 | Tara Goldstein Professor phone: (416) 978-0104 email: tara.goldstein@utoronto.ca website: http://gaileyroad.com website: http://taragoldstein.com website: http://lgbtqfamiliesspeakout.ca Department: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning | |
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Research Overview I am a critical ethnographer and playwright pursuing a teaching and research program in gender, sexuality and schooling. Findings from my current SSHRC-funded research project on the experiences of LGBTQ families at school (2014-2020) are available at www.lgbtqfammiliesspeakout.ca. My new book Teaching Sexuality and Gender at School: Letters to Teachers is now available from Routledge and Amazon. Over the past 20 years, I have been working with the arts-based research approach of "performed ethnography" which involves turning ethnographic research findings into dramatic scripts, which can be read aloud, performed and discussed by teachers, counsellors and principals as well as the general public. My performed ethnographies have been used in professional development workshops and education conferences in Australia (Brisbane, Sydney, and Toowoomba), Brazil (San Paulo), Colombia (Bogotá), Singapore, Wales, and the United States as well as Canada. My latest performed ethnography Out at School was co-written with LGBTQ Families Speak Out research team members Pam Baer and Jenny Salisbury and was performed at the Toronto Pride Festival in June 2019. See www.lgbtqfamiliesspeakout.ca for details. Funding Over the past 25 years, I have been granted four Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants to conduct ethnographic research and create ethnographic play scripts on the schooling of racial, ethnic, linguistic, and sexual minority high school students and families. 2016-2020: The Experiences of LGBTQ Families in Ontario Schools 2011-2014: Teaching Other People's Children: Performed Ethnographies for Teacher Education 2002-2005: Performed Ethnography for Anti-Homophobia Teacher Education 1996-1999: Language Choice for Academic and Social Success in the Multilingual Classroom Curriculum Vitae http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Tara_Goldstein_CV.pdf Academic History 2006: MFA in Playwriting, Spalding University, Louisville, KY 1991: Ph.D OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 1981: MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT, 1980: BA in English Literature and Women's Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, QC Teaching Overview I am currently teaching an undergraduate course in the Equity Studies program at New College called Equity, Activism, and Education. I am also teaching three graduate courses in the Curriculum and Pedagogy program for the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE: Sexualities, Gender and Schooling Performed Ethnography and Research-Informed Theatre. Video interview texts from my current SSHRC funded research project on the experiences of LGBTQ families in Ontario (2014-2020) are featured in all of the courses. Representative Publications Books Goldstein, T. (2019). Teaching Sexuality and Gender at School: Letters to Teachers. New York, NY: Routledge. Goldstein, T. (2013).Zero Tolerance and Other Plays: Disrupting racism, xenophobia and homophobia in school. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 233 pages. Goldstein, T. (2012) Staging Harriet’s House: Writing and Producing Research-Informed Theatre. New York, NY: Peter Lang. Includes the play Harriet’s House. Goldstein, T. (2003). Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School: Choices, Risks and Dilemmas. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 221 pages. With contributions by Gordon Pon and Judith Ngan. Includes the play Hong Kong, Canada. Recent Book Chapters Goldstein, T., *Salisbury, J., *hicks, b.l., *Reid, K., *Koecher, A., and *Baer, P. (2018). Inviting Startling Empathy Through Performed Ethnography: A Queer(ed) Collective Research Project. In Gallagher, K. (Ed.) The Methodological Dilemma: Creative, Critical and Collaborative Approaches to Qualitative Research. New York: Routledge Recent Papers in Refereed Journals Goldstein, T. (2019). The Bridge: The Political Possibilities of Intergenerational Verbatim Theatre. Qualitative Inquiry, p.1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800419843947(performed ethnography/ research-informed theatre). Goldstein. T., *Koecher, A., *Baer, P., and *hicks, b.l. (2018). Transitioning in elementary school: Advocacy and allyship. Teaching Education Journal 29(2):165-177. Goldstein, T. (2017). Veracity in Alana Valentine’s Ladies Day: Implications for research-informed theatre. Qualitative Inquiry, 23(6):438-444. DOI (2016): 10.1177/1077800416673661. Goldstein, T. (2016). Border crossing in the classroom through performed ethnography. Perspectives on Urban Education, 13(1): 4-19. *Gray, J., *Snell, P., and Goldstein, T. (2015). Working Beyond an “Aesthetic of Objectivity” in Research-Informed Theatre Design. UNESCO Observatory: Multidisciplinary Research in the Arts. Goldstein, T. (2014). Learning from Other People’s Families. Teaching Education Journal, 25(1): 65-81. Goldstein, T., *Gray, J., *Salisbury, J. and *Snell, P. (2014). When Educational Research Meets Theatre: Performed Ethnography and Research-Informed Theatre Project Design. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(5) 674–685. Research Grants and ContractsRecent funding 2016-2020 SSHRC Insight Grant Role: Principal Investigator Amount: $172,771 Title: The Experiences LGBTQ Families in Ontario Schools Purpose: The goal of this research study is to examine the experiences of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families in public schools across Ontario and provide knowledge and strategies to counter discrimination and harassment LGBTQ families face in schools. 2017-2020 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Grant Role: Partner Investigator Amount: $313,000 (held at Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia) Title:Gender and Sexuality Diversity in Schools: Parental Experiences Purpose: This grant will fund research on how Australian parents of gender and sexual diverse children navigate their children's experiences at school. My role as Partner Investigator will be to support the design of the project, the analysis of the research findings and the development of research-informed theatre script based on the research findings. Honours and Awards 2013: Nominated by the Vice-President, Research and Innovation for the University of Toronto for the SSHRC Impact Insight Award for my scholarship in performed ethnography and teacher education. 2009: Won the Carol Crealock Award for my feminist scholarship and academic mentorship from the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). 2005: Won the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Queer SIG Activist Scholarship Award for my research and teaching on sexuality and gender education in public schools. Professional Activities 2018-2019 University of Toronto Member, Academic Board Member, Jackman Institute of Humanities Advisory Committee Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Member, Admissions Committee Member, PTR Committee Academic Journal Editorial Board Membership Teaching Education Journal, University of Sydney and Deakin University, Australia Educational Insights, University of British Columbia, Canada Playwrights Guild of Canada General member and member of the Women's Caucus Other Information Gailey Road Productions: Where Research Meets Theatre and Theatre Meets Research www.gaileyroad.com In addition to my academic position at the University of Toronto I am also the Artist Director of Gailey Road Productions. Founded in January 2007 Gailey Road creates research-informed theatre on social and political issues that impact on us all. Our plays have been read, performed and discussed with audiences in middle schools, high schools, universities, academic and education conferences. We have also staged our work the Toronto Fringe Festival (2007, 2008), the Toronto Queer West Festival (2010), the Toronto Pride Festival (2010), La Festival Rosa in Bogot, Colombia (2014), the Toronto SummerWorks Festival (2015), the L Fest in Llandudno, Wales (2018). . In the last eight years, our research-informed theatre work has focused on issues that impact on LGBTQ children, youth and families. Our latest play Out at School was performed at Toronto Pride 2019. See www.lgbtqfamiliesspeakout.ca for details. |
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