Dr. Jennifer Rowsell

Jennifer Rowsell is Professor of Literacies and Social Innovation and Deputy Head of School at University of Bristol's School of Education. Her scholarship explores ways to expand literacy to match the kinds of skills and practices children, teenagers, and adults use and understand today. Her research interests include multimodal, makerspace and arts-based research with young people; digital literacies research; and, more recent work in posthumanist and affect approaches to literacy teaching...See more

Jennifer Rowsell is Professor of Literacies and Social Innovation and Deputy Head of School at University of Bristol's School of Education. Her scholarship explores ways to expand literacy to match the kinds of skills and practices children, teenagers, and adults use and understand today. Her research interests include multimodal, makerspace and arts-based research with young people; digital literacies research; and, more recent work in posthumanist and affect approaches to literacy teaching and learning as well as research on the digital divide. See less