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Dr Janet McDonald


Name : Dr Janet McDonald
Position : Head of School (Creative Arts)
Section : Faculty of Arts
School of Creative Arts
Office : A216
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : 61 7 4631 1112
Extension : 1112
E-mail :
Qualifications : DipT BrisbaneCAE
BA, MA QUT
PhD Arizona SU


Professional Affiliations
Drama Australia
Drama Queensland
Youth Arts Queensland

Research Interests
Masculinities in actor-training
Regional youth theatre sustainability

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Muscular Christians and Drama Faggots, a paper presented at the What's a Man Got to Do?: A Two-Day Conference about Masculinities on Stage, University of New England @ Shafston, Brisbane. 15-16th April 2004.

Defining the State of Our Art: Building Regional Partnerships. Published in the Drama Queensland Says: Conference Papers from Left Blank Intentionally. Brisbane: Drama Queensland. Vol 25, No. 2, November 2002. 14-17.

McDonald, J. Performing Boys' Bodies: Pedagogy and Drama in All-Boy Schools. Drama Australia Journal. Brisbane: Drama Australia, The National Association for Drama Education. Vol. 24, No. 1, 2000. 37-50.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
THS1002 Introduction to Theatre Company Practice
THS2000 Intro to History and Theory of Drama 2
THS2002 Community and Political Theatre
THS2003 Children's and Young People's Theatre
THS2008 Modern Theatre and Drama
THS4002 Methodologies of Performance Analysis

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 10 years
Other : 7 years

Administrative Responsibilities
Coordinate Drama and Theatre Studies major inside Bachelor of Theatre Arts and Bachelor of Drama Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Coordinate pedagogic aspects of QUE Theatre Inc.