Adam Maximilian Shoemaker (born 1957) is a Canadian-Australian academic and higher education administrator, and a scholarly authority within the field of Indigenous Australian literature. [1] He currently serves as Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University.
Shoemaker was born in Canada, and holds a BA Honours degree from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada (1979), and a PhD from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia (1986). [2] [3]
Shoemaker has held several positions in higher education administration in Australia, including at Griffith University, Monash University, the Australian National University and in 2016 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Southern Cross University. In late-2020, he commenced as Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University. [4]
Shoemaker is a Commonwealth Scholar. [1] He also has received a number of literary awards, including being highly commended for the Human Rights Awards, and winner of the Walter McRae Russell Award. [5]