STAFF PROFILE
Professor Daniel X. Harris
Professor Dan Harris (previously known as Anne Harris) is Associate Dean, Research & Innovation at the School of Education, RMIT.
They are an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, and Co-Director of Creative Agency research lab: www.creativeresearchhub.com.
Harris is editor of the book series Creativity, Education and the Arts (Palgrave), and has authored over 100 articles/book chapters, 17 books, plays, films and spoken word performances.
Their research focuses on the intersection of creativity at both practice and policy levels; on cultural, sexual and gender diversities; and on performance and activism. They are committed to the power of collaborative creative practice and social justice research to inform social change. Harris is most widely known for their scholarship in creativity studies, affect theory and autoethnography.
- PHD Victoria University (2010)
- Master of Fine Arts (Playwriting/Screenwriting) New York University (1995)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dramatic Writing, English) New York University (1994).
- Harris, D.,Holman Jones, S. (2024). A creative ecological approach to supporting young people with mental health challenges in schools In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 37, 372 - 383
- Harris, D. (2023). Non-binary possibilities of creative agency In: Possibility Studies and Society, 1, 99 - 104
- Harris, D. (2023). East Asian creative ecologies in networked educational worlds In: Creative Provocations: Speculations on the Future of Creativity, Technology & Learning, Springer, Switzerland
- Harris, D. (2023). Trans*forming bodies is hopeful politics In: International Review of Qualitative Research (IRQR), 16, 72 - 76
- Harris, D.,Coleman, K.,Cook, P. (2023). Radical rubrics: implementing the critical and creative thinking general capability through an ecological approach In: Australian Educational Researcher, 50, 729 - 745
- Harris, D. (2023). Culturally-responsive devising as performance In: Text and Performance Quarterly, , 1 - 12
- Rousell, D.,Harris, D.,Wise, K.,MacDonald, A.,Vagg, J. (2022). Posthuman Creativities: Democratizing Creative Educational Experience Beyond the Human In: Review of Research in Education, 46, 374 - 397
- Harris, D.,Luka, M.,Markham, A. (2022). Introduction: Art, Autoethnography and Public Pedagogies in Lockdown In: Massive/Micro Autoethnography, Springer, Singapore
- Vagg, J.,Harris, D.,Hunkin, E. (2022). A Culture of Care in Higher Education:Empathy, Affect and COVID-19 In: Massive/Micro Autoethnography, Springer, Singapore
- Harris, D.,Holman Jones, S. (2022). Against lists: A Post-Manifesto for a Wild, Ecological Creativity In: Transformative Visions for Qualitative Inquiry, Routledge, United States
12 PhD Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions
- Borderline Personality as Social Phenomena. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grants 2019 from (2021 to 2024)
- Staging Australian Women’s Lives: Theatre, Feminism and Socially Engaged Art (externally led by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects via other university 2020 from (2020 to 2024)
- Transforming 21st Century Creativity Education in Australasia. Funded by: ARC Future Fellowships Grant 2016 from (2017 to 2022)
- Narratives of digital resilience. Funded by: Department of Premier and Cabinet: Social Cohesion Research Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2019)
- Innovation in methods and ethics: Digital ethnography and vulnerable communities. Funded by: ATN (Australian Technology Network) Research Project from (2017 to 2018)