Prof Jeri Kroll

South Australian Writers' Festival, 2007
Position/s:Dean of Graduate Research
English and Creative Writing
 Flinders University
Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law
Phone: +61 8 82015571, +61 8 82013400
Email:
Location: Union Building (15A), Humanities (232)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Professor Jeri Kroll is currently Dean of Graduate Research. Formerly she was Program Coordinator of Creative Writing. Since 1997 she has published on creative writing research and pedagogy. Past President of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, she is on the UK editorial Boards of New Writing and Write4Children as well as the AAWP's journal, TEXT. She has published over twenty titles for adults and young people, including poetry, picture books and novels. In 2012 Swamp Soup (Picaro Press) came out. In 2013 Research Methods in Creative Writing (Palgrave Macmillan), co-edited with Graeme Harper, was published and her New and Selected Poems is forthcoming. In 2009, she was a Visiting Fellow at George Washington University in Washington, D. C., collaborating on a verse novel script. In 2011 a staged reading took place at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts as part of the annual 'Page to Stage' Festival.

Qualifications

PhD, Columbia University, New York City, USA, 1974
MA, University of Warwick, UK, 1968
BA Honours, Smith College, Mass., USA, 1967

Honours, awards and grants

Varuna Writers' Retreat Fellowships (2009, 2000).
Shortlisted Rosemary Dobson Poetry Prize, 2009.
Runner-up Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize, 2006.
May Gibbs Trust Fellowship, 2006.
International Exchange Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamaghkerrig, Ireland, 2005.
A Coat of Cats, Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book, 1999.
Swamp Soup, Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book, 1996.
Australia Council, Literature Board, Community Writer's Fellowship and General Writing Grants.
Numerous South Australian Government Writing Grants.
Numerous poetry prizes and shortlistings.

Key responsibilities

Dean of Graduate Research

Teaching

Teaching interests

Creative Writing, Writing for Children, Poetry

Research and supervision

Research expertise

  • Creative Writing
  • Literary studies 

Research interests

Creative Arts Practice-led Research, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Creative Arts Supervision, Creative Arts Higher Degrees, Creative Writing in a Second Language, Poetry, Verse Novels, Children's Literature, Cross-arts Collaboration.

Supervisory interests

  • Contemporary literature
  • Contemporary poetry
  • Creative arts
  • Creative research higher degree supervision
  • Creative writing research higher degrees
  • Creative writing, novels
  • Creative writing, short stories
  • Dramaturgy, adaptation and creative development
  • Education, creative writing in higher
  • Verse novels

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Creative Writing Practice-led Research/Contemporary Literature (3); Creative Writing Practice-led Research/Cross-genre adaptation (1); Creative Writing Practice-led Research/Young Adult Fiction (1);

Completion

Principal supervisor: Contemporary Poetry (2); Creative Writing Practice-led Research/Contemporary Literature (9);

Associate supervisor: Writing and Cultural Studies (1); Practice-led Research/Life Writing (1);

RHD Student Achievements

  • Benjamin Chandler
    QUILLBLADE (Random House). Also Carclew Young Writer's Fellowship. - September 2010
  • Sam Franzway
    Carclew Young Writer's Fellowship - September 2010
  • Sharon Kernot
    Wakefield Press Unpublished MS Award – Novel to be published by Wakefield Press. - March 2011
  • Margaret Merrilees
    Wakefield Press Unpublished MS Award – Novel to be published by Wakefield Press. - March 2012
  • Gay Lynch
    Short-listed for Varuna Publishing Fellowship
  • Katrina Finlayson
    Runner-up, Best Postgraduate Paper, 2012 Australasian Association of Writing Programs Conference
  • Molly Murn
    Diamond Jubilee Bursary (co-winner), Federation of Australian University Women
    Short-listed for Varuna Publishing Fellowship

Publications

Book chapters
Kroll, J. (2013). Further Ideas, Selected Reading. In Jeri Kroll and Graeme Harper, ed. RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE WRITING. Basingstoke, UK and New York, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US), pp. 223-230.
Kroll, J. (2013). Introduction. In Jeri Kroll and Graeme Harper, ed. RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE WRITING. Basingstoke, UK and New York, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US), pp. 1-13.
Kroll, J. (2013). The Creative Writing Laboratory and its Pedagogy. In Jeri Kroll and Graeme Harper, ed. RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE WRITING. Basingstoke, UK and New York, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US), pp. 102-132.
Harper, G. and Kroll, J. (2008). Creative writing in the university. In Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll, ed. Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, pp. 1-9.
Kroll, J. (2008). Poetry. In Graeme Harper, ed. Creative Writing Guidebook. London, UK: Continuum, pp. 18-30.
Kroll, J. (2006). Redrafting the self: The author as work in progress. In Nigel Krauth, Tess Brady, ed. Creative Writing: Theory Beyond Practice. Teneriffe, QLD: Post Pressed, pp. 197-210.
Kroll, J. (2006). Writing for Children and Young Adults. In Graeme Harper, ed. Teaching Creative Writing. London, UK: Continuum, pp. 47-62.
Kroll, J. (2004). Creative Writing: The House of Words in the New Millenium. In Rod Wissler, ed. INNOVATION IN AUSTRALIAN ARTS, MEDIA, DESIGN: FRESH CHALLENGES FOR THE TERTIARY SECTOR. Flaxton, QLD: Post Pressed, pp. 41-56.
Kroll, J. (2003). Wicked! A Marriage of Two Weird Minds: Dual perspectives in a collaborative novel. In John McKenzie, Doreen Darnell and Anna Smith, ed. Cinderella Transformed: Multiple Voices and Diverse Dialogues in Children's Literature. Christchurch: Centre for Children's Literature, pp. 164-175.
Kroll, J. (2002). Popular as a Dirty Word: Investigating Literary and Cultural Biases Through a Study of Paul Jennings. In Bull, GAnstey, M, ed. Crossing the Boundaries. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 261-281.

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Books
Kroll, J. (2012). Swamp Soup. Warners Bay, NSW: Picaro Press.
Book chapters
Kroll, J. (2013). Introduction. In Jeri Kroll and Graeme Harper, ed. RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE WRITING. Basingstoke, UK and New York, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US), pp. 1-13.
Kroll, J. (2013). The Creative Writing Laboratory and its Pedagogy. In Jeri Kroll and Graeme Harper, ed. RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE WRITING. Basingstoke, UK and New York, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US), pp. 102-132.
Kroll, J. (2013). Further Ideas, Selected Reading. In Jeri Kroll and Graeme Harper, ed. RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE WRITING. Basingstoke, UK and New York, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US), pp. 223-230.
Harper, G. and Kroll, J. (2008). Introduction. In Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll, ed. Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, pp. xi-xiv.
Harper, G. and Kroll, J. (2008). Creative writing in the university. In Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll, ed. Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, pp. 1-9.
Kroll, J. (2008). Poetry. In Graeme Harper, ed. Creative Writing Guidebook. London, UK: Continuum, pp. 18-30.
Kroll, J. (2006). Writing for Children and Young Adults. In Graeme Harper, ed. Teaching Creative Writing. London, UK: Continuum, pp. 47-62.
Kroll, J. (2006). Redrafting the self: The author as work in progress. In Nigel Krauth, Tess Brady, ed. Creative Writing: Theory Beyond Practice. Teneriffe, QLD: Post Pressed, pp. 197-210.
Kroll, J. (2004). Creative Writing: The House of Words in the New Millenium. In Rod Wissler, ed. INNOVATION IN AUSTRALIAN ARTS, MEDIA, DESIGN: FRESH CHALLENGES FOR THE TERTIARY SECTOR. Flaxton, QLD: Post Pressed, pp. 41-56.
Kroll, J. (2003). Wicked! A Marriage of Two Weird Minds: Dual perspectives in a collaborative novel. In John McKenzie, Doreen Darnell and Anna Smith, ed. Cinderella Transformed: Multiple Voices and Diverse Dialogues in Children's Literature. Christchurch: Centre for Children's Literature, pp. 164-175.
Kroll, J. (2002). Popular as a Dirty Word: Investigating Literary and Cultural Biases Through a Study of Paul Jennings. In Bull, GAnstey, M, ed. Crossing the Boundaries. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 261-281.
Refereed journal articles
Kroll, J. and Finlayson, K.A. (2012). Transforming creative writing postgraduate and supervisor identities: Ways of becoming professional. Text, 16(2). [online]. Available from: http://www.textjournal.com.au/oct12/kroll_finlayson.htm.
Kroll, J. and Webb, J. (2012). Policies and Practicalities: Examining the Creative Writing Doctorate. New Writing: The International Journal For The Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 9(2), pp.166-178. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2012.665930.
Kroll, J. (2011). Re-visioning the picture book: A case study of Margaret Mahy's  'The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate. Write4Children, 2(2), pp.4-21. [online]. Available from: http://www.winchester.ac.uk/academicdepartments/EnglishCreativeWritingandAmericanStudies/publications/write4children/Documents/w4cissue2vol2june11.pdf.
Brien, D., Freiman, M., Kroll, J. and Webb, J. (2011). The Australasian Association of Writing Programs 1996-2011. New Writing: The International Journal For The Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 8(3), pp.238-263. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2011.615400.
Kroll, J. (2010). Living on the Edge: Creative Writers in Higher Education. Text, 14(1), pp.1-16. [online]. Available from: http://www.textjournal.com.au/april10/kroll.htm.
Kroll, J. (2010). Climate Change. Text, 14(1), pp.1-6. [online]. Available from: http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue7/Kroll.pdf.
Kroll, J. (2009). The supervisor as practice-led coach and trainer?: getting creative writing doctoral candidates across the finish line. Text, 6. [online]. Available from: http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue6/Kroll.pdf.
Kroll, J. (2007). Targeting an International Audience: Can Creative Writing Texts Cross the World Without Jet Lag? New Writing: The International Journal For The Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 4(3), pp.174-185. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2167/new451.0.
Kroll, J. and Brien, D.L. (2006). Studying for the future: Training creative writing postgraduates for life after degrees. Australian Online Journal of Arts Education, 2(1), pp.1-13. [online]. Available from: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/education/teach-research/arts-ed/aojae/2-1.pdf.
Kroll, J. and Evans, S.G. (2006). Metaphor Delivers: An Integrated Approach to Teaching and Writing Poetry. English in Australia, 41(2), pp.35-50.
Kroll, J. (2006). Draining Creativity: The Teacher-Writer in the Vampire Academy. Text, 10(2).
Kroll, J. and Evans, S.G. (2005). How to Write a "How to Write" Book: The Writer as Entrepreneur. Text, 9(1). [online]. Available from: http://www.textjournal.com.au/april05/krollevans.htm.
Kroll, J. (2005). Classic and/or Popular? - Australian Children's Books in a Global Market. Access, 19(4), pp.23-27.
Kroll, J. (2004). The Exegesis and the Gentle Reader/Writer. Text, 8(3), pp.1-14. [online]. Available from: http://www.gu.edu.au/school/art/text.
Kroll, J. (2004). The Resurrected Author: Creative Writers in 21st-Century Higher Education. New Writing: The International Journal For The Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 1(2), pp.89-102. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790720408668925.
Kroll, J. (2004). The Role of the Examiner: Scholar, Reviewer, Critic, Judge, Mentor. Text, 8(2), pp.1-13. [online]. Available from: http://www.gu.edu.au/school/art/text.
Kroll, J. (2002). Creative Writing as Research and the Dilemma of Accreditation: How do we prove the value of what we do? Text, 6(1). [online]. Available from: http://www.gu.edu.au/school/art/text/content00.htm.
Kroll, J. (2001). I am a desert island: Postmodern Landscapes in Margaret Atwood's "Circe/Mud Poems". AUMLA - Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 96, pp.114-134.
Refereed conference papers
Kroll, J. (2012). "From page to stage": a case study of transforming a verse novel. In A Pont, P West, K Johanson, C Atherton, R Dredge & R Todd, ed. The Encounters: Place, Situation, Context Papers - Refereed Proceedings. 17th Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs. pp. 1-12. [online]. Available from: http://aawp.org.au/encounters-place-situation-context-papers%E2%80%94-refereed-proceedings-17th-conference-australasian-associa.
Kroll, J. and Dai, F. (2011). Cultural and Ethical Challenges in Teaching Creative Writing: A Comparative Study of Australian and Chinese Classes. In Janie Conway-Herron, Moya Costello, Lynda Hawryluk, ed. The Ethical Imaginations: Writing Worlds Papers - the refereed proceedings of the 16th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, 2011. 16th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs. pp. 1-12. [online]. Available from: http://aawp.org.au/files/KrollDai.pdf.
Kroll, J. (2010). From now to once upon a time: Reading the Book of Myths. In Catherine Cole, Marcelle Freiman and Donna Lee Brien, ed. The Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners Papers: the refereed proceedings of the 15th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs. Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners: The Role of Literary Studies in Creative Writing programs. pp. 1-11. [online]. Available from: http://aawp.org.au/files/Icarus%203%20Kroll.pdf.
Kroll, J. (2010). Strange Bedfellows or Compatible Partners: the problem of genre in the twenty-first century verse novel. In Strange Bedfellows: Refereed Conference Papers of the 15th Annual AAWP Conference. 15h Annual AAWP Conference. pp. 1-10.
Kroll, J. (2008). Creative practice and/as/is/or research: An overview. In Lucy Neave and Donna Lee Brien, ed. Creativity and uncertainty: Proceedings of the thirteenth annual conference of the Australian associaton of writing programs. Creativity and Uncertainty: the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Australian Associaton of Writing Programs. [online]. Available from: http://aawp.org.au/creativity-and-uncertainty-papers.
Kroll, J. (2007). Creativity, craft and the canon: Unpacking the cult(ure) of the workshop. In Associate Professor Jen Webb and Jordan Williams, ed. and is papers: Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the AAWP. And Is: Writing is and is not research. pp. 1-18. [online]. Available from: http://creative.canberra.edu.au/aawp/papers/Kroll.pdf.
Kroll, J. (2004). Subversive and Therapeutic; The Imaginative Power of Child's Play in Morris Gleitzman's Recent Fiction. In Sharyn Pearce & Kerry Mallan, ed. Seriously Playful: Genre, Performance & Text. Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research Conference Brisbane 2004: Poetry, Performance and Playfulness.
Other public research outputs
Kroll, J. and Harper, G. (2013). Editors (Edited book). Research Methods in Creative Writing, pp.1-248. [online]. Available from: http://us.macmillan.com/Book.aspx?isbn=9780230242661.
Kroll, J. (2012). Staged Reading and Workshop Performance of Vanishing Point.
Kroll, J. (2011). Vanishing Point - a staged reading.
Kroll, J. (2010). Kroll, J. - Creative Writing.
Kroll, J. (2009). Felis Domestica and other poems (chapbook). , (91), pp.1-16.
Harper, G. and Kroll, J. (2008). Co-editor (edited collection). Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy.
Kroll, J. (2008). First Love. Cadence of Hooves: A Celebration of Horses, pp.199-202.
Kroll, J. (2008). Swan Dancing. Poems in Perspex: Max Harris Poetry Award 2007, pp.43-44.
Kroll, J. (2007). Mickey's little book of letters [sound recording] (Novel (published 2004) produced as Audio CDs, 2007).
Kroll, J. (2006). The Mother Workshops, Poetica - ABC Radio National. Poetica - ABC Radio National 03/06/06. [online]. Available from: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/poetica/jeri-kroll-the-mother-workshops/3334386.
Kroll, J. (2006). Hunting Swans. Australian Book Review, (280), pp.44-44.
Kroll, J. (2006). Bones: An Anorexic's Hymn. Blue Dog: Australian Poetry, 5(10), pp.17-18.
Kroll, J. (2005). Beaches. Let's Jaberwocky!: Poetry action for Students, pp.124-124.
Kroll, J. (2005). Circle Poem. Let's Jaberwocky!: Poetry Action for Students, pp.139-139.
Kroll, J. (2005). Final Copy. Social Alternatives, 23(4), pp.16-16.
Kroll, J. (2005). Heatwave. Let's Jaberwocky!: Poetry Action for Students, pp.139-139.
Kroll, J. (2005). Something Nice to Munch. Let's Jaberwocky!: Poetry Action for Students, pp.66-67.

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Professional and community engagement

Advisory Committee, Australasian Association of Writing Programs
ARC Discovery Grants (Assessor, Expert of International Standing)
ERA Peer Reviewer
Editorial Boards: New Writing, Write4Children, TEXT

Expertise for media contact

  • Creative Writing in Higher Education
  • Contemporary Poetry
  • International Writers' Organisations
  • The Writer in the Academy

Subject/s

  • Literature - English
  • Writing


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