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Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies

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Scholarship, teaching, and public engagement in CPELS are framed by critical and social justice approaches to education research, policy, and practice in local, national, international, and transnational contexts. CPELS members employ multidisciplinary approaches to interrogate the socio-political contexts of education policy, practice, and leadership and administration, through a range of perspectives, including traditional and Indigenous knowledges. CPELS work focuses on domestic and global systems, networks, organizations, communities, and individuals, and has a particular commitment to issues of significance faced by marginalized communities in Canada and globally.

Faculty members have expertise on a wide range of topics centred in the following areas:

Educational leadership
Education policy studies
Global, comparative and international education
Indigenous education
Social equity, including critical race, gender, and queer studies

CPELS faculty members direct a wide variety of externally-funded academic research projects, and lead and participate in an extensive range of national and international research collaborations and partnerships. Members direct the Research for International and Contemporary Education (RICE) research group.

Chair

Jun Li, PhD

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Curriculum Studies and Studies in Applied Linguistics

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In the Curriculum Studies and Studies in Applied Linguistic Academic and Research Cluster we are a group of diverse scholars united by shared values and commitments to teaching, learning, and the persons who are therein involved. Through our research, teaching, and service we aim to produce knowledge that:

respects and promotes the dignity of learners and their communities
valorizes the diversity of funds of knowledge of learners and their communities
builds, in varied ways, opportunities for learners and communities to flourish
reduces vulnerabilities and adversities that learners and communities, particularly those who are minoritized, might face
create safe, humanizing, and asset-oriented educational possibilities for all people, and
ultimately exemplify the best of what scholarship can generate: curiosity and intellectual engagement, freedom of thought and expression, dialogic exchange, civic responsibility, adherence to collegiality and democratic principles, and equity and social justice.

Chair

George Gadanidis, PhD

Professor and Chair CSSAL

ggadanid@uwo.ca

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Current Faculty

Rosanne Abdulla, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Daniel Ansari, PhD

Professor and Tier 1 CIHR CRC in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning

daniel.ansari@uwo.ca

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John Barnett, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Carol Beynon, EdD

Associate Professor

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Pam Bishop, PhD

Professor

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Frank Boers, PhD

Professor

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Jason Brown, PhD

Professor

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Julie S. Byrd, PhD

Associate Professor

jbyrdcla@uwo.ca

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Rebecca Coulter, PhD

Professor Emerita & Adjunct Research Professor

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Isha DeCoito, PhD

Professor

idecoito@uwo.ca

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Gregory Dickinson, EdD

Professor Emeritus

gdickins@uwo.ca

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Emma Duerden, PhD

Associate Professor and Tier 2 CIHR CRC in Neuroscience and Learning Disorders

eduerden@uwo.ca

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Spy Dénommé-Welch, PhD

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Knowledge Systems and Education

spy.denomme-welch@uwo.ca

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Farahnaz Faez, PhD

Professor

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Barbara Fenesi, PhD

Assistant Professor and Tier 2 SSHRC CRC in The Science of Learning

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Elaine Fournier

Standing Appointment Faculty Member

efourni3@uwo.ca

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Deanna Friesen, PhD

Associate Professor & Chair of Applied Psychology

deanna.friesen@uwo.ca

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George Gadanidis, PhD

Professor and Chair CSSAL

ggadanid@uwo.ca

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Rita Gardiner, PhD

Associate Professor

rgardin2@uwo.ca

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Pejman Habibie, PhD

Assistant Professor

phabibie@uwo.ca

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Ronald Hansen, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Rachel Heydon, PhD

Professor

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Kathryn Hibbert, PhD

Distinguished University Professor

khibber2@uwo.ca

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Jennifer C. Ingrey, PhD

Assistant Professor

jingrey2@uwo.ca

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Peter Jaffe, PhD

Professor & Director, Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children

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Marlene Janzen Le Ber, PhD

Professor

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Michael Kehler, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Erin Keith, EdD, MEd, BA

Standing Appointment Faculty Member

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Mi Song Kim, PhD

Associate Professor

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Colin King, PhD

Director, Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic & Associate Professor

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Perry Klein, PhD

Professor

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Donna Kotsopoulos, PhD

Dean & Professor

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Marianne Larsen, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Melanie Lawrence, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Gabrielle Lee, PhD

Associate Professor

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Marguerite Lengyell, PhD

Assistant Professor

marguerite.lengyell@uwo.ca

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Alan Leschied, PhD

Professor Emeritus

leschied@uwo.ca

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Jun Li, PhD

Professor

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Kimberly Maich, OCT, BCBA-D, C Psych

Standing Appointment Faculty Member

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Suzanne Majhanovich, PhD

Emerita/Adjunct Research Professor

smajhano@uwo.ca

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Albert Malkin, PhD

Assistant Professor

amalkin5@uwo.ca

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Wayne Martino, PhD

Professor

wmartino@uwo.ca

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Norma McMillan, MEd,BEd

Standing Appointment Faculty Member

nmcmill6@uwo.ca

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Margaret McNay, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Immaculate Kizito Namukasa, PhD

Professor & Associate Dean, Graduate Education

inamukas@uwo.ca

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Erica Neeganagwedgin, PhD

Associate Professor

eneegana@uwo.ca

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Nicole Neil, PhD

Associate Professor

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Olivia Ng , MA, RBA (Ont.), BCBA

Full-time Lecturer

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Elizabeth Nowicki, PhD

Associate Professor

enowick2@uwo.ca

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Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, PhD

Professor

vpacinik@uwo.ca

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Allan Pitman, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Katina Pollock, PhD

Professor

katina.pollock@uwo.ca

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Anton Puvirajah, PhD

Associate Professor & Associate Dean of Teacher Education

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Goli Rezai-Rashti, PhD

Professor

grezaira@uwo.ca

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Augusto Riveros, PhD

Associate Professor

gus.riveros@uwo.ca

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Susan Rodger, PhD

Professor

srodger2@uwo.ca

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Nikki Rotas, PhD

Assistant Professor

nikki.rotas@uwo.ca

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Robert Sandieson, PhD

Associate Professor

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Katreena Scott, PhD

Professor

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Allison Segeren

Assistant Professor

asegeren@uwo.ca

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Ellen Singleton, PhD

Professor Emerita & Adjunct Research Professor

elsingle@uwo.ca

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Danielle Sirek, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Jacqueline Specht, PhD

Professor & Director, Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education

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Shannon Stewart, PhD

Professor

sstewa24@uwo.ca

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Ruslan Suvorov, PhD

Associate Professor

rsuvorov@uwo.ca

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Paul Tarc, PhD

Professor

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Shelley Taylor, PhD

Professor & Director, DELF/DALF

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Aniko Varpalotai, MA

Professor Emerita & Adjunct Research Professor

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Melody Viczko, PhD

Associate Professor

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Stuart Webb, PhD

Professor

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David Wolfe, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Zheng Zhang, PhD

Associate Professor

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