Dr Thomas Jayaprakash Yesudhasan is a Lecturer in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry at Curtin University. A teaching-focused academic with more than 20 years of experience in higher education across Australia, Malaysia and India, he joined Curtin's Bentley campus in 2010 after seven years at Curtin Malaysia in Miri, including as Head of the Department of Media and Communication. He has also served as Acting Director International at the School level.

His teaching spans Journalism, Media Law and Media Ethics, intercultural communication and theories, and communication studies, drawing on both Eastern and Western perspectives. Years of living and working across cultures have shaped an international outlook that informs both his teaching and research, along with a commitment to inclusive, student-centred education and to preparing students to engage thoughtfully and ethically with a rapidly changing mediascape. He is a Life Member of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC).