Overview
Background
Dr Lee McGowan is a researcher, writer, and teacher. He has been awarded Category 2 and 3 grant funding. His publications include journal articles, book chapters, a digital history, an exhibition, fiction, and creative non-fiction. In 15 years of learning and teaching, he has designed, delivered, and coordinated programs and courses in higher degree research, postgraduate coursework, and undergraduate studies. He has accumulated 19 HDR completions to date and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Lee’s primary research interests are in the intersections of creative writing, sport, and community engagement. In 2024 he co-authored Women’s Football in Oceania (Routledge) and Beach Soccer Histories (Routledge). Before that, he co-edited an anthology on Intersections of Creative Writing and Sport (Springer 2023), wrote Football in Fiction: a history (Routledge 2019) and co-authored Never Say Die: The Hundred Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football (New South 2019). His new co-authored monograph, Contemporary Literary Sports Journalism (Palgrave), will be published in early 2026. He is currently working up a small number of new writing projects.
Availability
- Dr Lee McGowan is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology
Research interests
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Creative Writing: Fiction & Creative non-fiction
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Sports Writing
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Football Writing
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Sports Histories
Works
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2015
Journal Article
Green: Exploring the aestheticized use of chroma-key techniques and technologies in two intermedial productions
Delbridge, Matt and McGowan, Lee (2015). Green: Exploring the aestheticized use of chroma-key techniques and technologies in two intermedial productions. Body, Space and Technology, 14. doi: 10.16995/bst.28
2015
Journal Article
Marking out the pitch: a historiography and taxonomy of football fiction
McGowan, Lee (2015). Marking out the pitch: a historiography and taxonomy of football fiction. Soccer and Society, 16 (1), 76-97. doi: 10.1080/14660970.2014.882820
2014
Conference Publication
Transmedia storytelling: from interviewing to multi-platform
Klaebe, Helen, Hancox, Donna and McGowan, Lee (2014). Transmedia storytelling: from interviewing to multi-platform. 18th International Oral History Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 Jul 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Transmedia Storytelling: From Interviewing to Multi-Platform
Klaebe, Helen, Hancox, Donna and McGowan, Lee (2014). Transmedia Storytelling: From Interviewing to Multi-Platform. 18th International Oral History Association (IOHA) Conference: Power and Democracy: the many voices of Oral History, Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 June 2014.
2014
Other Outputs
The case for Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters by Johnny Warren
McGowan, Lee (2014, 03 21). The case for Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters by Johnny Warren The Conversation doi: 10.64628/AA.xaqfv3kfg
2013
Conference Publication
Chroma Key Theatre : an examination of similarities and divergences in the use of Green Screen in two experimental theatre works
Delbridge, Matthew and McGowan, Lee (2013). Chroma Key Theatre : an examination of similarities and divergences in the use of Green Screen in two experimental theatre works. Cinema In Theatre in French and English-Speaking Cultures: International Conference, Lyon, France, 19-20 December 2013.
2013
Other Outputs
From stadium to page: why football deserves more fiction
McGowan, Lee (2013, 11 19). From stadium to page: why football deserves more fiction The Conversation doi: 10.64628/AA.rgg5ccq7c
2011
Conference Publication
Not just another ball game: young adult and adult football fictions are different
McGowan, Lee (2011). Not just another ball game: young adult and adult football fictions are different. International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) Biennial Congress: Fear and Safety in Children's Literature, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 4-8 July 2011.
2010
Journal Article
Piggery and predictability: an exploration of the hog in football’s limelight
McGowan, Lee (2010). Piggery and predictability: an exploration of the hog in football’s limelight. M/C Journal, 13 (5). doi: 10.5204/mcj.291
2010
Conference Publication
Marking out the pitch : Defining the soccer fiction genre
McGowan, Lee (2010). Marking out the pitch : Defining the soccer fiction genre. Sports Literature Association (SLA) Conference 2010, Williamsport, PA United States, 22–26 June 2020.
2007
Journal Article
Finding our way to the future: Directions for a city of opportunity
McGowan, Lee and Russo, Heidi (2007). Finding our way to the future: Directions for a city of opportunity. Journal of Futures Studies, 12 (1), 131-144.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Lee McGowan is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
A Father Made of Hounds and an Uncle Made of Storms: Re-imagining Father Son Dynamics in Fantasy Fiction.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall, Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanics of Imagination: Arthur Coghlan and Generative AI in Creative Nonfiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall, Professor Kim Wilkins
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