Faculty of EducationDepartment of Educational Studies | EDST

Faculty

Additional Faculty

Abdi, Ali A.

Professor | 604–822–5359 | ali.abdi@ubc.ca

Research interests: Counter-Eurocentric philosophies of education, Critical research methodologies, Education policy studies, Human rights education, Liberatory development education
Ahenakew, Cash PhD

Associate Professor | Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Wellbeing | 604–822–0641 | cash.ahenakew@ubc.ca

Research interests: Experiential learning, Indigenous education, Indigenous healing and wellbeing, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Sociology of Education, Trauma (Historical trauma)
al Shaibah, Arig

Honorary Associate Professor | Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion | arig.alshaibah@ubc.ca

Research interests: Cultural studies, Educational Administration, Equity, Higher Education, Intergroup relations, Leadership and Organizations, Policy studies, Race/ethnicity, Social justice
Andres, Lesley

Professor | 604–822–8943 | lesley.andres@ubc.ca

Research interests: Equity, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, International Comparative Higher Education, Life Course Research, Policy, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Higher Education
Ellis, Jason

Associate Professor | Editor, Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation | 604–822–9190 | j.ellis@ubc.ca

Research interests: History of Education, Policy
Fallon, Gerald

Associate Professor | Associate, School of Public Policy and Global Development | 604–822–5822 | gerald.fallon@ubc.ca

Research interests: Educational Administration, Equity and Diversity, Leadership and Organizations, Legal Issues in Education, Policy
Gill, Hartej

Associate Professor | 604–822–4588 | hartej.gill@ubc.ca

Research interests: Cultural studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Teaching and Practice
Gleason, Mona

Professor | 604–822–4762 | mona.gleason@ubc.ca

Research interests: Children and youth, Equity, Gender Studies, History of Education, Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
Grain, Kari

ALGC Program Coordinator/ ALGC Lecturer | 604-822-9499 | kari.grain@ubc.ca
Kelly, Deirdre M.

Professor | 604–822–3952 | deirdre.kelly@ubc.ca

Research interests: Children and youth, Gender Studies, Media and democracy, Social justice, Sociology of Education
Kovach, Margaret PhD

Professor | 604–827–2636 | Margaret.Kovach@ubc.ca

Research interests: Indigenous education, Indigenous healing and wellbeing, Lifelong Learning, Research methodologies
Louie, Dustin

Associate Professor
Mazawi, André Elias

Department Head | Professor | 604–827–5537 | Andre.Mazawi@ubc.ca

Research interests: Adult education, Citizenship and democracy, Higher Education, International Comparative Higher Education, International Development Education, Media and democracy, Policy, Post-colonial studies, Research methodologies, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Higher Education
Metcalfe, Amy Scott

Professor | 604–822–5331 | amy.metcalfe@ubc.ca

Research interests: Higher Education, International Comparative Higher Education, Research methodologies
Opini, Bathseba

Associate Professor bathseba.opini@ubc.ca

Research interests: Disability studies, Equity, Foundations of Education, Policy and leadership, Race and ethnicity, Research methodologies, Sociology of Education, Teaching and Practice
Ovie, Glory

Assistant Professor glory.ovie@ubc.ca Office: Ponderosa Commons 3059
Pan, Yilin

Assistant Professor in Economics of Educational Equity | yilin.pan@ubc.ca | PCN 3069

Research interests: Economics of Education, Equity, International and Comparative Education, Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Research methodologies
Piotrowski, Marcelina

Lecturer marcelina.piotrowski@ubc.ca

Research interests: Adult education, Adult environmental education, Anthropocene, Critical media studies, Education for Sustainability, Philosophy of education, Posthumanism, Process philosophy, Research methodologies, Social Movements
Regmi, Kapil Dev

Lecturer I kapil.regmi@ubc.ca

Research interests: Adult education, Education for Sustainability, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Lifelong Learning, Policy, Political economy of education, Post-colonial studies, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education
Rocha, Samuel D.

Professor, Graduate Curriculum Coordinator | 604–822–5295 | sam.rocha@ubc.ca

Research interests: Philosophy of education
Rorick, chuutsqa L.

Assistant Professor | chuutsqa.rorick@ubc.ca

Research interests: Indigenous language revitalization, Indigenous research methodologies, Land-based learning
Ruitenberg, Claudia W.

Professor | 604–822–2411 | claudia.ruitenberg@ubc.ca

Research interests: Citizenship and democracy, Education for Sustainability, Philosophy of education, Sustainability
Shan, Hongxia

Professor | 604–822–3349 | hongxia.shan@ubc.ca;

Research interests: Adult education, Equity, Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, International and Comparative Education, Lifelong Learning, Policy, Research methodologies, Social justice, Teaching and Practice, Workplace learning
Stack, Michelle

Associate Professor | 604–822–9101 | michelle.stack@ubc.ca

Research interests: Adult education, Disability studies, Equity, Equity and Diversity, Higher Education, Leadership and Organizations, Media and democracy, Policy, Social justice
Stein, Sharon

Associate Professor | 604–822–8549 | sharon.stein@ubc.ca

Research interests: Higher Education, Indigenous Studies, International and Comparative Education, Political economy of education, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, Social justice, Sustainability
Taylor, Alison

Professor | 604–822–4504 | alison.taylor@ubc.ca

Research interests: Experiential learning, Higher Education, Political economy of education, School-to-work transition
VanWynsberghe, Robert

Professor | 604–822–3580 | robert.vanwynsberghe@ubc.ca

Research interests: Adaptive Education, Adult education, Community Engagement, Education for Sustainability, Social Movements, Sociology of Education, Sport Mega-Events
Walker, Jude

Associate Professor; | Program Coordinator for the Adult Learning and Education Program (ALE) | 604–822–4406 | jude.walker@ubc.ca

Research interests: Adult education, Continuing Education and lifelong learning, Experiential learning, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Lifelong Learning, Medical Education, Policy, Political economy of education, Workplace learning
Wang, Fei PhD

Associate Professor | 604–822–4552 | fei.wang@ubc.ca | Graduate Advisor | gradadvisor.edst@ubc.ca

Research interests: Educational Administration, Equity and Diversity, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and Organizations, Policy, Research methodologies, Social justice
Webb, P Taylor

Professor | 604–822–6381 | taylor.webb@ubc.ca

Research interests: International and Comparative Education, Philosophy of education, Policy, Political economy of education, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies
Wright, Handel Kashope

Professor | Director of Centre for Culture, Identity & Education | 604–822–2705 | handel.wright@ubc.ca

Research interests: Children and youth, Cultural studies, International and Comparative Education, Multiculturalism, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies

Visitors and PostDocs

Jeong, Hongin

Visiting Faculty

Research interests: Career development for students in regional universities, Lifelong learning for middle-aged adults, Lifelong learning policies in Korea, Well-aging and its connection to lifelong learning
Vivacqua Rodrigues, Melissa

Visiting Faculty

Research interests: Indigenous peoples and environmental governance, interculturality in education, ocean literacy, Postcolonial studies, Socio-environmental conflicts, socio-environmental justice, transdisciplinarity and complexity

Sessional Lecturers, Adjunct Professors, and Postdoc Teaching Fellows

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