Dr Mary Ann Hunter, BA Hons (Flinders), DipEd (ACU), PhD (UQ)    Honorary Research Adviser

	Biography

Mary Ann Hunter’s current research interests include the role of arts in peacebuilding, contemporary youth performance, and mentoring in the arts industry.

Dr Mary Ann Hunter is a researcher, consultant, and artsworker based in Tasmania. She is a former lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland and the National Institute of Education, Singapore, and has consulted for Australian and overseas government agencies, non-government organisations, arts companies, and schools. Mary Ann was recently founding coordinator of 'meenah mienne' Aboriginal arts mentoring program and is a collaborator on the international Acting on the World Stage project on performance and peacebuilding. She is currently national evaluator of the Australia Council’s Artists-in-Residence Initiative.

	Keywords
	Humanities: ARTS/HUMANITIES/CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, Humanities: Culture, Humanities: Performing Arts, Humanities: Dramatic/Theatre Arts