She is also a current member of the ARC College of Experts and a Professor of Digital Media in the QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) where she was founding Director from 2015-2020.
Previously, Jean was Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation (2011-2014), and Director of Research Training for the QUT Creative Industries Faculty.
Jean’s research focuses on the social implications of digital media technologies, platforms, and cultures, as well as new and innovative digital methods for studying them.
In addition to more than 100 articles and chapters, she is an author or editor of six books, the latest of which is Twitter – A Biography (with Nancy Baym, New York University Press, 2020).