Bio

Dr. Douglas Gosse teaches Intermediate/Senior Curriculum Methods in the pre-service teacher education program of Nipissing University and is a member of the School of Graduate Studies. His research interests include high-yield teaching and learning approaches and strategies, differentiation, students at risk, single gender and co-educational teaching, adult education, and education for diversity. His current research on the professional journey, experiences, and sense of identity of male primary, elementary, secondary, and university teachers, has earned national and international attention.

Dr. Gosse received the Nipissing University Research Achievement Award for 2008-2009, and the 2008 Gold Volunteer Service Award from the Historica Foundation. His research on masculinities and the creative research process won several awards: the William Pakenham Award Fellowship in Education, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship, and the Arts-Based Educational Research Dissertation of the Year Award of the American Educational Research Association.

An educational novel on masculinities written using queer theory, Jackytar (2005), followed by Breaking silences & exploring masculinities, a critical supplement to the novel Jackytar (2008), are used in diverse university courses and available internationally. Inquiries may be made to Breakwater Books:1-800-563-3333 or via email: info@breakwaterbooks.com

Contact Information

Douglas Gosse, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
Office H120
Nipissing University
100 College Drive, Box 5002
North Bay , Ontario , Canada
P1B 8L7
Email: douglasg@nipissingu.ca
TEL: 705-474-3461, x. 4810
FAX: 705-474-1947

 

Northern Canadian Centre for Research in Education & the Arts (NORCCREA):
http://www.nipissingu.ca/NORCCREA/index.htm