Dr John Holmes 

Recently I retired as Associate Professor and now serve as an ADJUNCT RESEARCH FELLOW with the University of South Australia. During my 18 years with the University I was a Senior Lecturer, Head of School and Associate Head of School. A large proportion of my time as an Adjunct Fellow is working with 8 Doctoral students, who are nearing completion. In addition I am preparing publications as follows:

1. First draft of a book on the History of Drama Education in South Australia.

2. Paper for the Routledge journal ‘National Identities’.

3. First draft of a book of interviews, diaries and photographs of a World War II ‘Rat of Tobruk’: accepted for the Manuscript Collection of Australian War Memorial.

4. Editing three separate autobiographies with octogenarians.

'Our People' - article about John

Civil Celebrant & Justice of the Peace

• Drama Education - Junior Primary, Primary, Secondary teacher education; Drama performance - improvisation to performance
• Research supervision - intersections of sexuality and education; the broad perameters of arts education
• Practicum research and supervision
• Equity - individual to systemic
• Research degree supervisor: PhD Associate and Co-Supervisor, EdD Principal Supervisor. I am Supervisor for EdD, PhD, Masters and Honours students.

Life Member - Australian College of Education

Centre for Research in Education - UniSA

B.A.(Hons), Dip.Ed., M.A., EdD, M.A.C.E., R.M.C., J.P.

B.A.(Hons) - Flinders University - thesis located in theories of performance

Dip. Ed. - Flinders University

M.A. (Aboriginal Studies) - UniSA - thesis in area of race and sexuality

EdD - Flinders University - theses and international publications in areas of education, sexuality, physical theatre

MACE - Life Member of the Australian College of Education

RMC - Registered Marriage Celebrant for Commonwealth of Australia

JP - Justice of the Peace for South Australia

• REVIEWER - Australian Journal of Adult Learning, Volume 50, Number 20, July 2010
• ASSOCIATE EDITOR - International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (2008)
• ASSOCIATE EDITOR - International Journal of the Arts in Society (2007, 2008, 2009)
• DRAMA EDUCATION - Physical Theatre: its parameters and its illustrations. A project which also analyses the practice of the French-based youth theatre company 'Image Aigue' in South Australia in a Physical Theatre context.
• DRAMA EDUCATION - Drama research: what is it? How does it relate to other disciplines? What are its manifestations?
• SEXUALITY AND EDUCATION - 'If there was any hint': an analysis of the perceptions that lesbian and gay educators have of teacher sexuality and education.
• RACE AND SEXUALITY - 'Race and Sexuality': What does it mean to be Aboriginal and Gay?
• POLICY IN TERTIARY EDUCATION - 'Policy/Ethics/Race': The intersections of university policy, Human Research Ethics Committee protocols, and researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, at the University of South Australia.
• HISTORY OF DRAMA EDUCATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA [complete 2011] - Linkages between schools, employers, universities, private and public sectors. A joint project with Flinders University
• A RAT OF TOBRUK DIARY [complete 2011] - Collation and reflections of a hand-written diary, with accompanying photographs, from an Australian soldier in World War II.

Holmes, John (with Assoc Prof Michele Simons) 2012, 2011 Artist in Residence Project funded by the Australian Council for the Arts, University of South Australia: 'Evaluation conducted by Associate Professor Michele Simons and Dr John Holmes September 2012'

Holmes, John 2010, 'Students with a disability undertaking professional/clinical experience' - Final Report of a Teaching and Learning Grant, Document Services, UniSA.

Holmes, John 2010, Review 'Poetry, consciousness and community' in Australian Journal of Adult Learning, Volume 50, Number 2, July, pp 446-7.

Holmes, John & Dougherty, Emily, 2009, 'If Creative Dance Is Beneficial for Primary Schools, What Are the Factors Hindering Its Wider Implementation?' in The International Journal of the Arts in Society, Volume 4, Issue 6, pp.101-110 [from 4th International Conference on the Arts in Society, Venice, Italy].

Holmes, John 2009, 'Sexuality as tertiary study – issues and excitements' in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences [from the International Conference for Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Monash University Centre, Pratro, Tuscany], Volume 3.

Holmes, John 2009, 'Drama Teachers - How Do They Change, Succeed and Survive?' in The International Journal of the Arts in Society [from 3rd International Conference on the Arts in Society, Birmingham Institute of Arts & Design, UK], Volume 3.

Holmes, John 2007, 'Meeting the Challenges of University Arts Education', in The International Journal of the Arts in Society [from 2nd International Conference on the Arts in Society, University of Kassel, Germany], Volume 2, Issue 3.

Holmes, John 2001, '"If There Was Any Hint": An Analysis of the Perceptions That Lesbian and Gay Educators Have of Teacher Sexuality and Education' in 'Leading & Managing', Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Administration, Vol 7, No. 1.

Holmes, John 2000, 'Image Aiguë: a conversation about one model of a multi-lingual youth theatre', in NJ (Journal of Drama Australia) Vol.24, No. 2.

Holmes, John 1999, Chapter 11: 'Race, Sexuality and Education: what does it mean to be Aboriginal and gay in education in Australia?' in 'A Dangerous Knowing: Sexual Pedagogies and the Master Narrative', Epstein, Debbie & Sears, Jim (eds.) Cassell, London.

Holmes, John 1999, 'Lesbian and Gay Educators Tell Their Stories', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 86806 6315

Holmes, John 1999, 'Patrick & John: conversations around race and sexuality', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 086803 6404

Holmes, John (ed.) 1999, 'R-7 Drama Education', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 86803 6323

Holmes,John (ed.) 1999, 'Production Study & Contemporary Innovators', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 868803 6307

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1997, 'Dancing up the stairs, whistling: a research project about secondary drama teachers. How do they change, succeed and survive?' Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 868031917

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1996, 'The Process of Researching the Process of Teaching', in NADIE Journal vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 23-32.

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1992 & 1995 'I thought this was supposed to be Greece: 21 drama lessons in a primary school', Document Services, UniSA.

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1993, 'Four Beacons Burning Bright:interviews with four self-renewing secondary drama teachers', Document Services, UniSA.

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1989, 'Drama in Australia: An Overview' and 'The Secondary Drama Teacher and Change', in International Perspectives in Drama Research, ed. John Somers, Captus Press, North York, Canada.(in press)

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Education

• Junior Primary/Primary/Secondary/Adult
• Arts Education - R-12