Quinn Eades
Researcher
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Quinn Eades is a Senior Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality & Diversity Studies,[1] best known for both academic work and poetry on queer theory and experience. He is particularly known for integrating his trans-masculine perspective into both academic and personal writing.[2][3]
XYZ Prize for Spoken Word (2017)
Quinn Eades | |
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| Education | University of Newcastle, University of Technology Sydney, University of Melbourne, La Trobe University |
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| Awards | Mary Gilmore Award (2018) XYZ Prize for Spoken Word (2017) |
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| Fields | Queer theory, transgender studies, poetry, autobiography, human body |
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| Website | scholars |
Early life and education
After studying a BA in sociology at University of Newcastle from 1993-2000, he studied creative writing, gaining a graduate certificate from University of Technology Sydney in 2003 and a postgraduate diploma from University of Melbourne in 2010.[4] He did his PhD from 2011 to 2015 in English and gender studies under Sue Martin at La Trobe University,[4][5] also publishing a collection of poems as a companion volume.[2]
Career and impact
During his PhD, he founded the interdisciplinary gender, sexuality and diversity academic journal: Writing from Below in 2012,[6] and is currently the co-managing editor.[1][7] He also worked as a sessional lecturer in interdisciplinary studies, being made a full lecturer upon being awarded his PhD in 2015 and subsequently made senior lecturer in gender, sexuality & diversity studies.[1]
It was also in 2015 that he began transitioning to be a non-binary trans masculine person at the age of 41, whilst completing a PhD thesis and having recently given birth to his youngest child.[2][8][9] He draws significantly on this experience in both his academic writing and poetry, for example his experience of male motherhood.[2][10]
Alongside his academic work, he is also known for his published poetry.[3][11] He employs a hybrid writing style; mixing academic writing on queer and trans theory with poetry and autobiography.[12][13]
Awards and honours
- Association for the Study of Australian Literature's 2018 Mary Gilmore Award.[2][14]
- Arts Queensland's 2017 XYZ Prize for Spoken Word.[15][16]