Faculty Overview
Over 50 University of Toronto faculty members are affiliated with CIDEC, offering our students and the centre a wide range of research interests, methods, and regional foci. Several of our faculty are also involved in the Initial Teacher Education program at С»ÆÊéÊÓƵ.
Two of our faculty members have served as presidents of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC): Drs. Vandra Masemann and the late David Wilson. Five of our faculty members have served as presidents of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) – the US affiliate of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): Drs. Ruth Hayhoe, Vandra Masemann, Karen Mundy, and the late David Wilson and Joe Farrell. Vandra Masemann has served as the President of the WCCES.
CIDE Affiliated Faculty Members
* Names appearing with an asterisk represent CIDE/C Steering Committee Members
*, Associate Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Language diversity; second language learning
*, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Education for democracy; peacebuilding, and conflict resolution in comparative perspective
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Indigenous pedagogies for cultural identity development, healing and wellness
, Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Numeracy education; Formal and informal education
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Indigenous cultures; science learning and equity
, Associate Professor
Race and education, whiteness, white supremacy, antiracism, teachers’ work, ant-colonialism, Canadian education
*, Associate Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Second language acquisition; linguistics
, Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Des langues, des politiques linguistiques et des minorités linguistiques, notamment francophones
*, Associate Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; inclusion of minority (migrant & indigenous) pupils
, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Gender; colonialism; imperialism
Sarfaroz Niyozov*, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Global education; international and comparative curriculum studies/education
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Place-based and environmental education; Black feminism; Black and children’s geographies
, Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; French as a second and foreign language; teacher development, evaluation
, Professor
Language & Literacies in Education; Second language learning; sociolinguistics; discourse analysis; French as a first or second language
, Associate Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Indigenous language, literacy and education, land centred approaches to language
Harold Troper, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Immigrant, ethnic and minority group history
, Assistant Professor
Second language writing; writing studies; translingualism; rhetoric; digital media
*, Associate Professor
Higher Education; Globalization and neoliberalism effects on higher education and citizenship
*, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; National educational and social policies and income inequality
*, Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; interaction between global dynamics, domestic policies, and school change; education governance
, Assistant Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Migrant rights, justice, and contributions in adult education; critical applied linguistics, multilingual education and new language acquisition; feminist and dialogical pedagogies and methodologies; sociocultural theory
, Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Critical policy studies; technology, surveillance, and society; educational justice and equity; qualitative research; transnational education
, Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Urban education; schooling and poverty
*, Professor
Higher Education; Comparative higher education; international academic relations; higher education in Asia
, Professor
Higher Education; Policy and politics of higher education
Reva Joshee, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Democratic approaches to policy; diversity and social justice policies
Jane Knight, Adjunct Professor
Higher Education; Internationalization of higher education
, Assistant Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Democracy and citizenship learning; social movement learning
, Professor, Teaching Stream
Decolonizing education, equity anti-oppression education, school leadership across contexts with focus on the global south, educational leadership
*, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Educational Leadership & Policy; Sociology of education; equity; inclusive education, gender; education governance; education policy
, Associate Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Education, health and well-being of gay Black urban youth; access to higher education
, Associate Professor
Global education policy; education in emergencies; aid to education; international organizations; power asymmetries in global education governance and policy
, Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Transnational service work
Gavin Moodie, Adjunct Professor
Higher Education; Access to higher ed; structures of tertiary, vocational and higher education
*, Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; Educational policy and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa; the role of civil society organizations in educational change
, Professor
Higher Education; public policy
, Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Adult Learning Theory; Labour Studies Social Movement Studies
Derya Tarhan, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Adult Education & Community Development; Social and Solidarity Economy; community renewable energy; just and democratic transitions; social movement learning
Stephanie Tuters, Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy; K-12 and higher education teaching; leadership, and policies in the pursuit of social justice
, Assistant Professor
Adult Education & Community Development; Indigenous Knowledge Education
, Professor
Anti-oppression politics; intersections of gender, race, class, political economy and citizenship
, Professor
Philosophy of technology; post-structuralism
, Professor
Anti-racism and domination studies; sociology of race, ethnicity; international development
, Professor
Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne; Francophone minority studies; education studies; childhood social studies
, Professor
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Arts education; curriculum
Soudeh Oladi Ghadikolaei, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, immigration and race
Vannina Sztainbok, Assistant Professor
Anti-racist feminism, Afro-Latin American race and gender studies, psychoanalysis, race and space
*, Associate Professor
Transnational feminisms, feminist media, culture and hegemony, women in post-socialism, violence against women
, Professor
Gender, colonialism and development; anti-racism education
Stephen Anderson, Professor, Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Educational Leadership & Policy; Implementation of education policy and program change; school improvement and teacher development; program evaluation
Nina Bascia, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Educational Leadership & Policy; Policy analysis; teachers’ organizations
*, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Language & Literacies in Education; ESL issues; teaching strategies for diversity
Diane Gérin-Lajoie, Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Curriculum & Pedagogy; Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne, Teacher and student identity; teaching in minority settings
, Professor, Department of Social Justice Education
Franco-Ontario studies; social inequality
Vandra Masemann, Adjunct Associate Professor
Comparative and international education; anthropology of education; critical ethnography
, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Adult Education & Community Development; Globalization; feminism and women’s education; women and war in the Middle East
John Portelli, Professor, Department of Social Justice Education
Democratic values; student engagement
, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Higher Education; Social justice and education outcomes; vocational education
Jennifer Ajandi, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Focus on pedagogy and research emphasizes access, equity and social justice in education, Madness and Neurodivergence across the lifespan.
Yomna Awad, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Democratic Citizen Education: Comparative International Perspectives
Stephen Bahry, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Quality education; stakeholder perspectives; linguistic /cultural diversity; place-based education; EQAO; Afghanistan, Central Eurasia, China, Ukraine, GTA
Valerie Damasco, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Community Development: Innovative Models; Gender and Race at Work
Mary Drinkwater, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Comparative, International, and Development Education
Rose Fine-Meyer, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Special Topics in Teaching: Engendering Local Stories, Public History, and Digital Media
Patrick Finnessy, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Language, Culture, and Identity: Using the Literary Text in Teacher Development
Mona Ghali, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Comparative, International, and Development Education
Leigh-Anne Ingram, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Dejan Ivkovic, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Literacies Education in Multilingual Contexts
Ahmed Salehin Kaderi, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Rainos Moyo Mutamba, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Community Development: Innovative Models
Raphael Camargo Penteado, Post-doc Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Postcolonial education; Postcolonial epistemology; Postcolonial assessment and evaluation; Critical organizational theory; Inclusive education practices
Emma Sabzalieva, Course Instructor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Comparative and international higher education, geopolitics, international academic relations, governance, Central Asia/former Soviet space
Grace Karram Stephenson, Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Comparative Higher Education
Norin Taj, Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Social & Cultural Contexts of Educational Policy & Practice: Education and International Development
Elena Toukan, Lecturer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Education and Social Development
