Associate ProfessorJessica Frawley

Dr Jessica Frawley is Associate Professor of Academic Development and Leadership in the Division of Teaching and Learning, DVC (Education & Students), at the University of Sydney. Her teaching and research focus on enhancing educational practice, curriculum innovation, and technology integration in higher education.

As Director of the Sydney Educational Fellowship Program, Jessica leads the university's strategic partnership with AdvanceHE to provide international recognition of educators. She is a strong advocate for students-as-partners approaches, having led the university's inaugural Students-as-Partners Roundtable and the development of the Student Partnership Charter (2024). She has served on national and international committees supporting educator development and recognition through awards and fellowships.

Jessica's scholarly work includes collaborations with colleagues across Australia and internationally, with partners at Brown University, University of British Columbia, and University College London. She has published through books, journal articles, conference papers, and reports, and her contributions have been recognised by institutional, national, and international bodies.

Jessica teaches in the postgraduate program, the Graduate Certificate of Educational Studies (Higher Education), and has supervised research students from Masters through to PhD level. She has been the recipient of competitive grants and serves as an assessor on internal funding committees.

Since 2016, Jessica has been one of the founding Managing Editors for the teaching and learning blog Teaching@Sydney and serves as a consulting editor to the international journal College Teaching. She has held multiple appointments as a reviewer and program chair for scholarly journals and conferences.