Educational Studies
Educational Studies offers concentrations in Adult Learning and Education; Higher Education; Society, Culture and Politics in Education; and Educational Administration and Leadership.
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Faculty Members in Educational Studies
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abdi, Ali | Citizenship and human rights education, International Development Education, Multi-centric Philosophies and Methodologies of Education, postcolonial studies in education, Social and Cultural Foundations of Education |
| Ahenakew, Cash | Cultural studies, Higher Education, Indigenous Studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education |
| Andres, Lesley | Higher education; life course research; international comparative higher education; sociology of higher education |
| Chan, Jennifer | transnational social movements, international and comparative education, Japanese civil society, Islam in multicultural societies, Adult education, Citizenship and democracy, Gender studies, International and Comparative Education, Multiculturalism, Post-colonial studies |
| De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa | Education for/about international development, Social accountability in local and global engagements, Global Citizenship Education |
| Ellis, Jason | Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Education policy; history of education; Politics of education |
| Fallon, Gerald | Indigenous Studies, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and Organizations, Policy, Research methodologies |
| Frank, Blye | Boys’ and men’s sociology of health, Masculinities and schooling gender and schooling Sexualities and schooling professional development in education, Masculinity, sociology of boys |
| Gill, Hartej | Cultural studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Teaching and Practice |
| Gleason, Mona | History, archaeology and related studies; history of education; history of children and youth; critical youth studies; gender and sexuality |
| Kelly, Deirdre | Children and youth, Gender studies, Media and democracy, Social justice, Sociology of Education |
| Kovach, Margaret | |
| Mazawi, Andre | Citizenship and democracy, Higher education, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and organizations, Research methodologies, Sociology of Education |
| Metcalfe, Amy | Educational policy; Higher education; Specialized studies in education; Higher Education Studies; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Higher Education Policy; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments; Science and Knowledge |
| Parent, Amy | |
| Poole, Wendy | Educational leadership and administration; Organizational change in education (reform of schooling); Teachers’ work; Teacher unions and teacher unionism; role of teacher unions in education, Leadership and organizations, Social justice, Teaching and Practice |
| Rocha Perkerwicz, Samuel | Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Philosophical Traditions in Education; philosophy of education |
| Roman, Leslie | Ethnography, Cultural studies, Disability studies, Sociology of Education |
| Ruitenberg, Claudia | History and philosophy of education; Political science and policy administration; Environmental education and extension; Environmental philosophy and education; philosophy of education; Political education |
| Shan, Hongxia | Other education, n.e.c.; Immigration and adult education and learning; Lifelong learning; Gender and work; Prof. learning |
| Sork, Tom | Adult education, Lifelong learning, Teaching and Practice |
| Stack, Michelle | Adult and continuing education, and community education; Higher education; Adult Education and Continuing Education; Educational Context; Knowledge translation; Media and Society; media education; social justice and equity; student engagement; university rankings |
| Stein, Sharon Rebekah | Educational policy; Higher education; Specialized studies in education; Educational theory; Global education; Higher Education; Indigenous studies; International and comparative education; International education; Pedagogy and education; Political economy of Higher Education; Post-colonial studies; Race/ethnicity; Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Social justice; sustainability |
| Taylor, Alison | Adult and continuing education, and community education; Educational administration, management and leadership; Educational policy; Higher education; Specialized studies in education; Education, Knowledge and Skills; Educational Context; Political Contexts; Social Contexts; Social Policies |
| Tom, Allison | |
| Vanwynsberghe, Robert | Citizenship and democracy, Social justice, Sustainability; Sustainability; Environmental Education; Theory and Method |
| Walker, Judith | Adult and continuing education, and community education; Sociology of education; Educational policy; Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education |
| Walter, Pierre | environmental education, literacy, comparative education, gender and development, Southeast Asian studies., Adult education, International and Comparative Education, Sustainability |
| Wang, Fei | Educational administration, management and leadership; Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Educational administration and leadership; Leadership; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; comparative policy studies; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice |
| Webb, P. Taylor | Education systems; Philosophy; Education governance and education politics; Michel Foucault; Gilles Deleuze; Neoliberalism; Governmentality; Micropolitics; Biopolitics; Subjectivity |
| Wright, Handel | Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; (post)multiculturalism and multicultural education; Africana studies; Critical Race Theory; Cultural Studies; Educational Approaches; identity, citizenship and belonging; postcolonialism and decolonization; Transcultural Studies; Youth Studies; anti-racism |
