Dr Stephanie Wescott is a feminist academic, writer and speaker whose work is driving systemic change in how schools and their communities understand and respond to gendered violence and misogyny.

Her research is interested in the epistemic currents that govern our lives and the relations of power and discourse that shape them. This includes epistemological masculinist supremacy and violence, and how these inform the patriarchal social arrangement. 

At present, Dr Wescott's research and advocacy focus on invertentions to respond to the influence of the manosphere in education, as well as the advancement of safety and justice for women, girls and non-binary people in school settings.

With her colleague, Professor Steven Roberts, she led the world’s first academic study into the impact of Andrew Tate’s influence in schools—work that has garnered international media attention and sparked urgent conversations about the rising tide of online misogyny.

Dr Wescott's work has been featured widely in international and local press, including in The New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Netherlands Public Television, France Télévisions and Dubai Eye, ABC, The Monthly, 7am Podcast and The Saturday Paper. She is regularly invited to speak on expert panels and deliver keynotes for schools, organisations and universities.

She is a member of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, and an Affiliate Researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Dr Wescott's teaching committments include units in the Bachelor of Education and Masters of Teaching programs at Monash. Her teaching specialisation is in history and social sciences. 

Dr Wescott and Professor Roberts were awarded the 2025 Sociology in Action Award by The Australian Sociological Association, in recognition of their outstanding contribution to sociological practice in Australia.

She is currently accepting PhD students on topics related to education policy, policy sociology, feminst theoretical approaches and methodologies, and feminist research in education.