Jonathan Easey
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)
Harnessing community and adult learning to increase PrEP access and prevent HIV in Vancouver
The Faculty of Education at UBC is advancing educational research and understanding in ways that celebrate diversity, equity, and innovation, and welcomes international collaboration in an increasingly borderless world.
UBC’s Faculty of Education, one of the world’s leading education faculties, has served the local, national, and international education community through leadership in research, teaching, service and advocacy for more than 60 years. As the largest Faculty of Education in British Columbia, it plays a critical and influential role in the advancement of education in the province, shaping and participating in education’s possibilities and potential as a social good.
Today, the Faculty of Education creates conditions for transformative teaching, innovative learning, and leading-edge research guided by the highest standards of scholarship and the principles of collaboration, social justice, inclusion and equity. Offering undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional development opportunities, the Faculty of Education enrolls thousands of students each year on two campuses and ranks 10th in the world, according to QS World University Rankings (2021).
UBC’s Faculty of Education prepares more than 45% of the elementary and the majority of secondary educators in British Columbia, and a significant proportion of British Columbia’s school counsellors, administrators, special education professionals, and school psychologists. With more than 57,000 alum located in 100 countries, the UBC Faculty of Education truly is a global entity.
The Faculty of Education is home to four departments (Curriculum and Pedagogy, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, Educational Studies, and Language and Literacy Education) and two schools (the School of Kinesiology and the Okanagan School of Education).
Mission
To advance education's role in the well-being of people and communities.
Research Centres
- Centre for Culture, Identity and Education (CCIE)
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA)
- Centre for Sport and Sustainability (CSS)
- Centre for the Study of Teacher Education (CSTE)
- Psychological Services and Counselling Training Centre (PSCTC)
- Centre for Early Childhood Education & Research (CECER)
- Institute for Veterans Education and Transition (IVET)
Research Facilities
We provide outstanding research facilities for faculty and graduate students that promote leading-edge research. Our Education Library is a specialized resource with access to all of UBC’s research and special collections, including the X̱wi7x̱wa Library with materials produced by Indigenous organizations, tribal councils, schools, researchers and publishers.
The Faculty’s Education Research and Learning Commons at Ponderosa Commons features technology-enhanced teaching and learning spaces and also informal learning spaces. A number of faculty manage their own research labs, situated throughout campus.
Many of our PhD students have been selected as UBC Public Scholars and have received other honours.
Research Highlights
https://ivet.educ.ubc.ca/Notable strengths are in literacy education and multilingualism; struggling and marginalized youth; Indigenous education, decolonization, and research; transformational program and curriculum design and inclusive pedagogies for schools, community organizations and higher education; sexual orientation and gender-identity inclusive education; social-emotional learning and well-being; autism; exercise physiology, socio-cultural aspects of health; neuromechanical studies; and multidisciplinary research in diversity, health, early childhood education, and digital media. The School of Kinesiology ranks 1st in Canada and 4th in the world by QS World University Rankings (2021).
UBC’s Faculty of Education is the national leader in the number of education graduate student fellowships received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Additionally, the Faculty of Education is home to six Canada Research Chairs, one CIHR chair and nine donor-funded research chairs and professorships.
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| Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Hubley, Anita | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Psychological and health measurement; test development and validation; adult neuropsychological, personality, and mental health topics and assessment; research with general community and vulnerable populations (e.g. elderly, homeless, drug addicted) |
| Hurd, Laura | School of Kinesiology | Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Aging; Gender; health; ageism or age-based discrimination; sociology of aging; sociology of health; embodiment or embodied experience; body image; chronic conditions or chronic illness; disability; Assistive technology; qualitative methods; media representation; LGBTQ+ aging; intersectionality; information and communication technology |
| Inglis, J Timothy | School of Kinesiology | Exercise science, neurophysiology, biomechanics, stance and balance control, human microneurography, physical therapy and rehabilitation, vestibular system |
| James, Susan | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Cultural Psychology & Psychotherapy, Immigrant Mental Health & Culture Specific Syndromes, Philosophical Psychology, Spirituality & Psychotherapy |
| Jenson, Jennifer | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Other languages and literature; Digital Cultures and Education; Digital Games; Game-based Learning; Gender; Online Learning; technology; Technology Implementation and integration |
| Johnson, Nic | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | gender-based violence |
| Kassan, Anusha | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Social sciences; Child and youth mental health; Social justice; Multiculturalism and diversity; Feminist-multicultural pedagogy; immigration; Cultural and social justice responsiveness; Anti-oppressive therapy |
| Katz, Jennifer | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Inclusive Education; The Three-Block Model of UDL; Universal design for learning (UDL) |
| Keenan, Harper | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Gender, sexuality and education; Inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary learning and education; Colonialism; early childhood and elementary education; Educational Context; Gender; race; sexuality; teacher education; childhood; Transgender Studies; LGBT Studies; queer studies |
| Kelly, Deirdre | Department of Educational Studies | Children and youth, Gender studies, Media and democracy, Social justice, Sociology of Education |
| Kendrick, Maureen | Department of Language & Literacy Education | literacy, digital literacy, Children and youth, ESL, international perspectives |
| Khan, Samia | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | science education, teaching and learning, cognition, digital technology, learning space design, case study, higher education, Educational Technologies, Science Education, Teacher Education |
| Kim, Hyosub | School of Kinesiology | Sensorimotor control; Motor systems; Sensorimotor neuroscience; Sensory processes, perception and performance; Motor learning; motor control; Computational modeling; Bayesian Methods |
| Kindler, Anna | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | art education; artistic and aesthetic development; teacher education |
| Knight, Vicki Floyd | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Applied Behaviour Analysis; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; Single-Case Research; Academic Interventions; Instructional Strategies |
| Koehle, Michael | School of Kinesiology, Department of Family Practice | Systems physiology; Other clinical medicine; Musculoskeletal biology and physiology; Exercise Physiology; air pollution; Sport and Exercise Medicine; Environmental Physiology; Altitude |
| Kovach, Margaret | Department of Educational Studies | |
| Kroc, Edward | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Statistical theory and modeling; Mathematical modelling and simulation; Ecological applications, n.e.c.; Psychological methodology design and analysis, and psychometrics; measurement; Measurement error; Statistics; urban ecology; Seabirds; Gulls; Quantitative ecology |
| Kubota, Ryuko | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Specialized studies in education; critical applied linguistics; culture and language; Language Rights and Policies; language education; language ideologies; multicultural education; race and language teaching |
| Kumpulainen, Kristiina | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Languages and literature; Social sciences; Critical literacies/pedagogies; Digital Literacies; Arts-based research; Multiliteracy and multimodality; Place-based literacies; Storytelling/narrative inquiry; Imagination |
| Kunnas, Marika | French language and literacy curriculum, pedagogy and didactics (except sign language); Bilingual/Multilingual education; Critical intercultural studies; Critical literacies/pedagogies; Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges; Drama/Theater education; French language education; Race and antiracism; identity; language ideologies | |
| Lam, Tania | School of Kinesiology | Sensorimotor physiology; Kinesiology; Physical therapy; Neurological disorders (except neuromuscular diseases) |
| Leddy, Shannon | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | Visual arts and media arts; Art education; Indigenous Education; Indigenous ways of knowing; curriculum; Pedagogy; art as public pedagogy; bio-cultural diversity and sustainability education |
| Li, Guofang | Department of Language & Literacy Education | longitudinal studies of immigrant children |
| Liao, Xiangyi | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | latent variable modeling; item response theory (IRT) models; multilevel modeling and causal machine learning |
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Recent Publications
This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Education.
Publication: Perspectives on Politics
UBC Author(s): Sharon Rebekah Stein (Educational Studies / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 15375927
Volume: 23
Page Range: 320-321
Publication Date: 1 March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Sharon Rebekah Stein (Educational Studies / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 15375927
Volume: 23
Page Range: 320-321
Publication Date: 1 March 2025
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Publication: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
UBC Author(s): Paeivi Kumpulainen (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 26
Page Range: 70-86
Publication Date: March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Paeivi Kumpulainen (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 26
Page Range: 70-86
Publication Date: March 2025
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Publication: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
UBC Author(s): Paeivi Kumpulainen (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 26
Page Range: 70-86
Publication Date: March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Paeivi Kumpulainen (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 26
Page Range: 70-86
Publication Date: March 2025
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Publication: Journal of International Migration and Integration
UBC Author(s): Anusha Kassan (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 14883473
Volume: 26
Page Range: 101-125
Publication Date: March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anusha Kassan (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 14883473
Volume: 26
Page Range: 101-125
Publication Date: March 2025
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Publication: British Journal of Social Work
UBC Author(s): Anusha Kassan (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00453102
Volume: 55
Page Range: 897-918
Publication Date: 1 March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anusha Kassan (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00453102
Volume: 55
Page Range: 897-918
Publication Date: 1 March 2025
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Publication: Journal of Educational Measurement
UBC Author(s): Amery Wu (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00220655
Volume: 62
Page Range: 120-144
Publication Date: Spring 2025
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UBC Author(s): Amery Wu (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00220655
Volume: 62
Page Range: 120-144
Publication Date: Spring 2025
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Publication: Orthopedics
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 01477447
Volume: 48
Page Range: e62-e68
Publication Date: March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 01477447
Volume: 48
Page Range: e62-e68
Publication Date: March 2025
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Publication: Journal of Transport and Health
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 22141405
Volume: 41
Publication Date: March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 22141405
Volume: 41
Publication Date: March 2025
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Publication: Journal of Second Language Writing
UBC Author(s): Ron Darvin (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10603743
Volume: 67
Publication Date: March 2025
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UBC Author(s): Ron Darvin (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10603743
Volume: 67
Publication Date: March 2025
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Publication: Foreign Language Annals
UBC Author(s): Rachel Kunnas (Faculty of Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 0015718X
Volume: 58
Page Range: 182-205
Publication Date: Spring 2025
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UBC Author(s): Rachel Kunnas (Faculty of Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 0015718X
Volume: 58
Page Range: 182-205
Publication Date: Spring 2025
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Publication: Entangled Englishes
UBC Author(s): Ron Darvin (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Page Range: 181-198
Publication Date: 28 February 2025
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UBC Author(s): Ron Darvin (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Page Range: 181-198
Publication Date: 28 February 2025
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Doctoral Citations
A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Mosavarzadeh’s arts-based educational research investigates the interplay between Making and Place a/r/tographically. Rooted in the co-walking and co-making practices of four artist-researcher-teachers, the work invites a (re)imagination of artful and pedagogical possibilities for making one's place in the world. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Della-Rossa's research investigated the experiences of middle-aged immigrant women who changed their careers later in life. She found that help and support from various sources and personal characteristics were instrumental in successful transitions. Her findings contribute to the body of knowledge about immigration, adaptation, women in career issues, and career transitions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Missen examined how the brain integrates sensory information to control balance. He identified properties of a mechanism that aligns the body with gravity and demonstrated that the brain prioritizes velocity information in the sensory integration process. This research will help improve methods to identify and rehabilitate balance deficits. | Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Shank Lauwo examined possibilities for centring multilingualism, antiracism, and equity in teacher education. Findings highlight opportunities to leverage multimedia storytelling, identity and autobiography towards antiracism and linguistic pluralism. This research advances efforts to disrupt systemic racial and linguistic injustice in schools. | Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Gómez studied supervised practicum in early childhood teacher education programs in Chile. She identified a range of ways of conceiving supervision during practicum held by university supervisors. Her findings provide insights into the supervision of pre-service teachers, a central yet understudied component of learning to teach. | Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Jee's research examined secondary school teachers' beliefs and practices regarding English as an International Language (EIL), highlighting factors that influence EIL application in Korean education. Her findings offer valuable insights for developing teacher education programs that incorporate EIL in non-English-speaking countries. | Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching English as a Second Language (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Morimoto created an arts-based study walking with 12 features in the Nitobe Memorial Garden. With the a/r/tographic proposition of art practice as research, the work lingered in conversations with the intellectual life history of Ted Aoki to speculate on the pedagogical potential of art and love for curriculum theory and art education research. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Saqui developed and evaluated a classroom-based anxiety intervention for children with intellectual and developmental disorders in inclusive settings. The findings support teaching specific coping skills, guide future interventions, and enhance knowledge of accessible and inclusive mental health interventions for children. | Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Kasana studied how many test takers or research participants are needed to use a novel graphical analysis of tests, scales, and questionnaire data that uses nonparametric regression. She provided a comprehensive overview of the statistical methods and recommendations on model selection for practitioners interested in using this method. | Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Cheng provided convincing evidence that factors such as interest and difficulty impact an individual's reading experience and persistence. Her research paves the way for new ways to build healthy reading habits for children. | Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD) |