Faculty Overview
Over 50 ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ faculty members are affiliated with CIDEC, offering our students and the centre a wide range of research interests, methods, and regional foci. Several of our faculty are also involved in the Initial Teacher Education program at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½.
Two of our faculty members have served as presidents of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC): Drs. Vandra Masemann and the late David Wilson. Five of our faculty members have served as presidents of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) – the US affiliate of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): Drs. Ruth Hayhoe, Vandra Masemann, Karen Mundy, and the late David Wilson and Joe Farrell. Vandra Masemann has served as the President of the WCCES.
CIDE Affiliated Faculty Members
* Names appearing with an asterisk represent CIDE/C Steering Committee Members
*, Associate Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Language diversity; second language learning
*, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Education for democracy; peacebuilding, and conflict resolution in comparative perspective
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Indigenous pedagogies for cultural identity development, healing and wellness
, Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Numeracy education; Formal and informal education
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Indigenous cultures; science learning and equity
, Associate Professor
Race and education, whiteness, white supremacy, antiracism, teachers’ work, ant-colonialism, Canadian education
*, Associate Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Second language acquisition; linguistics
, Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Des langues, des politiques linguistiques et des minorités linguistiques, notamment francophones
*, Associate Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; inclusion of minority (migrant & indigenous) pupils
, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Gender; colonialism; imperialism
Sarfaroz Niyozov*, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Global education; international and comparative curriculum studies/education
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Place-based and environmental education; Black feminism; Black and children’s geographies
, Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; French as a second and foreign language; teacher development, evaluation
, Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Second language learning; sociolinguistics; discourse analysis; French as a first or second language
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Indigenous language, literacy and education, land centred approaches to language
Harold Troper, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Immigrant, ethnic and minority group history
, Assistant Professor
Second language writing; writing studies; translingualism; rhetoric; digital media
*, Associate Professor
Higher Education; Globalization and neoliberalism effects on higher education and citizenship
*, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; National educational and social policies and income inequality
*, Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; interaction between global dynamics, domestic policies, and school change; education governance
, Assistant Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Migrant rights, justice, and contributions in adult education; critical applied linguistics, multilingual education and new language acquisition; feminist and dialogical pedagogies and methodologies; sociocultural theory
, Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Critical policy studies; technology, surveillance, and society; educational justice and equity; qualitative research; transnational education
, Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Urban education; schooling and poverty
*, Professor
Higher Education; Comparative higher education; international academic relations; higher education in Asia
, Professor
Higher Education; Policy and politics of higher education
Reva Joshee, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Democratic approaches to policy; diversity and social justice policies
Jane Knight, Adjunct Professor
Higher Education; Internationalization of higher education
, Assistant Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Democracy and citizenship learning; social movement learning
, Professor, Teaching Stream
Decolonizing education, equity anti-oppression education, school leadership across contexts with focus on the global south, educational leadership
*, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Educational Leadership & Policy; Sociology of education; equity; inclusive education, gender; education governance; education policy
, Associate Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Education, health and well-being of gay Black urban youth; access to higher education
, Associate Professor
Global education policy; education in emergencies; aid to education; international organizations; power asymmetries in global education governance and policy
, Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Transnational service work
Gavin Moodie, Adjunct Professor
Higher Education; Access to higher ed; structures of tertiary, vocational and higher education
*, Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Educational policy and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa; the role of civil society organizations in educational change
, Professor
Higher Education; public policy
, Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Adult Learning Theory; Labour Studies Social Movement Studies
Derya Tarhan, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Adult Education & Community Development; Social and Solidarity Economy; community renewable energy; just and democratic transitions; social movement learning
Stephanie Tuters, Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; K-12 and higher education teaching; leadership, and policies in the pursuit of social justice
, Assistant Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Indigenous Knowledge Education
, Professor
Anti-oppression politics; intersections of gender, race, class, political economy and citizenship
, Professor
Philosophy of technology; post-structuralism
, Professor
Anti-racism and domination studies; sociology of race, ethnicity; international development
, Professor
Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne; Francophone minority studies; education studies; childhood social studies
, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Arts education; curriculum
Soudeh Oladi Ghadikolaei, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, immigration and race
Vannina Sztainbok, Assistant Professor
Anti-racist feminism, Afro-Latin American race and gender studies, psychoanalysis, race and space
*, Associate Professor
Transnational feminisms, feminist media, culture and hegemony, women in post-socialism, violence against women
, Professor
Gender, colonialism and development; anti-racism education
Stephen Anderson, Professor, Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Educational Leadership & Policy; Implementation of education policy and program change; school improvement and teacher development; program evaluation
Nina Bascia, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Educational Leadership & Policy; Policy analysis; teachers’ organizations
*, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Language & Literacies in Education; ESL issues; teaching strategies for diversity
Diane Gérin-Lajoie, Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne, Teacher and student identity; teaching in minority settings
, Professor, Department of Social Justice Education
Franco-Ontario studies; social inequality
Vandra Masemann, Adjunct Associate Professor
Comparative and international education; anthropology of education; critical ethnography
, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Adult Education & Community Development; Globalization; feminism and women’s education; women and war in the Middle East
John Portelli, Professor, Department of Social Justice Education
Democratic values; student engagement
, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Higher Education; Social justice and education outcomes; vocational education
Jennifer Ajandi, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Focus on pedagogy and research emphasizes access, equity and social justice in education, Madness and Neurodivergence across the lifespan.
Yomna Awad, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Democratic Citizen Education: Comparative International Perspectives
Stephen Bahry, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Quality education; stakeholder perspectives; linguistic /cultural diversity; place-based education; EQAO; Afghanistan, Central Eurasia, China, Ukraine, GTA
Valerie Damasco, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Community Development: Innovative Models; Gender and Race at Work
Mary Drinkwater, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Comparative, International, and Development Education
Rose Fine-Meyer, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Special Topics in Teaching: Engendering Local Stories, Public History, and Digital Media
Patrick Finnessy, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Language, Culture, and Identity: Using the Literary Text in Teacher Development
Mona Ghali, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Comparative, International, and Development Education
Leigh-Anne Ingram, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Dejan Ivkovic, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Literacies Education in Multilingual Contexts
Ahmed Salehin Kaderi, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Rainos Moyo Mutamba, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Community Development: Innovative Models
Raphael Camargo Penteado, Post-doc Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Postcolonial education; Postcolonial epistemology; Postcolonial assessment and evaluation; Critical organizational theory; Inclusive education practices
Emma Sabzalieva, Course Instructor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Comparative and international higher education, geopolitics, international academic relations, governance, Central Asia/former Soviet space
Grace Karram Stephenson, Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Comparative Higher Education
Norin Taj, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Social & Cultural Contexts of Educational Policy & Practice: Education and International Development
Elena Toukan, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Education and Social Development
