Graduate Student Supervision

Masters (Completed)

  • Shannan Mackenzie, Major Research Paper, Our true stories come alive when we share stories: The value of autobiographical literacy journeys (Second Reader: Dr. John Allison), April 2013
  • Janis Rock, Major Research Paper, Bridging the gap: Socio-contextualizing language in the school curriculum  (Second Reader: Dr. Callie Mady), April 2014
  • Rena Henrickson, Major Research Paper, Partner reading responses: A transactional skills approach to improve question answering (Examination Committee: Second Reader), Fall 2014
  • Marianne Vander Dussen, Thesis, Telling stories: Narrative pathways to character, empathy and belonging (Second Reader: Dr. Terry Campbell), July 2016 (OGS funded student). President’s Gold Medal.
  • Sheri Leeder, Major Research Paper, Building relationships with parents of children with special needs (Second Reader: Dr. Glynn Sharpe), September 2016
  • Amanda Coombs, Major Research Paper, Exploration of literacy, imagination, and creativity (Second Reader: Dr. Kathy Mantas), May 2017
  • Kevin Wilcox, Thesis, Speech-to-text technology and education: Pre-service teachers’ collaborative professional development as case study (Second Reader: Dr. Timothy Sibbald), August 2017 (OGS funded student)
  • Sarah Donaldson, Thesis, Reading wor(l)ds: Exploring social justice in an elementary classroom, (Second Reader: Dr. Terry Campbell), April 2020. President’s Gold Medal.
  • Marrett Scott, Major Research Paper, Beyond turning the pages: A journey in literacy (Second Reader: Dr. Terry Campbell), August 2020.

PhD (Completed)

  • BettyAnn Martin, Narratives of becoming: Maternal identity as an evolving intertextual mosaic (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Carole Richardson, Dr. Andrea Reilly (York)); February 2017
  • Sunaina Sharma, The potential for technology to engage: An examination of how digital technology can engage students in the secondary classroom (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Terry Campbell, Dr. David Hutchison (Brock)); June 2018
  • Sarah Driessens, Storytelling and ethnography: Critical literacy in the classroom. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Terry Campbell, Dr. Tara-Lynn Scheffel, Dr. Janette Hughes (UOIT)); July 2018 (OGS funded student)
  • Melissa Corrente, Exploring the personal and professional realities of parenthood and doctoral studies (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Maria Cantalini-Williams, Dr. Darlene Ciuffetelli-Parker (Brock)); April 2020
  • Susan Picard, An exploration of how Dabrowski’s theory of emotional development informs how we see our selves and our inclusive learning spaces. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Warnie Richardson, Dr. Susan Elliott-Johns, Dr. Janneke Frank); June 2020, President’s Gold Medal.
  • Sarah Hunter, Post-secondary student success. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Warnie Richardson, Dr. Hilary Brown (Brock)); September 2020.
  • Dany Dias, “Les vraies couleurs du monde”: Adolescent Learners’ Worldviews Explored Through Multicultural Literature (Examination Committee: Internal Examiner); May 2021
  • Allison Tucker, Identity as pedagogy: Locating the shadows in the sacred space between (Supervisory Committee Member); November 2021
  • Randi Ray, Leadership in First Nations Communities (Co-Supervisor with Dr. Cindy Peltier; Committee Members: Dr. Tara-Lynn Scheffel; Dr. Kathy Absolon, Wilfrid Laurier; Dr. Brock Pitawanakwat, University of Sudbury) (OGS and Indigenous Mentorship Funded Student); January 2023.
  • Erin Horvath, Social entrepreneurship education. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Cindy Peltier, Dr. Carole Richardson, Dr. Nada Basir (University of Waterloo)); (SSHRC funded student); July 2023
  • Balan Moorthy, Living and writing into being- truth and reconciliation. The experiences of four Indigenous women and two allies. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Mike Degagne; Dr. Susan Elliott-Johns; Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa); January 2024.
  • Nicole Gardner, Exploring the development of identity as a lifelong and lifewide learner in the pursuit of an interest in permaculture. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Susan Elliott-Johns, Dr. Astrid Steele); March 2025.

PhD (In Progress)

  • Dina Moati, Betwixt and between the expert and the beginner: How part-time professors at Ontario colleges experience transitioning from being an experienced practitioner in their discipline to becoming a beginning professor. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Callie Mady; Dr. Hilary Brown, Brock); anticipated defence prior to August 2025.
  • Michelle McMartin, From the gaze of compliance to the radical space of possibility. (Co-Supervisor with Dr. Terry Campbell; Committee Members: Dr. Tara-Lynn Scheffel,. Laurie); anticipated defence prior to August 2025.
  • Lynn Cummings, Performance-based funding in Ontario colleges. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Terry Campbell; Dr. David Zarifa); data collection complete; first draft in preparation – anticipated defence prior to August 2025
  • Sarah Boddy, Art club: An arts-based exploration of visual art, ecology, and community in an Ontario public school. (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Kathy Mantas, Dr. Blaine Hatt); data gathering in process
  • Robyn Drodge, Reading and writing as resilience (Supervisor; Committee Members: Dr. Terry Campbell; Dr. Carlo Ricci; Dr. Michael Doxtater, TMU); proposal and ethics in process

Graduate Student Research Assistants

  • Erin Rowe
  • Kathryn Aspin
  • Andrea Kozuskanich
  • Marianne Vander Dussen
  • Joanne Kmiec (PhD)

Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

  • Kristopher Brown