Maryanne Dever
Maryanne Dever is an Australian academic whose research focuses on feminist literary and archival studies. She is best known for her work on literary collaboration, intimate archives, and questions of archival materiality in the age of the digital.
Education
Dever completed a BA at the University of Queensland in 1984, an MA, followed by a PhD, at the University of Sydney.Career
She is Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Western Sydney University. She was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University in Canberra. She has also worked at the University of Technology Sydney, Monash University, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Sydney. At Monash University she was Director of the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research. She has held visiting positions at McGill University, the National Library of Australia, University College London and the University of Tampere.From 2015 to 2024 Dever was joint editor-in-chief with Lisa Adkins of the academic journal, ''Australian Feminist Studies.''