Alumna and Adjunct Research Professor at the Faculty of Education, Jenna Lorusso, is also a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada-funded Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick and the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership at the University at Albany, SUNY. She investigates policy, equity, and leadership in school- and university-based physical education. Her research aims to address suboptimal policy and policy configurations, inequitable structures and systems, and inadequate leadership or leadership preparation that undermine physical education teaching and learning.

She was awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Commission, which has her working alongside international stakeholders to develop a preparatory policy engagement program to help professionals develop and enact quality physical education policy. Together, they will identify key facilitators, barriers, and content in the development of policy capacity as well as translate policy processes into practical policy lessons. The resulting program will be evidence-based, internationally applicable and available as an open educational resource.