Stack, Michelle

Research Interests

Research Supervision Interests

cooperatives and postsecondary education

university rankings

equity and education

media and educational policy

knowledge translation

media and educational leadership

educational policy and politics

Individual research Interests

Bio

My research is focused on educational equity, knowledge translation and community-engaged research. My current research is focused on the possibilities of moving from university rankings to education based on social solidarity economies.  I am the author of Global University Ranking and the Mediatization of Higher Education, editor of Global University Rankings and the Politics of Education,  and co-editor of a book with Dr. André Mazawi, Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education Bodies of Knowledge and their Discontents, International and Comparative Perspectives.  I am also excited to be a recent member of the Diverse Social Solidarity Economies Collective.

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Education

Qualifications

Expanding public conversations on matters of equity (especially race and ableism) and engaging with educational policy through knowledge translation (KT), particularly via media, are central to my teaching practice and philosophy. These commitments are evident in my development of new courses, including a hybrid course, co-developed and taught with Dr. Gen Creighton, “Scholars Go Public” (in partnership with CIHR and the Michael Smith Health Research Foundation [MSHRF]), which increased KT capacities of graduate students from diverse fields who produced commentaries for major media outlets. This led to further partnerships with the MSHRF and other units on campus concerned with KT. I co-created with Dr. Heidi Janz (University of Alberta) an online course on disability, ableism, equity and educational technology (May-August 2020). The course is unique in content and detailed attention to accessible design.  Graduate supervision is a key area of my teaching practice, and I have been on students’ graduate committees in Education, Journalism and Rehabilitation Sciences. 

Awards

Research Projects

Selected Publications

BOOKS

 

Stack, M. (Ed). (2021). University rankings and the politics of knowledge. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Mazawi, A., & Stack, M. (Eds.) (2020). Course syllabi in faculties of education: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents, international and comparative perspectives. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic Publishers.

Stack, M. (2016). Global university rankings and the mediatization of higher education. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education.

 

 

ARTICLES

 

Stack, M. & Wilbur, A. (2021). Media and government framing of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Review of Education 67, 895–914. 

Stack, M. (2021). The murder of George Floyd and the mediatization of solidarity by top-ranked universities.  Language and Intercultural Communication 21 (6), 749-764.

Stack, M. (2021). COVID-19: Going beyond rankings to building resilience in the post-secondary sector through Cooperatives. International Review of Education,67, 127-144.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-021-09891-0

Stack, M. (2019). Academic stars and university rankings in higher education: Impacts on policy and practice, Policy Reviews in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/23322969.2019.1667859

 

Stack, M. & Wang, F. (2018). Students perceptions of belonging: A photovoice participatory action research project. Canadian Journal of Action Research,19 (1) 48-66. file:///Users/michellestack/Downloads/375-Article%20Text-768-1-10-20180911%20(1).pdf

 

 Stack, M (2013) The Times Higher Education ranking product: visualising excellence through media, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11:4, 560-582, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2013.856701

 

SELECTED CHAPTERS

Mazawi, A. E., & Stack, M. (2020). Introduction: Course syllabi in faculties of education: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents. In A. E. Mazawi & M. Stack (Eds.), Course syllabi in faculties of education: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents, international and comparative perspectives (pp. 1-18). London: Bloomsbury.

 

Stack, M., & Mazawi, A. E. (2020). Toward provisional conclusions: Intersections, crossings, and praxis: Syllabi and the politics of educational articulation. In A. E. Mazawi & M. Stack (Eds.), Course syllabi in faculties of education: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents, international and comparative perspectives (pp. 258-272). London: Bloomsbury.

 

Janz, H. & Stack, M. (2020). Our thirty-five-year journey through ableism and the education of teachers. In A. Mazawi & M. Stack (Eds.), Course syllabi in faculties of education: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents, international and comparative perspectives (pp. 187-201) London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic Publishers (Contribution: 50%)

 

SELECTED PODCAST

 

Ways of Knowing. (2019, October 25). Michelle Stack on University Rankings  [Episode 1]  https://pwias.ubc.ca/announcements/ways-knowing-episode-1-michelle-stack

 

Ways of Knowing Episode. (2021, Nov 10). The Possibilities of the Cooperative University with Cilla Ross [WOK S02E05]. https://www.spreaker.com/user/pwias/wok-s02-e05-final

 

Cooperatives and Campuses. (2021, June 29). Dr. Caroline Hossein on ROSCAs as Coops

https://www.caroline-shenaz-hossein.com/news-and-events/2021/6/29/radio-interview

 

SELECTED COMMENTARY PIECES

 

Stack, M. (Sept 13, 2019). Ignore university rankings, but make higher education an election issue. The Conversation. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/ignore-university-rankings-but-make-higher-education-an-election-issue-118434

Stack, M. (Oct 5, 2018). Why I’m not surprised Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland isn’t a full professor. The Conversation. Retrieved http://theconversation.com/why-im-not-surprised-nobel-laureate- donna-strickland-isnt-a-full-professor-104459

Stack, M. (2017, Sept 5) Let’s focus on education not university Rankings. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lets-focus-on-education-not-university-rankings/article36166635/

Janz, H. L., & Stack, M. (April 27, 2017). Think disability is a tragedy? We pity you. The Conversation Canada. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/think-disability-is-a-tragedy-we-pity-you-82047

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Students Supervised

Shirley Lew (Ed.D)

Henry Lee (Ed.D)

Kealin McCabe (Ed.D)

Brad Baker (Ed.D)

Sameena Jamal (Ph.D)

Yu Guo (Ph.D)

Francine Emmonds (Ph.D )

Daljit Gill-Badesha  (Ed.D co-supervision with Dr. Mazawi)

Graduated

Dr. Virginia Rego (Ed.D)

Dr. Amea Wilbur (Ed.D)

Dr. Chris Gratham (Ed.D)

Dr. Todd Ormiston (Ed.D co-supervised with senior supervisor Dr. Archibald)

Dr, John Vellacott (Ed.D)

Jingwun Liang (MA)

Zhenyang Xu (MA)

Béene Savage (MA)

Beth Pinney (MA)

Yu Guo (MA)

Joanna Da- Sylva (MA)

Sarah Ann Mills (MA)

Vivian Luk (MA)

Jacqueline Ronson (MA)

Courses taught

EDST 401: Education, Schools and Social Institutions

MET: 565 Disability, Ableism and Educational Technology (co-taught with Dr. Janz)

EDST 601: Doctoral Seminar

EDST 602: Doctoral Seminar

EDST 565: Special Topics, 1) Media, Education Policy and Leadership, 2) Collaborative Media Production with Youth

EDST 565: Scholars Go Public (co-taught with Dr. Creighton)

EDST 577: The Social Context of Educational Policy

EADM 554: Education Leadership and Policy

EADM 501: Research Traditions in Educational Administration

EADM 553: Educational Leadership Group Inquiry (Capstone)

EDST 508:  Research Methods

EDST 565: Knowledge, Media and Educational Leadership (An animated course description)

EDST 503A: Ethnography and Education

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Community Work

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