This Christine Sinclair Research Award honours exceptional scholars.
Drama Australia has named this award after the late Dr Christine Sinclair (d. 2020) to honour her exceptional contribution to the Drama education community supporting emerging scholars in our field, serving on the Drama Victoria Committee as Vice-President and on the Drama Australia Board as Director of Publications and editor of NJ.
Research Award Criteria
1. The thesis constitutes a substantive original contribution to knowledge in one or more of the following areas: drama education; or, applied theatre; or theatre for young audiences
2. The thesis provides a high-quality critical appraisal of the relevant literature.
3. The research methods are relevant to the research questions, appropriate to the field and clearly justified and applied.
4. The thesis is of a high quality and provides a critical and comprehensive investigation of the topic.
5. Research findings are significant to the field, clearly demonstrated and accompanied by a high-quality interpretation.
6. Conclusions and implications are appropriately developed so that the research has the potential for national/international impact.
