Jon Staley

BA Hons (La Trobe) Grad Dip Ed (La Trobe)

Jon Staley is undertaking a practical ‘film’ based PhD as part of ISR’s Youthworx: Youth Media and Social Enterprise project. Jon is also Project Manager for Youthworx Media and comes to the ISR with a background in education, theatre and film. Between 1998 and 2002 Jon taught Drama, English and Media and was Performing Arts Coordinator at Northland Secondary College in Preston. Since then Jon has taught part time in Youth programs with NMIT TAFE while also working on a range of projects for Golden Seahorse Productions alongside indigenous film maker Richard Frankland. Jon has a longstanding passion and commitment to working with ‘at risk’ and marginalised youth on creative arts based projects.

Thesis title: Film as Voice – Creative Media Engagement Across Social Boundaries