Rate My Professor Jessamy Gleeson

Jessamy Gleeson is an Associate Professor of Writing and Literature in the Faculty of Arts and Education, School of Communication and Creative Arts, at Deakin University. A First Nations woman raised on Wiradjuri Country, she earned her Doctor of Philosophy from Swinburne University of Technology in 2017, with her dissertation examining contemporary forms of feminist activism within social media spaces. Previously, Gleeson served as Associate Director (Teaching and Learning) at Deakin's National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research Innovation (NIKERI) Institute. Her research specializations include digital feminist activism, performative consciousness-raising in online campaigns such as #MeToo, posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual abuse research in academia, embodied emotion work in feminist research, decolonising the Western scientific method, embedding First Nations knowledges in criminology curricula, truth-telling in the Australian Curriculum, teaching sensitive topics in criminology, and subversive femininities in media representations. Gleeson has contributed to discussions on academic freedom for activism, intersectionality in digital campaigns, and the real-world impacts of online feminist efforts.

With 25 publications and 112 citations documented on ResearchGate, Gleeson's key works include 'Online Feminist Activism as Performative Consciousness-Raising: A #MeToo Case Study' (2019), 'Troubling/trouble in the academy: posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual abuse research' (2021), '(Not) working 9-5: The consequences of contemporary Australian-based online feminist campaigns as digital labour' (2016), 'Embodied Emotion Work in Feminist Research: Crying, Running, Dancing, Loving' (2025), 'Decolonising the Western Scientific Method: Possible Ways Forward' (2025), 'Truth-telling in the Australian Curriculum' (2025), and 'Embedding First Nations Knowledges, perspectives, and experiences in university criminology curricula in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Findings from a transnational survey' (2025). Additional publications address approaches to teaching sensitive topics in criminology (2026), feminism by stealth in the academy (2025), and using academic freedom for activism (2025). Recognized as a leading expert in digital feminist activism with over ten years of experience as a strategic advisor and activist, her scholarship bridges theory and praxis, influencing discussions on gender studies, Indigenous knowledges, and transformative pedagogy.