Biography
Michelle holds a Bachelor in Communications (Theatre/Media), a Graduate Diploma in Arts Management and a Master of Creative Arts (Research). Michelle is an internationally accredited Partnership Broker by the Overseas Development Institute/International Business Leader Forum. Currently Michelle is the Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, managing the Faculty of the VCA's commitment to Indigenous artists, curriculum change and Indigenous communities and culture. She teaches solely in the Faculty of the VCA's Post Graduate area specializing in Community Cultural Development and Indigenous Arts Management. She has a long-standing research and policy/industry development interests in the Indigenous arts industry, Community Cultural Development and multi sector partnership brokering. She has also been involved as a supervisor for Post Graduate students across all artistic disciplines in the Faculty of the VCA. Michelle comes from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. Over the past twelve years, she has worked across the arts and cultural sector, being instrumental in the establishment of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Network, Ngorekah Aboriginal Theatre, 3KND and the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Arts (Communications-Community Theatre) |
Charles Sturt University |
31-Dec-1994 |
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| Graduate Diploma in Arts Management |
Victorian College of the Arts |
31-Dec-1998 |
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| Master of Creative Arts |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-2003 |
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Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
Appointed member |
07-Dec-2007 |
07-Dec-2012 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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