Mary Kalantzis
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Professor Mary Kalantzis (born 1949) is an Australia
n author and academic, who is Dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the United States. She has a deep interest in the development and history of multiculturalism
and the impact it has had on Australian society.
, Greece
, and migrated to Australia with her family in 1953. She was the eldest of three children, to Nicholas and Diamondo. In 1982 she was the recipient of a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award, and in 1990-91 she was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Keene State College
of the University System of New Hampshire
in the United States. She has since held (in reverse chronological order) appointments as Dean of the Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services at RMIT University
, Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at James Cook University
of North Queensland, Director of the Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture at the University of Technology, Sydney
and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Multicultural Studies at the University of Wollongong
. While serving as Dean at RMIT University
she was elected President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education. Her service activities include being a Board Member of Teaching Australia, belonging to The National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership, appointment as a Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Chair of the Queensland Ethnic Affairs Ministerial Advisory Committee, Vice President of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia and a member of the Australia Council's Community Cultural Development Board.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author and academic, who is Dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the United States. She has a deep interest in the development and history of multiculturalism
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
and the impact it has had on Australian society.
Biography
Mary Kalantzis was born in a village in the PeloponnesePeloponnese
The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, and migrated to Australia with her family in 1953. She was the eldest of three children, to Nicholas and Diamondo. In 1982 she was the recipient of a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award, and in 1990-91 she was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Keene State College
Keene State College
Keene State College is a liberal arts college in Keene, New Hampshire. It is a member of the University System of New Hampshire and of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges....
of the University System of New Hampshire
University System of New Hampshire
The University System of New Hampshire , established in 1963, is responsible for overseeing the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, Keene State College, and Granite State College. The University System is the largest provider of post-secondary education in New Hampshire...
in the United States. She has since held (in reverse chronological order) appointments as Dean of the Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services at RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
, Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at James Cook University
James Cook University
James Cook University is a public university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The university has two Australian campuses, located in Townsville and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland—proclaimed in 1970—and the...
of North Queensland, Director of the Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture at the University of Technology, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Multicultural Studies at the University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney...
. While serving as Dean at RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
she was elected President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education. Her service activities include being a Board Member of Teaching Australia, belonging to The National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership, appointment as a Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Chair of the Queensland Ethnic Affairs Ministerial Advisory Committee, Vice President of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia and a member of the Australia Council's Community Cultural Development Board.
Author
Mary has been an author or co-author of books, research reports and refereed journal articles. These include:- A Place in the Sun: Re-creating the Australian Way of Life, 2000, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
- Productive Diversity: Organisational Life in the Era of Civic Pluralism and Total Globalisation, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
- Reconciliation, Multiculturalism, Identities : Difficult Dialogues, Sensible Solutions, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
- Transformations in Language and Learning : Perspectives on Multiliteracies, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
- Multiliteracies : Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures, 2000, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
- Australia's Population Challenge : The National Population Summit, Michael Hickinbotham, Bert Dennis, Graeme Hugo and Mary Kalantzis
- Learning for the Future : New Worlds, New Literacies, New Learning, New People, Mary Kalantzis and Gella Varnava-Skoura
- The Powers of Literacy : A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis
- New Learning : Elements of a Science of Education, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
- Explain? Argue? Discuss? : Writing for Essays and Exams, Mary Kalantzis and Peter Wignell
- The Learning by Design Guide, 2005, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis
- Literacy Matters: Issues for New Times, Ambigapathy Pandian and Mary Kalantzis