Rate My Professor Jennifer Featch

Jennifer Featch is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Education at Murdoch University. A primary educator with a decade's experience in both the United Kingdom and Australia across primary and tertiary sectors, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Murdoch University (1990-1996) and a Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching (2011). Her research interests include education policy, sociology and philosophy of education, sociology of education, and inclusive education. Featch's work emphasizes equity and access in educational systems.

Featch completed her graduate thesis, 'Alumni perspectives of elite education: Was it worth it?', in 2020, supervised by Laura Perry. She is currently a PhD candidate at Murdoch University, researching the education pathways of powerful people in contemporary Australia, as presented in her 2024 talk 'Elitist Australia: The education pathways of the nation's powerful people and school funding reform' at Curtin Corner. In teaching, she coordinates EDN353: Exploring Aboriginal Studies: Country, Culture, and Peoples. Her career includes research assistant roles on the 2021 Deadly Sista Girlz evaluation report, leveraging her communications background, and the VETDSS project in Western Australian secondary schools with Dr. Helen Dempsey. She serves on the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) committee. Featch's analyses of politicians' educational backgrounds have appeared in The Saturday Paper and Crikey, highlighting impacts on policy discussions.