Dr Lee Mcgowan
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
football, soccer, football fiction, football writing, creative writing, digital writing, genre studies
Research field
Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Master of Arts (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of JMC Academy Academic Board
Member of Queensland Football History Project Executive Committee
Member of the Football Collective
Member of the Australian Society of Authors
Member of the Sports Literature Association
Member of JMC Academy Academic Board
Member of Queensland Football History Project Executive Committee
Member of the Football Collective
Member of the Australian Society of Authors
Member of the Sports Literature Association
Teaching
Lee works across a range of learning environments incorporating online learning activities and resources to augment the classroom experience. He has taught across a range of undergraduate units, predominantly in his discipline - creative writing. He has also designed and delivered core and capstone units in postgraduate coursework programs and run research events, programs and units in higher degree research:
Lee has led design and delivery of a new Graduate Certificate qualification, and been heavily involved in reaccrediting postgraduate coursework programs and the Faculty's Professional Doctorate Program, which has undergone a significant transition under his leadership.
To date, he has 11 HDR completions in hand and is currently supervising projects in: transmedia storytelling, digital publishing, digital narrative ecologies, creative writing, and sport.
- Undergraduate teaching includes - introductory fiction and non-fiction units, short stories, great books, novel and memoir, youth and children's writing, media writing;
- Postgraduate coursework teaching includes - transmedia storytelling, entrepreneurship in the creative economy, project design in the creative industries, imagining creative futures, creative practice as research, and reflective practice theory;
- Research training includes - Approaches to Research, Creative Practice as Research, and Project Development.
Lee has led design and delivery of a new Graduate Certificate qualification, and been heavily involved in reaccrediting postgraduate coursework programs and the Faculty's Professional Doctorate Program, which has undergone a significant transition under his leadership.
To date, he has 11 HDR completions in hand and is currently supervising projects in: transmedia storytelling, digital publishing, digital narrative ecologies, creative writing, and sport.
Publications
- McGowan, L., (2017). Football and its fiction. In K. Moore, R. Spaaij, J. Hughson & J. Maguire (Eds.), Routledge handbook of football studies [Routledge International Handbooks series] (pp. 222–235). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/101382
- Lynch, D., McGowan, L. & Hancox, D. (2017). Iterative multimodality: An exploration of approaches to transmedia writing. TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs, 21(2), 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/114299
- McGowan, L., (2017). From banned to international glory, women's soccer has sown a rich field for the future. The Conversation. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112585
- Crawford, F. & McGowan, L. (2017). The Homeless World Cup: tackling homelessness, playing football and telling stories. The Writing Platform. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/106939
- McGowan, L., (2017). Outdoor reads - flora and fauna. Presented at: Outdoor reads - flora and fauna [Exhibition/Event]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115003
- Delbridge, M. & McGowan, L. (2015). Green: Exploring the aestheticized use of chroma-key techniques and technologies in two intermedial productions. Body, Space and Technology, 14, 1–17. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/83026
- McGowan, L., (2015). Marking out the pitch: a historiography and taxonomy of football fiction. Soccer and Society, 16(1), 76–97. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61767
- O'Donnell, S. & McGowan, L. (2015). Scripted drama: The long wait for football to be taken seriously as a literary subject. The Blizzard: The Football Quarterly, 16, 116–121. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84450
- Mcgowan, L., (2013). From stadium to page : why football deserves more fiction. The Conversation. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75817
- McGowan, L. & Delbridge, M. (2013). Total Dik - Transmedia Concept development. Presented at: Total Dik - Transmedia Concept development [Performance]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/59720
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Lord Mayor's Helen Taylor Community History Award: $21580This award funds development of a crowd-sourced digital history of women's football (soccer) in Brisbane, Queensland.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Individual Award: $5371 Attended a writers retreat where I was able to work with Booker Prize-shortlisted M.J. Hyland, multi-award winning author Tessa Hadley and acclaimed novelist Zoe Strachan. I met with researchers at National Football Museums in Scotland and England and visited with academics at va range of institutions including Professor Jean Williams.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- QUT Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Thesis
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Deans Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Since 1991 Varuna has offered a number of Fellowships for Writing Retreats. Over this time Varuna has developed a unique environment encouraging sustained work, conversation and community among writers. Varuna play an integral role in the Sydney Writer's Festival and have supported a number of the national and international writers. Varuna Fellows include Kristina Olsson, Krissy Kneen, Benjamin Law, Kate Holden, and Toni Jordan.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- my short story Slice won the 2009 inaugural QUT Postgraduate Writing Award.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Digital Competence and Professional Development of Vocational Education and Training Teachers in Queensland (2016)
- Curating in Uncharted Territories: An Examination of a Programming Model & Communicative Platform for Curation in Non-Traditional Art Spaces (2015)
- There's a Dinosaur in My Armoire: A Creative Exploration of Women's Dress Choice (2015)