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 (Hons) at the University of Queensland, an MA (Hons), followed by a PhD, at the University of Sydney.

Career She is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) at Western Sydney University. She was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Digital) 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.

Selected works