Associate ProfessorJen Scott Curwood

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy

University

  • Director, Sydney Games and Play Lab, 2025 to present
  • Core Member, Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Trust, and Governance, 2025 to present
  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Mentor, 2025 to present
  • University Peer Reviewer of Teaching, 2024 to present
  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Board, 2024 to 2025
  • Mentor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mentoring Program, 2024 to present
  • Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Self-Assessment Team, 2023 to present
  • Research Integrity Adviser, 2019 to present

  • SSESW Special Projects Coordinator, 2023

  • Chair, Humanities Ethics Committee, 2017 to 2021
  • Member, Humanities Ethics Committee, 2013 to 2016
  • Academic Board, 2016 to 2017
  • SSESW Study Abroad Coordinator, 2017 to 2019
  • Program Director, Study Abroad and General Electives, 2016 to 2017
  • Curriculum Coordinator, Secondary English Education, 2012 to present
  • Management Team, Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation, 2016 to present
  • Lead Researcher, Sciences and Technologies of Learning Network, 2013 to 2015
  • Affiliate, Computer-Supported Learning and Cognition Research Centre, 2011 to 2015
  • Undergraduate Committee, Faculty of Education and Social Work, 2016 to 2018
  • International Committee, Faculty of Education and Social Work, 2016 to 2017
  • Consultant, USYD Widening Participation and Outreach, 2012 to 2021
  • E-Learning Committee, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012 to 2013
  • Teaching and Learning Committee, Faculty of Education and Social Work, 2012 to 2015

Professional              

  • Asia/Australia Organising Committee, Connected Learning Summit, 2023
  • Editorial Board, Reading Research Quarterly, 2026 to present
  • Editorial Board, English in Australia, 2012 to present

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2013 to present

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Literacy Research, 2014 to present

  • Editorial Board, Research in the Teaching of English, 2018 to present

  • Editorial Board, Literacy Research: Theory, Method, Practice, 2023 to present

  • Reviewer, Australian Educational Researcher, 2023 to present
  • Ethics Committee, Literacy Research Association, 2018 to 2021

  • Department Editor, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2014 to 2015
  • Reviewer, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2018 to 2020
  • Reviewer, E-Learning and Digital Media, 2019 to 2020
  • Reviewer, English Journal, 2011 to 2014
  • Reviewer, Literacy Research Association Conference, 2011 to 2020
  • Reviewer, American Educational Research Association Conference, 2011 to 2020
  • Committee, Doctoral Student ICG for the Literacy Research Association, 2010 to 2011
  • Co-Chair, Doctoral Student ICG for the Literacy Research Association, 2009 to 2010
  • Assistant Editor, Wisconsin English Journal, 2009 to 2011
  • Chair, Games+Learning+Society Educator Symposium, 2009 to 2011
  • Program Committee, Games+Learning+Society Conference, 2008 to 2011
  • Coordinator, Young Women’s Leadership Summit, 2004 to 2006

Community

  • Senior Tutor, Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, 2016 to 2021
  • Academic Partner, Fairfield High School, Fairfield NSW, 2019 to 2021
  • Academic Partner, East Hills Boys High School, East Hills NSW, 2014
  • Academic Partner, Killara High School, Killara NSW, 2012
  • Academic Partner, Epping Boys High School, Epping NSW, 2012
  • Academic Partner, Trinity Catholic College, Regents Park NSW, 2012

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Divergent Award for Excellence in Literacy in Digital Age Research
    1 Jan 2025
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Teaching Innovation Award, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    1 Jan 2025
  • RECOGNITION
    Distinguished Scholar Mid-Career Award Finalist, National Council of Research on Language and Literacy
    1 Jan 2023
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Teaching Leadership Award, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    1 Jan 2023
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies, for the Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures
    1 Jan 2018
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    1 Jan 2017
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Taylor and Francis Prize for Best Paper by a New Researcher, Higher EducationResearch and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference
    1 Jan 2016
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Teacher Educator of the Year Award, Australian Teacher Education Association and Teachers Mutual Bank
    1 Jan 2016
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Education and Social Work
    1 Jan 2013
  • RECOGNITION
    Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award Finalist, International Reading Association
    1 Jan 2012
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Literacy Research
    1 Jan 2012
  • RECOGNITION
    Research in Literacy Education Award Finalist, United Kingdom Literacy Association and Wiley-Blackwell
    1 Jan 2011
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Carrie R. Barton Memorial Scholarship, University of Wisconsin
    1 Jan 2010
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Pat Bricker Research Award, Wisconsin State Reading Association
    1 Jan 2010
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Fellowship, Wisconsin Spencer Doctoral Research Program
    1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2010
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Netzer-Wendt Scholarship, University of Wisconsin
    1 Jan 2008
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Initiative of Education Equity Award, American Association of University Women
    1 Jan 2006
  • EDITORIAL
    English Journal
    Journal
  • EDITORIAL
    Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
    Journal
  • EDITORIAL
    Journal of Literacy Research
    Journal
  • EDITORIAL
    Literacy Research Association Conference
    Journal