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Biography
Dr Stephanie Wescott is a feminist researcher and lecturer in humanities and social sciences in the Faculty of Education’s School of Education, Culture and Society. Using a feminist and social justice lens, her research examines how education practice and policy intersects with and is influenced by current socio-political conditions, and she is particularly interested in post-truth and its relationship to knowledge and expertise in education. At present, she is researching the influence of Andrew Tate on boys' behaviour in schools across Australia. Stephanie uses qualitative methodologies, including ethnography and discourse analysis, to examine the implications of these intersections for teachers' work and policy enactment.
Stephanie 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.
Stephanie'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.
She is currently accepting PhD students on topics related to education policy, policy sociology, feminst theoretical approaches and methodologies, and feminist research in education.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Discourse Analysis
- Policy
- Post-truth
- Education for Social Justice
- Sociology of Education
- Feminism
- Manosphere
- Gender Equity
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Supporting secondary school teachers to address online spaces as pathways to gender-based violence for boys and men: teacher professional development to tackle the influence of the 'manosphere'
Pfitzner, N., McCook, S., Wescott, S., Roberts, S., Phelan, A., Clark , O., Hewson-Munro, S., Hendriks, J., Cavalin, R., Hendriks, J., Harris, B., Contos, C., Atkin, J., Eap, K., Trevaskis, L., Willmett , S. & Fahour, H.
29/07/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Change and Improvement in Girl's Experience
Wescott, S., Roberts, S., Fernandes, V. & Lea, S.
1/08/23 → 1/12/23
Project: Research
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Beyond the clickbait: Analysing the masculinist ideology in Andrew Tate’s online written discourses
Roberts, S., Jones, C., Nicholas, L., Wescott, S. & Maloney, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Cultural Sociology. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Conceptualising school-level responses to sexual harassment of women teachers as institutional gaslighting
Wescott, S. & Roberts, S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Institutional responses to sexual harassment and misogyny towards women teachers from boys in Australian schools in the post-#metoo era
Zhao, X., Roberts, S. & Wescott, S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Educational Administration and History. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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On the uses and use of NAPLAN: the hidden effects of test-based data-centric accountabilities
Daliri-Ngametua, R., Wescott, S. & Heffernan, A., 2024, In: Journal of Education Policy. 39, 6, p. 843-860 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Post-truth politics and manosphere extremists in Australian schools
Wescott, S., May 2024, Melbourne Vic Australia: Monash University, p. 5-6, 2 p. (Education Into the 2030s: The Big Education Challenges of Our Times; vol. 2, no. 3).Research output: Working paper › Working Paper › Other
Open Access
Press/Media
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As big tech abandons truth, teachers like me must be the fact-checkers
Stephanie Wescott & Steven Roberts
4/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Institutional gaslighting: school leaders undermining teachers reporting sexual harassment
Stephanie Wescott & Steven Roberts
20/01/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Andrew Tate Launches 'BRUV' Political Party | SBS The Feed
Steven Roberts & Stephanie Wescott
11/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Missing Perspectives: Andrew Tate’s appeal to young men has nothing to do with toxic masculinity
Steven Roberts & Stephanie Wescott
9/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature