Jo Raphael
Jo Raphael (B.Ed, M.Ed, PhD, SFHEA) is Associate Professor in Arts Education (Drama) in the School of Education at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. She is co-director of Deakin University’s Centre for Regenerating Futures, bringing researchers across discipline areas together to research Anthropocene challenges and decolonising practices. She is actively involved in teaching and researching in schools, community and higher education settings within Australia and internationally. Jo is also Artistic Director of Fusion Theatre, a community-based inclusive theatre company for artists with and without disability. Jo’s areas of research and publication include applied theatre, drama as pedagogy, inclusive education and teacher education. In her practice she applies drama as a pedagogy for transdisciplinary learning across the curriculum especially in areas of science, humanities, and education for sustainability. She has worked within diverse contexts including cultural institutions such as museums and galleries. Jo’s research draws on arts-based and participatory action research methods that are inclusive of participants as co-researchers and collaborative arts-based autoethnography as part of a commitment to developing a community of practice amongst teachers and teacher education colleagues. She is a Life Member of Drama Victoria and is the President of Drama Australia.