Dr Trish Dowsett

Dr Trish Dowsett is a Research Fellow in Assessment Development at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). She joined ACER having been a lecturer in Secondary English Education at Edith Cowan University. Prior to this, Trish taught English and Literature at the secondary and tertiary levels. In 2016, she was awarded a PhD from the University of Western Australia for The History of Curricular Control: Literary Education in Western Australia, 1912-2012. Further to this, she has researched the secondary English text lists and contributed to Required Reading: Literature in Australian Schools since 1945 (2017). Trish has also written for English in Australia, Insight Publications and Reading Australia and serves on the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of English Education.

Trish's professional service includes membership of:

• English Teachers Association of Western Australia
• Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia 
• Western Australian Institute for Educational Research