Educational Leadership and Policy Program
Faculty Profiles
Our faculty have multi-disciplinary teaching and research expertise in a wide range of fields, including but not limited to:
Karen Acton
Effecting positive change in the areas of principal and teacher leadership, social and eco justice; student well-being and success
Scott Davies
Sociology of education; large-scale data analysis; research design and methods; policy-oriented research; organizational analyses; student achievement
Nina Bascia (Graduate Chair)
Educational policy analysis and program evaluation; policy and teachers' work; teacher leadership and development; teacher unions and professional associations
Carol Campbell (Program Coordinator)
Educational change policy and practices, K-12; professional learning and development; student learning, achievement, and equity; whole system reforms; knowledge mobilization
Ruth Childs
Assessment design and equity; admissions processes; access to post-secondary education; evaluation systems; and survey research
Anna Katyn Chmielewski
International comparisons of educational equity; socio-economic disparities in academic achievement; school segregation; curriculum differentiation and streaming; international large-scale assessments (PISA, PIRLS, TIMSS, PIAAC); sociology of education; quantitative methods
Claudia Diaz Rios
Politics of education; the interaction between global dynamics, domestic policies, and school change; changes in education governance, both globally and domestically, and their effects on the operation of schools and student learning
Joseph Flessa
Politics and education; school-level leadership; administrative, leadership and organizational theory; applied research; urban education; comparative education
Reva Joshee
Democratic approaches in policy and education; education for peace principles; policy and diversity in Canada
Ann Lopez
Culturally responsive leadership and pedagogy; social justice leadership; school leadership; critical multicultural education; mentoring for diversity and equity; and teacher education
Carly Manion
Equity and social justice; sociology of education; comparative and international education; gender and education; education multilateralism; international organizations; policy; governance; teacher development
Karen Mundy
International organizations and educational change; global citizenship; civil society and education
John Portelli
Leading and equity; equitable education; student engagement in urban schools; critical democracy and educational leadership issues
James Ryan
School administration, philosophy and theory; student diversity; inclusive, social justice, and equity; micropolitics and leadership; organizational approaches to schooling
Coleen Scully-Stewart
Educational leadership; organizational culture; educator development; school leadership, policy, change and social diversity
Stephanie Tuters
Social justice approaches to k-12 school leadership, teaching, and policy; equity; inclusion; micropolitics; higher education leadership, policy, and practice
Marvin Zuker
Educational law, criminal and family law; intersections of law and education; teachers, administrators, human rights and the rights of the child
