Contact

Email

gcook@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Casual
Victorian College of the Arts
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters Degree (Coursework & Research)
University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Diploma
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Bachelors Degree
Middlesex University

Dr Geraldine Cook-Dafner

Honorary (Senior Fellow)
Victorian College of the Arts
14 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2023

    Live Performance of Creative Work

    Voice & Text Coach for Bernhardt/Hamlet
    DOI: 10.26188/28844054
  • 2018

    Original Creative Work

    Set Design for Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Voice and the imagination
  • 2014

    Conference Proceedings

    Voice and the Imagination - Transformative Learning Through Actor Vocal Training
  • 2013

    Report

    Hear Me Out: Enhancing social inclusion and wellbeing  for deaf and hearing impaired teens through an online peer support program
  • 2013

    Creative Published Work

    Hear Me Out - developing an on-line support program for deaf and hearing impaired teens.
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Let It Out! Building Communities through Actor Vocal Training and Ensemble Practice with Young Hearing Impaired Adults
Geraldine Cook-Dafner

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2010
Awarded $10,000 from the Cochlear Foundation to establish an developmental framework for rehabiliation strategies for hearing impaired young adults Cochlear Ltd. (Australia)
2006
$6000 used award to do advanced study in dialect, working with internationally renowned dialect theatre and film coaches in the UK Teaching Excellence Award
2006
Vocal Empowerment: Researching the effect of actor vocal training on young adults with cochlear implants and hearing aids$150,000 Australian Research Council

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2012

    Conference Proceedings

    Let It Out! Building Communities through Actor Vocal Training and Ensemble Practice with Young Hearing Impaired Adults
  • 2010

    Live Performance of Creative Work

    Let It Out! (Theatre)
  • 2009

    Journal article

    THE JOY OF HEARING AND BEING HEARD: TOWARDS A VOCAL PEDAGOGY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO USE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2012

    Research Contracts

    Ibes Seed Project "Hear Me Out - Developing an on-Line Support Program for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Teens"

  • Internal Research Grant

    "Hear Me Out" - Developing an on-Line Peer Support Program for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children and Young Adults

  • Research Grant

    Vocal Empowerment: Researching the Effect of Actor Voice Training on Young Adults With Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids

  • Research Grant

    Vocal Empowerment: Researching the Effect of Actor Voice Training on Young Adults With Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids