We’re pleased to have had two new team members joining us here at ACSES this year. Welcome to the team, Gwyneth and Jesse! Both of them are filling new positions within our Trials and Evaluation Program team – Dr Gwyneth Peaty is our new eLearning Designer and Jesse Parmar joins us as Equity Evaluator (Program Manager).
Dr Gwyneth Peaty
Gwyneth holds a BA in Communication Studies (First Class Honours) and a PhD in English from the University of Western Australia. She worked as a Lecturer in Internet Studies at Curtin University for several years and as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI). Gwyneth has collaborated with both Humanities and Health Sciences academics to create Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for the edX platform, including all three of CurtinX’s “From Digital Technologies to Social Media” XSeries MOOCs.
Her research is interdisciplinary in nature and her publications cover a range of fields including popular culture, digital media and technology, film studies, horror, the Gothic, and disability studies. In 2022, Gwyneth won Curtin’s Humanities Early Career Researcher of the Year Award. Additional to her role as eLearning Designer at ACSES, she continues her work as a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin and is the Reviews Editor for The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture.
Jesse Parmar
Jesse is an accomplished researcher and policy analyst with a passion for evidence-based practices and social mobility. He graduated with Honours in Economics and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree, focusing on evaluating the effectiveness of contemporary Australian programs aimed at combating human trafficking.
With extensive experience in public policy analysis, Jesse has conducted numerous randomised control trials to enhance community safety. He has worked with the Western Australia Police Force, the Department of Justice, and the Premier’s Priorities Unit, where he contributed to initiatives improving the State’s educational outcomes. Jesse has also presented at a number of criminology conferences and chaired sessions on crime prevention.
His work continues to focus on leveraging research to drive meaningful change, aiming to promote social mobility for vulnerable groups.
