PhD, University of Queensland, 1987; BA Hons (1), 1982, University of Queensland. Commonwealth Scholar (Oxford); Walter and Eliza Hall Scholar (Oxford); Fulbright Senior Fellow (UC Berkeley), Rockerfeller Fellow (Bellagio), Senior Common Room Fellow (Oxford). Additional University Fellowships awarded by University of New South Wales, Australian National University, University of Sydney. Australian Research Council Large Grant Awardee (ARC). Vice Chancellor’s award for Excellence in Teaching (University of New South Wales) and Bly Award for Innovation in Dramaturgy (Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas). Resident Dramaturg at the California Shakespeare Theater, Professor in Dramaturgy and Adjunct Professor in Renaissance Literature at UC Berkeley (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute); professor at San Francisco State University. Professorial instructor for university women in Saudi Arabia, Panel Chair for Australia’s Endeavour Commonwealth Government grant system. Has published 12 books, 70 articles.