Dr Lucy Potter

Biography/ Background

Lucy Potter's main research area is the plays of the English Renaissance playwright, Christopher Marlowe. She is particularly interested in Marlowe's first play, Dido, Queen of Carthage, and its relationship with Aristotle's concept of catharsis and with Virgil's Aeneid. In 2009, Lucy will be coordinating and teaching the following courses: Tragedy (honours), Shakespeare (undergraduate), and Professional English ESL (undergraduate).

Lucy is also interested in professional/business writing, and is a writing consultant for government departments and private businesses. She is a specialist ESL educator, and admits to being a "grammar nut". Lucy has experience teaching in both domestic and international programs, and her teaching excellence has been recognised by the following awards:

1. Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Australian Awards for University Teaching, 2007). Lucy's citation was specifically for "outstanding modelling of both effective, student-centred learning and dynamic leadership in the discipline of English"
2. Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (University of Adelaide, 2006)
3. Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching (University of Adelaide, 2006)
4. Sessional Academic Staff Excellence in Teaching Awards: High Commendation (University of South Australia, 2004)
5. Sessional Staff Excellence in teaching Awards: Inaugural Winner (University of South Australia, 2003)

Qualifications

PhD: University of Adelaide
BA (Hons): University of Adelaide
CELTA: Cambridge University and the Royal Society of the Arts

The E W Benham Prize for English Literature (2008): for the best doctoral thesis in English Literature

Research Interests

Early Modern Tragedy; Shakespeare and Marlowe; The Critical History of Catharsis; Theories of Tragedy; The Development of Renaissance Literary Theory; Virgil's Aeneid; Ecphrasis; Pedagogy in Practice.

Publications

1. Potter, Lucy. "Marlowe's Dido: Virgilian or Ovidian?" Notes and Queries. Forthcoming (December 2009)
2. Potter, Lucy. "Informing Audiences: Marlowe's Early Tragedies." World as Stage / Stage as World in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. This will be the inaugural volume in a new series called Cursor Mundi, which is to be published by Brepols under the auspices of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. Forthcoming.
3. Potter, Lucy. "Shakespeare, Marlowe, and the Fortunes of Catharsis." Rapt in Secret Studies: Emerging Shakespeares. Ed. Darryl Chalk and Laurie Johnson. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Forthcoming.
4. Potter, Lucy. Review of Shakespeare's Marlowe: The Influence of Christopher Marlowe on Shakespeare's Artistry by Robert Logan (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). Marlowe Society of America Newsletter 27.1 (Fall 2007): 3-4.
5. Potter, Lucy and Sue McGowan. "The Implications of the Chinese Learner for the Internationalization of the Curriculum: An Australian Perspective." Critical Perspectives on Accounting Special Issue: Chinese Learning 19.2 (2008): 181-198.
6. Potter, Lucy. "Marlowe's Dido and the Staging of Catharsis." AUMLA: Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association 107 (May 2007): 1-23.
7. Potter, Lucy. Review of Redefining Elizabethan Literature by Georgia Brown (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004). Marlowe Society of America Newsletter 26.2 (Fall 2006): 2-3.
8. Potter, Lucy. "Ophelia Centre Stage." Extensions: Essays in English Studies from Shakespeare to the Spice Girls. Ed. Sue Hosking and Dianne Schwerdt. Kent Town: Wakefield Press, 1999, pp. 25-41.
9. Potter, Lucy. "Hamlet and the Scene of Pedagogy." Australasian Drama Studies Special Focus Issue: Renaissance in the South 33 (1998): 96-116.

Professional Associations

Network for Early European Research (NEER); Education and Research Group of Adelaide (ERGA); Marlowe Society of America; English as a Second Language Educators; Australian Association for the Teaching of English; International Shakespeare Association; Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS)

Community Engagement

Lucy has developed a thriving consultancy practice in effective business communications and a number of outreach programs, and regularly undertakes community service activities on behalf of the University of Adelaide.

The clients in Lucy's consultancy practice have included:

1. The National Centre for Vocational Education Research
2. Australian Vocational Education and Training Association
3. Department of Education, Science and Training
4. 'education.au'
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics
6. SA Ambulance
7. Edwards Marshall Accountants
8. Certified Practicing Accountants: National Congress

Lucy's outreach programs and community service have included the following activities:

1. HSC English Studies Conference: invited lecturer
2. SA Society of Editors: guest speaker
3. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College: guest speaker in ESL
4. Roadworthy Skills by David Krantz and Vicki Saunders (Adelaide: Quest Partners, 2006): grammar consultant
5. Wilderness School: guest speaker
6. Eynesbury College: guest speaker
7. Year 12 English Studies Conference: convenor and lecturer

In addition, Lucy is the contact person for various and numerous inquiries from the general public - from supermarket chains to funeral parlours - about matters of grammar and expression, and the politics of language.

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Literature and publishing, Language and literacy
Expertise	Christopher Marlowe; early modern tragedy; catharsis; dramatic theory; English as a second language (ESL); English grammar and language; effective business communications
Notes	Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2007) The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (2006) The Stephen Cole Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (2006)

Entry last updated: Sunday, 22 Nov 2009