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Critical Pedagogy


Bradley Rowe

email: brad.rowe@utoronto.ca  

Department: Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education



Academic History

Ph.D. Philosophy of Education, Ohio State University, 2012
M.A. Philosophy of Education, Ohio State University, 2010
M.S. Teacher Education, University of Dayton, 2006
B.A. Social Science Education, Wright State University, 2004


Research Overview

Brad’s scholarly interests focus mainly on social & cultural foundations of education; philosophy of education; ecological education; food studies; animal and environmental ethics; de-schooling; and the use of literature, song, and film in understanding and teaching educational philosophy. His recent dissertation, "Consuming Animals as an Educational Act," examines the philosophical, ethical, and socio-cultural dimensions of killing and eating animals.

Teaching Overview

Brad is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Humanities, Social Science, and Social Justice Education. He also teaches courses in the Initial Teacher Education program. Brad teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, including Introduction to Philosophy of Education, Curriculum & Instruction: High School Philosophy, School & Society, and Modernity and Postmodernity in Social Thought & Education.

Representative Publications

Rowe, B., & Klassman, T. (in press). Educational dystopia: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Race to the Top.” In E. Sheffield, & J. Heybach (Eds.), Dystopia and education: Insights for theory, praxis, and policy. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Rowe, B. (in press). Food, consumption, and animal encounter in philosophy of education. Philosophy of Education 2012. Urbana, Ill: Philosophy of Education Society

Rowe, B. (2011). Understanding animals-becoming-meat: A disturbing education. Critical Education, 2 (7), 1-25.

Rowe, B. (2010). What’s wrong with genetic engineering? Ethics, socio-scientific issues, and education.  In D. Tippins, M. Mueller, M. Eijck, & J. Adams (Eds.), Cultural studies and environmentalism: The confluence of ecojustice, place-based (science) education, and indigenous knowledge systems, (pp. 129-136). New York: Springer.

Rowe, B. (2009). Animal rights and human growth: Intellectual courage and extending the moral community. Philosophical Studies in Education, 40, 153-166.

Warnick, B., Rowe, B., & Kim, S. (2009). Student rights, Justice Clarence Thomas, and the revolutionary vision of education. Educational Theory, 59 (2), 145-165.

Research Grants and Contracts

Culture & Animals Foundation (2010)

Honours and Awards

Loadman Dissertation Award, 2012 (School of Educational Policy & Leadership, Ohio State University)

Other Information

Recent Conference Presentations

“Cultural Miseducation as Objectification and Consumption of Women’s and Animals’ Bodies,” American Educational Research Association (Division B), April 2012, Vancouver, CA.

“Dying in a Schooled Society,” American Educational Research Association (Ivan Illich SIG), April 2012, Vancouver, CA.

“Food, Consumption, and Animal Encounter in Philosophy of Education,” Philosophy of Education Society, March 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

“Cultural Miseducation: Women and Animal Representations in Consumer Culture,” American Educational Studies Association, November 2011, St. Louis, Missouri.



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