Ms Kate Deller-Evans

Position/s:Lecturer
School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Phone: +61 8 82015048
Email:
Location: Information, Science & Technology (244)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Kate Deller-Evans is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics where she teaches ethics, research, professional, and communication skills, and she provides research, grant and award writing assistance for staff and postgraduate students. Co-author of the transition-to-university text, Essential Skills in Science and Technology, OUP (2nd edn. 2011), she is also published with Dr Steve Evans as the co-author of Best of Friends: The first thirty years of Friendly Street Poets, Wakefield Press, (2008). Kate also reviews for the Adelaide Independent Weekly, InDaily online news service, Fringereview.com and ReadPlus.

Qualifications

BA (Hons), Flinders University
Grad Dip Ed, University of Adelaide
Adv Dip Arts (Professional Writing), Adelaide College of the Arts
(in progress) PhD (Creative Writing), Flinders University

Honours, awards and grants

  • Science & Engineering Faculty Scholar for 2011 - 2012
  • Winner, 2012 Gawler Poetry Prize - Open Adult Section for "Outside"
  • Highly commended in John Bray Award, by Adelaide Mayor, Michael Harbison, for "My Pirate Daughter", 2005
  • Winning manuscript for New Poets 7, ~Travelling with Bligh, published by Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2002.
  • Australia Council Grant, Community Project, Park Voices, 1999
  • ACT Adult Learners shortlist Most Outstanding Program Award, 1999
  • Personal entry as writer on Aust Lit, 1999
  • Inclusion in Database of South Australian Writers, 1999
  • Project Grant $3,000 ArtSA for Poetry, 1998
  • Vice Chancellor recognition of perfect scores Foundation Course student evaluations Flinders University, 1997

Teaching

Topic Coordinator:

  • ENGR1401  Professional Skills in Engineering (Semester 2)
  • ENGR4742 Standards, Ethics and Compliance

Topic Lecturer:

  • COMP7005 Research Methods for Honours Computer Science & Information Technology

Research and supervision

Publications

Books
Zeegers, P.J., Deller-Evans, K.J., Egege, S.A. and Klinger, C.M. (2011). Essential Skills in Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Author(s): Peter Zeegers, Kate Deller-Evans, Sandra Egege, Christopher Klinger, ed. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press. [online]. Available from: http://www.oup.com.au/titles/unclassified/9780195576078.
Deller-Evans, K.J., Zubrinich, R. and Shillitoe, T. (2009). Introduce Writing Styles, Techniques and Conventions: Professional Writing. 3rd ed. Adelaide: Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology.
Zeegers, P.J., Deller-Evans, K.J., Egege, S.S. and Klinger, C.M. (2008). Essential Skills for Science and Technology. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
Deller-Evans, K.J., Non-Flinders Author, and Non-Flinders Author, . (2002). New Poets Seven. Adelaide, SA: Wakefield Press.
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K.J. (2002). Lift off! An introductory course in creative writing. Canberra, ACT: Ginninderra Press.
Refereed journal articles
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Out of the drought: Australia's junior verse novels. Write4Children, 3(1), pp.68-75. [online]. Available from: http://www.winchester.ac.uk/academicdepartments/EnglishCreativeWritingandAmericanStudies/publications/write4children/Pages/Write4Children.aspx.
Refereed conference papers
Deller-Evans, K.J., Evans, S. and Gannaway, D. (2004). Collaborative efforts to resist fraudulent educational practice. In Educational Integrity: Plagiarism and other perplexities. first Australasian Educational Integrity conference. [online]. Available from: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153084337.
Conference publications
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K. (2012). The Dark End of the Street: Reconsidering the Friendly Street Poets. In Philip Butterss, ed. Literary Adelaide. Literary Adelaide.
Other public research outputs
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Book: I've Got Your Number (book review). , 22/2. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=59043#folio=009.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). BOOK: Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold (children's book review). InDaily. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=50170#folio=008.

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Books
Zeegers, P.J., Deller-Evans, K.J., Egege, S.A. and Klinger, C.M. (2011). Essential Skills in Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Author(s): Peter Zeegers, Kate Deller-Evans, Sandra Egege, Christopher Klinger, ed. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press. [online]. Available from: http://www.oup.com.au/titles/unclassified/9780195576078.
Deller-Evans, K.J., Zubrinich, R. and Shillitoe, T. (2009). Introduce Writing Styles, Techniques and Conventions: Professional Writing. 3rd ed. Adelaide: Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology.
Zeegers, P.J., Deller-Evans, K.J., Egege, S.S. and Klinger, C.M. (2008). Essential Skills for Science and Technology. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
Deller-Evans, K.J., Non-Flinders Author, and Non-Flinders Author, . (2002). New Poets Seven. Adelaide, SA: Wakefield Press.
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K.J. (2002). Lift off! An introductory course in creative writing. Canberra, ACT: Ginninderra Press.
Refereed journal articles
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Out of the drought: Australia's junior verse novels. Write4Children, 3(1), pp.68-75. [online]. Available from: http://www.winchester.ac.uk/academicdepartments/EnglishCreativeWritingandAmericanStudies/publications/write4children/Pages/Write4Children.aspx.
Refereed conference papers
Deller-Evans, K.J., Evans, S. and Gannaway, D. (2004). Collaborative efforts to resist fraudulent educational practice. In Educational Integrity: Plagiarism and other perplexities. first Australasian Educational Integrity conference. [online]. Available from: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153084337.
Conference publications
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K. (2012). The Dark End of the Street: Reconsidering the Friendly Street Poets. In Philip Butterss, ed. Literary Adelaide. Literary Adelaide.
Other public research outputs
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Book: I've Got Your Number (book review). , 22/2. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=59043#folio=009.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Haunting Festival Venues (online postgraduate creative writing journal). Swamp, 9. [online]. Available from: http://www.swampwriting.com/?page_id=163.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). THEATRE: Buried Child (theatre review). InDaily. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=53687#folio=009.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). William Shakespeare's Macbeth. InDaily. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/default.aspx?iid=51252&startpage=page0000009#folio=009.
Smigiel, H.M., Pannan, L. and Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Sustaining distributive leadership and learning and teaching: cascade and perpetual effectiveness of the faculty scholar model, (Project Report). ALTC Final Report: Smigiel, H, Govin, K, Deller-Evans, K, (editor) Pannan, L, Szorenyi-Reischl, N, Donnan, P, (LE8-691). [online]. Available from: http://www.olt.gov.au/project-sustaining-distributive-leadership-flinders-2007.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). BOOK: Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold (children's book review). InDaily. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=50170#folio=008.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). BOOK: Making a Meal of It (nonfiction book review). InDaily. [online]. Available from: http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=50938#folio=008.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2011). Gastric Juice [poem] (print). Law and Impulse, pp.20-20. [online]. Available from: http://www.poetsunion.com/files/LawImpulse.pdf.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Books review - I Love Birthdays/I Love Holidays, Anna Walker (books review, online). The Independent Weekly (online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/books-review-i-love-birthdaysi-love-holidays-anna-walker/1430852.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - The Sweet Life, Rebecca Lim (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-sweet-life-rebecca-lim/1471669.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton, Catherine Alliott. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-secret-life-of-evie-hamilton-catherine-alliott/1399891.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-graveyard-book-neil-gaiman/1403395.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - Sovay, Celia Rees (book review, online). The Indpendent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-sovay-celia-rees/1413914.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - Donald Loves Drumming, Nick Bland (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/books-donald-loves-drumming-nick-bland/1418253.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). On leaving a job. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 22(7), pp.1151-1151. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513570910987448.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - Somebody's Crying, Maureen McCarthy (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-somebodys-crying-maureen-mccarthy/1407142.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2009). Book review - Farticus Maximus, Felice Arena (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-farticus-maximus-felice-arena/1414924.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Farmwoman, Ray Tyndale (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-farmwoman-ray-tyndale/758377.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Divas Don't Knit, Gil McNeil (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/book-review-divas-dont-knit-gil-mcneil/1232917.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Brave Little Penguin, Anna Pignataro (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/book-review-brave-little-penguin-anna-pignataro/1236856.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Biting the Big Apple, Bella Vendramini (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-biting-the-big-apple-bella-vendramini/1377728.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Births Deaths Marriages, Georgia Blain (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-births-deaths-marriages-georgia-blain/1273811.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - An Aussie Day Before Christmas, Kilmeny Niland. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/book-review-an-aussie-day-before-christmas-kilmeny-niland/1249352.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Always Mackenzie, Kate Constable. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-always-mackenzie-kate-constable/780245.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - A Perfectly Good Family, Lionel Shriver. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-a-perfectly-good-family-lionel-shriver/1230777.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Adelaide Festival review - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/adelaide-festival-review-a-midsummer-nights-dream-royal-shakespeare/758122.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). 4 Seasons of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Carnival Night (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online).
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). 4 Seasons of Shakespeare: Macbeth, Carnival Night Shakespeare Company (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/4-seasons-of-shakespeare-macbeth-carnival-night-shakespeare-company/757694.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - His Illegal Self, Peter Carey (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-his-illegal-self-peter-carey/758592.aspx.
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Editors. Best of Friends: the first thirty years of the Friendly Street Poets.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Theatre review - The Cripple of Inishmaan, State Theatre Company (theatre review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/theatre-review-the-cripple-of-inishmaan-state-theatre-company/1353772.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Theatre - Ghosts, State Theatre Company. The Independent Weekly.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Kaspar Prince of Cats, Michael Morpurgo (book review, online). The Indepedent Weekly.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - My Life and Other Catastrophes, Rowena Mohr (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-my-life-and-other-catasrophes-rowena-mohr/758786.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Night Music, Jojo Moyes (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-night-music-jojo-moyes/1339336.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Pip: The Story of Olive, Kim Kane. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-pip-the-story-of-olive-kim-kane/777626.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Remember Me? Sophie Kinsella. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-remember-me-sophie-kinsella/1366834.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Skullduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire, Derek Landy (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-skullduggery-pleasant-playing-with-fire-derek-landy/774476.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Slow Notes, Deb Matthews-Zott (online review). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-slow-notes-deb-matthewszott/757759.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Splat the Cat, Rob Scotton (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-splat-the-cat-rob-scotton/1322727.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Blue Ribbon Cookbook, Liz Harfull (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-blue-ribbon-cookbook-liz-harfull/1386534.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Indigo Girls, Penni Russon. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-indigo-girls-penni-russon/757701.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Invisible Ring, Anne Bishop. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-invisible-ring-anne-bishop/757519.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Mare's Tale, Darrel and Sally Odgers (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-mares-tale-darrel-and-sally-odgers/1336610.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Opposite of Love, Julie Buxbaum. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-opposite-of-love-julie-buxbaum/792456.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Winds of Tara, Katherine Pinotti. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-winds-of-tara-katherine-pinotti/967723.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Wizard of Rondo, Emily Rodda (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-wizard-of-rondo-emily-rodda/1388667.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - The Woman in the Lobby, Lee Tulloch. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/book-review-the-woman-in-the-lobby-lee-tulloch/1243183.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Book review - Then, Morris Gleitzman (book review, online). The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/book-review-then-morris-gleitzman/1271005.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Fringe review - 4 Seasons of Shakespeare: Hamlet, Carnival Night Shakespeare (online review). The Independent Weekly.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (movie review). The Independent Weekly.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). Sprite Downberry, Nette Hilton. The Independent Weekly (Online). [online]. Available from: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/sprite-downberry-nette-hilton/1255737.aspx.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2008). The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (movie review). The Independent Weekly.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2007). Lucia in the age of Napolean (book review). The Independent Weekly, (167), pp.12-13.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2006). Writing courses at TAFE. The Handbook for South Australian Writers, pp.14-16.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2005). Know the Author: Ruth Starke (Review). Magpies, 20(1), pp.16-19.
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K.J. (2005). Co-Editor. Corridors: Words on the wards.
Deller-Evans, K.J. and Zeegers, P.J. (2004). In the future... LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 6.
Evans, S.G. and Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Editors. Another Universe: friendly street poets 28.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Ariel. Divan, 5. [online]. Available from: http://www.bhtafe.edu.au/divan/divan5/index.html.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Caliban. Divan, 5. [online]. Available from: http://www.bhtafe.edu.au/divan/divan5/index.html.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Ferdinand. Divan, 5. [online]. Available from: http://www.bhtafe.edu.au/divan/divan5/index.html.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Hair brushing. Another universe: Friendly street poets 28, pp.33-33.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Pick-Up from childcare. Famous Reporter 30, pp.8-8.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). Two ways to bake a cake. New England Review, 20, pp.15-15.
Deller-Evans, K.J. (2004). What matters most (Article).

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Professional and community engagement

committee of Poetry Unleashed festival with the South Australian Writers' Centre & City of Onkaparinga

Expertise for media contact

  • soft skills
  • education focus
  • verse novels
  • poetry
  • YA and children's literature
  • higher education


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