Jo Gleeson

Jo Gleeson is a Research Fellow with the Q Project in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, where she investigates how educators use research evidence in their practice. She is actively engaged in research output with 57 publications to date, including 16 journal articles, 11 reports, 11 abstracts, and 7 book chapters, demonstrating significant scholarly contribution to education research.

• PhD in Measuring Adolescent Career Identity in the 21st Century (Monash University, 2020)
• Graduate Certificate in Educational Research (Monash University, 2015)
• Graduate Diploma in Career Development (Swinburne University of Technology, 2013)
• Graduate Diploma in Management (Human Resources) (RMIT University, 1994)
• Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne, 1989)

Dr. Gleeson's research centers on quality evidence-use by educators and its benefits for teaching practices, with broader scholarly interests encompassing youth transitions and employability, adolescent career development, evidence-based practice across sectors, transcultural capacity in teachers, and inter-generational education patterns. Her work significantly contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education. She has developed expertise in Rasch analysis, measurement and scale development, particularly through her PhD research focused on creating a measure of adolescent career identity to improve careers education and youth transitions from education to work.

Her recent publications show a strong trend toward examining evidence implementation in educational settings, with particular focus on school educators' research utilization, graduate employability, and preparing students for workforce precarity. The majority of her work connects educational research to practical classroom applications, emphasizing how evidence can drive quality education outcomes.

• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Engagement and Impact (2023)
• ICSEI / JPCC Innovation Award (2025)

As an active researcher, Dr. Gleeson serves as a peer reviewer for Higher Education Research & Development journal and has contributed to numerous conferences and public lectures on evidence-informed education. She is currently involved in The Q Project: Quality Use of Evidence Driving Quality Education (2019-2024), where she serves as an Associate Investigator examining how research evidence can be effectively integrated into educational practice. Dr. Gleeson is accepting PhD students and has supervised research projects focused on evidence-based approaches in education.

Her work with the Q Project represents her primary research team affiliation, focusing on bridging the gap between educational research and classroom practice through evidence-informed approaches that enhance teaching quality and student outcomes.