• (2004) Sanders, Tracey, ?Where the boys are: the experiences of adolescent boys and their female teacher in two single sex drama classrooms (associate supervisor)
• (2004) Benner, Saffron, ?Dramaturgy as mentoring: an investigation of personal practice? (associate supervisor)

Postgraduate supervision - MEd (Honours) dissertation completions

• (2009) Polley, Jane ?Double Role: Exploring the role of teacher director?
• (2008) Woodland, Sarah, ?The Dramatic Rendering of Autobiography with Survivors of Childhood Trauma and Abuse? (1st Class Division A ? nominated for medal)
• (2008) Watson, Julie ?Fishing with treasured colleagues?.
• (2007) Wells, Patricia  ?Drama as a tool for reflection, understanding and learning?.
• (2006) Fenlon, D. ?Aspects of the adult senior secondary classroom that impact on engagement of those adults for whom a matriculation qualification is not the primary goal.?

Postgraduate supervision - Honours completions

• (2007) BEd (Honours 2A) Diane Pashen Exploring Drama Education For Social And Personal Development
• (2000) BA (Honours 1st class) - Ashley Burgess "Constructing the Reel/Real: A Community Theatre Approach to Television Docu-Drama Production".
• (1997) BEd (Honours 1st class) Sharon Amos "Empowerment through Drama: A means to resist bullying"
• (1994) BEd (Honours 2nd class) - Trent Wheeley  "Emotional responses in mathematics Education: The role of tension, the affect of drama"

Current  PhD, MPhil and professional doctorate supervisions

• Lu Shih-Chun (Maggie Lu) (PhD Principal) Using drama aesthetic education to solve emotional problems in students (commencing 2010)
• Nazar (Niz) Jabur (PhD Associate) The exploration of personal and cultural narratives in performing arts 9commencing 2010)
• Sarah Woodland (Principal ? PhD) Drama for Life: Drama and Autobiography
• Martin Bloggs (Associate ? PhD)
• Chan Yuk Lan (Phoebe). (Principal). ?A Narrative Inquiry into 4 Hong Kong Teachers? Conceptions of the Dramatic Art Form as Entailed in the Practice of Drama Education?
• Watson, Kathy (Associate) ?Seeing Children as competent and capable?
• Owens, Deb (Principal) ?How do drama contexts, as expressed through multiple playtexts and working materials in the Senior drama classroom construct and reconstruct images and voices of gender?
• Hassall, Linda (Joint Principal) (title under revision)
• Mullins, Anthony (Associate) ?Acting and characterisation in filmmaking?

Current Masters thesis supervision MDramaEd (Honours)

• Mann, Evelyn ?Moments of Reflection?

Examination of postgraduate work

• (2009) Sue Davis QUT ? PhD Oral defence
• (2007) Schindler, Margaret ?The performer as classical voice teacher: evaluating the role of the performer-teacher and its impact on the student learning experience? PhD Confirmation external assessor QCM
• (2007) QUT (PhD Third examiner) Leah Mercer, Practice led research
• (2005) Queensland University of Technology (PhD Third examiner) Julie Robson
• (2004) University of Melbourne (MA Thesis Examination) Mulcahy, Sarah-Jane
• (2004) Griffith University: Chair of Examiners - O?Connor, Peter (PhD)
• (2003) University of Central Queensland (PHD Thesis Examination) Barry Marshall ?Exploring Change: the creation of a hypermedia ethnography for the presentation and representation of research on distance education in Swaziland, Southern Africa
• (1999) School of Arts, Griffith University; BA (Hons) Thesis Examination (Moyra MacGregor)
• 1999 Griffith University: Confirmation of Candidature ? Morrison, Morag (PhD)
• (1998) Griffith University: Chair of Examiners ? Lee, Tracey (MPhil)
• (1997-1998) Griffith University: Confirmation of Candidature -Tony Millett, Shirley Nicolls (PhD); 1997 Faculty of Humanities, Griffith University MA (Cultural Policy) Thesis Examination, (Fiona Ward)
• (1997) Academy of the Arts, QUT MA Thesis Examination, (Shay Ryan)
• (1996) Griffith University, Master of Philosophy Examination, Independent Project, (Simon Ratcliffe)
• (1994) Griffith University, Master of Philosophy. Examination, Independent Project (Evelyn Taylor)

Teaching publications

• Bundy, P. & Dunn, J. (2006) Pretexts and possibilities. Drama Queensland Says 29 (2) 19-20.

Service

Internal

• Head of School (EBL). Member of the following University Committees and working parties: Griffith University Academic Committee; Mount Gravatt Campus Planning Committee; AEL Rep Staircase working party; Large Class Taskforce; Streamlining Academic review Processes Working Party. Member of the following Faculty Committees: Education Executive, Faculty Internationalisation Committee, Faculty Research Committee; Arts Education and Law Faculty Board. Chair of the following School Committees: School of Education and Professional Studies (Brisbane/Logan) Consultative committee; School Committee and School Forum. Member of the School Assessment working party.
  
• Deputy Head of School, EPS (Brisbane) (2007-2008)
• Member of the following committees: Education Executive Group, Mt Gravatt Planning Group, Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee, School (EPS) Committee, Faculty of Education Board, Large Class Task Force, Streamlining Academic Review Task Force (2007-2008)
• BEd (drama) co-ordinator (2005-2006)
• School committee member, School of Vocational, Technology and Arts Education (2005-2006/1997-2001)
• Program convenor, Graduate Diploma of Drama Education, Master of Drama Education, Master of Drama Education with Honours (2005-2006)
• First Year Advisor, BA (Applied Theatre) (2004-2006)
• Drama Co-ordinator, School of Vocational, Technology and Arts Education (2001-2006)
• Member, Staff committee, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (NTEU representative) (2001-2002).
• School of Vocational, Technology and Arts Education NTEU representative (2000-2006).
• Board Member, Centre for Applied Theatre Research (2000-2002).
• Responsibility for drama major co-ordination for students external to the Faculty of Education (1999-2001).
• Specialist lectures: the actor/director relationship (Griffith University - Film and Media and Screen Production students.) (1999-2001).
• Member, Faculty of Education working party to develop BA/BEd double degree (1999).
• Member, working party and later planning team to establish BA (Applied Theatre) (1999).
• Member, Management Committee - Centre for Applied Theatre Research (1998-2002).
• Member, Research Committee, School of Vocational, Technology and Arts Education (1998-2001).
• Development of O-week program for drama students (1998).
• BEd (Drama) Coordinator, Faculty of Education, Griffith University (1998-2001).
• Co-ordinator (Drama Auditions) Griffith University (1997-2006).
• Member, working party to establish a University Centre for Applied Theatre Research (1997-1998).
• Member, Griffith University Academic Committee (1996).
• Member, Faculty of Education, Griffith University Equity Committee (1996-1997).
• Coordinator Drama Major for students internal and external to the Faculty of Education (1996-2002).
• Drama representative, MEd (Arts Strand) working party, Faculty of Education, Griffith University (1994).
• Referee panel, CAUT project, Critical Ethno Drama, Mr Jim Mienczakowski, Griffith University (1994).
• Coordinator (Drama Main Teaching Area), Griffith University (1993-1994).
• Member, MTA (Main Teaching Area) Co-ordinators working party, Faculty of Education, Griffith University established to review the BEd (1993-1994).
• Drama representative, Griffith University, School of Communication Language and the Arts, Research Working Party (1993-1994).
• Referee panel, CAUT Project, Busting the Booze submitted by Mr Jim Mienczakowski, Faculty of Education and The Arts, Griffith University (1993).
• External representative on the selection panel for drama lecturer position, Faculty of Education and the Arts (1993).
• Drama representative - Griffith University, School of Communication, Language and the Arts, Arts Production Working Party (1993).
• Production Manager for Drama Area (1992-1994).
• Strand coordinator (drama) in the Faculty of Education (1992-1994).
• Member, Griffith University, Faculty of Education, Equity Committee (1992-1993).
• Regular attendance at GU events such as graduation, open day, marketing events (1991-2008).

External

• International Editorial Board, RIDE (Research in Drama Education), Carfax Press (2005-2009).
• International Editorial Board New Zealand Journal of Research in Performing Arts and Education (2008-2009)
  
• International judge, American Alliance for Theatre in Education distinguished dissertation award (2005).
• International Editorial Board, Youth Theatre Journal (The Scholarly Journal of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education) (2004-2006).
• Invited Chair, Research Focus Group, International Researching Drama and Theatre Education Conference, School of Education, Exeter, UK, 9th -13th April (2002).
• Joint Chair and organiser (Special Interest Group addressing issues of gender) International Drama and Theatre Education Congress, 2nd-8th July, Bergen, Norway (2001).
• External consultant (re the development of new drama programs/courses - Christchurch College of Education, New Zealand (2001-2002).
• Member of the advisory panel, Hong Kong Research and Development Project "Developing Drama-in-Education" Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) (2000-2003 ).
• Joint co-ordinator (with Dr Helen Nicholson, Cambridge University, UK) International Drama and Theatre in Education Women's Stories Project and National co-ordinator of the Idea/Drama Australia "Telling women's stories" project (1999-2000).
• Invited Roundtable panellist (with Heather Smiegel (University of Tasmania), Laura McCammon (Uni of Arizona, David Betts (Uni of Arizona), David Clark (University of Calgary, Canada) Case Study as Research & Drama as Research Report. Exeter University (1999).
• Member, International Association for Drama and Theatre Education Research Steering Committee (1998-2001).
• Australian Special Interest Group Co-ordinator (TIE, Young People's Theatre) 2nd International Drama and Theatre in Education Congress, Brisbane, Australia ((1995).
• Chair, All The World is Not A Stage: Writing Dramatic Text For Other Media. Fourth Australasian Theatre Training Conference.

• National Judge, Australian Writer's Guild AWGIE Awards (2006).
• Peer Reviewer, Drama Australia Journal NJ (The Scholarly Journal of Drama Australia) and International Conference, Risky Business (2006-2007).
• National Judge, AWGIE Awards (category TIE, Community and Young People's Theatre) (1996-1999).
• Contributor to the preparation of the National Association for Drama in Education research data base (1996).
• Central Planning Committee, National Association for Drama in Education Conference (1980 & 1987 Member).

• Judge Qld Premier's Playwrighting Awards (2007/2009).
• Invited Editorial Board, Drama Queensland 30 Years Best of Journal (2006).
• Bundy, Burton, Millett, O'Toole Community Partnerships Project ($11,500), Drama at the Wonder Factory: Drama and Theatre provision for the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (2004).
• Accreditation Council, Queensland Arts Council (2001-2005).
• Auditioner, Australian Acting Academy (1999-2001).
• Provision of regular feedback to Queensland Theatre Company Education Officer regarding the development of education program/ teacher's notes (1999-2000).
• Member, Queensland Stage Sub-Committee (Australian Writer's Guild) (1992-2001).
• Attendance at meetings and preparation of written response regarding the development of new arts education curriculum in Queensland (1998-1999).
• Judge, Rock Eisteddfod Challenge (1997).
• Member, Arts Advisory Panel (Queensland Arts Council Education Program) (1996-2000).
• Formal response prepared on behalf of Griffith University to the Queensland Office of Arts and Cultural Development, Arts Queensland  document, "Contemporary Creativity: Supporting Young Artists and Youth Cultural Development in Queensland - Towards a Youth Cultural Policy" (1996).
• Co-convenor, working party addressing Theatre Provision for Youth, Queensland Theatre Summit (1993).
• Joint chairperson of the Queensland Government Department, Arts Queensland's Working Party established to research the needs of youth theatre in Queensland. (Report appears in Arts Queensland Occasional Papers, Acting Up: Report of the Queensland Theatre Summit, 3-5 July, 1993, Brisbane, Queensland (1993).
• Member, Planning Committee, QADIE State Conference (1992).
• Leader, Queensland Young Playwright's Conference (1992).
• Membership Secretary, Queensland Association for Drama in Education (1980).
• Council Member, Queensland Association for Drama in Education (1977-1982).

• Member, advisory panel, Commotions TIE (1999-2000).
• Establishment and initial chair, Education Reference Committee, La Boite Theatre (1997-1999).
• Board Member and Board of Management, La Boite Theatre (1997).
• Member, site redevelopment sub-committee, La Boite Theatre (1997).