Associate ProfessorJessamy Gleeson

(she/her)

Associate Professor, Writing and Literature

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts

  • Associate Professor, Writing and Literature
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • +61 3 924 46153 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Jessamy currently teaches into the Gender and Sexuality Studies program. Prior to this, at Deakin she has previously lead the curriculum design and implementation of undergraduate and postgraduate units focused on Indigenous Knowledges, activism, and cultural identity. She has also taught into programs within media and communications, journalism, and criminology.



TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    AGS101 Sex and gender: Ideas that changed the world
    2 Mar 2026 - 22 May 2026
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    AGS102 - Histories of Sex and Gender
    7 Jul 2025 - 26 Sep 2025
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    ALL376 - Classics and Trash
    7 Jul 2025 - 26 Sep 2025
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND204 - Australian Aboriginal Holistic Health and Healing
    3 Jul 2023 - 29 Sep 2023
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND734 - Australian Aboriginal Holistic Health and Healing
    3 Jul 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND102 - Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines
    6 Mar 2023 - 2 Jun 2023
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND204 - Australian Aboriginal Holistic Health and Healing
    4 Jul 2022 - 23 Sep 2022
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND203 - Caring for Country
    4 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND302 - Working Alongside Aboriginal Communities
    7 Mar 2022 - 3 Jun 2022
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND102 - Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines
    1 Mar 2021 - 4 Jun 2021
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND102 - Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines
    6 Jul 2020 - 25 Sep 2020
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND101 - Introduction to Aboriginal Studies
    2 Mar 2020 - 5 Jun 2020
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND102 - Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND203 - Caring for Country
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND204/IND734 - Australian Aboriginal Holistic Health and Healing
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    IND302 - Working Alongside Aboriginal Communities
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Practising in Turbulent Times: a small dance for now
    Emily Bowman - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    'We're not flower, we're fire': exploring the new wave of digital feminism in China across multiple platforms
    Shu Li - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sustaining the Flame: Understanding Barriers, Enablers, and Opportunities of Student Climate Justice Activism Post-Graduation
    Fendi Widianto - School of Education
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    An Avalanche of Advocacy: Victim-Survivor Campaigning Against Gender-Based Violence
    Ella Margaret Marshall - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Reclaiming Sabagorar: Decolonising Torres Strait Material Culture Through Practice
    Emily Beckley - School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • CURRENT MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Exploring Representations of Own Identities in Contemporary Horror Fiction
    Elliot Tyler Casey - School of Communication and Creative Arts