Teaching/ Supervising

Teaching Philosophy

Current Courses:

ED 6463: Relationships First: Rethinking Educational Engagement  (See:Course Info)

ED 6936: Restorative Justice and Education: Promises and Challenges

ED 3962: Social Studies in the Primary Elementary School

ED 6300: Teaching and Learning

ED 6672: Issues and trends in social studies

ED 4390: Diversity, Social Justice, Teaching and Learning

Graduate Student Supervision:

  • Tolulope Lawal. Dissertation topic: Developing teachers’ positive racial identity through Inquiry, antiracist texts and antiracist children literature. PhD Supervisor. Ongoing.

  • Abu Arif (Dissertation). Decolonial Lens to Internationalization of Higher Education. Committee Member. Ongoing.

  • Kerri Ann Van Dam: Master’s Thesis: Unlearning Christianity: Exploring Deconversion Phenomenon and Transformational Learning Theory in Deconversion Narratives. On-going (co-supervising with Dr. Beth Tuinstra).

  • Alice Hunt: Thesis. ongoing: Involving Parents/Caregivers in Implementing Restorative Justice Education in an Elementary School Setting: The Impact on the Educational Experience of Students, Educators, and Parents/Caregivers. Ongoing.

  • Lana Lehr: Project: Teaching for Truth and Reconciliation in EAL Bridging Worlds: Exploring Indigenous Perspectives with Newcomer Students,  Completed May 2025.

  • Sara Leah Hindy (Masters Thesis): Seven for a Story Never Told… WTA’TUKWAQANM – HER STORY Co-supervisor with Dr. Sylvia Moore. Completed December 2024.

  • Tolulope Lawal-(Masters Thesis): How Do I Know a Children’s Book Qualifies as Antiracist? The Educator’s Analytic Tool for Choosing Antiracist Books For Children. Completed July 2024.

  • Danielle McGettigan (Masters Thesis): Impact of K-12 Schooling on Incarcerated People in Newfoundland and Labrador. Completed July 2024.

  • Nevra Ozoren-Sener (Masters Thesis): Co-supervisor with Dr. Andrew Coombs. Understanding Teachers’ Approaches To Assessment And Restorative Justice In Education In Newfoundland And Labrador.  Completed Summer 2023.

  • Jennese Johnson: Project: Trauma-Informed Care and Restorative Justice Education practices and principles: A professional development workshop for with the Business Department Lecturers of Portmouth Community the College-Jamaica. Completed November 2023.

  • Anastasiia Mansiuk: Project: An Identity as Yet Unfixed. Completed August 2024.

  • Lee Clarke-Project: The Homemade Mermaid and the Transformative Process. Completed April 2024.

  • Adrien Doucet: Project: “Making Space To Unmask: An Arts-Based Exploration of the Relationship Between Vulnerability and Teacher Identities”Completed December 2024 (co-supervising with Dr. D. Buley).

  • Savindi Goonatillake—Internship at Association for New Canadians. Completed September 2024.

  • Shohreh Afzali (Project). Incorporation of Restorative Justice in Education Practices, Principles, and Strategies in LEARN & ESL Classes to Support Refugee and Newcomer Students More Effectively: A Guide for LEARN and ESL Teachers. Completed: November 2022.

  • Angela Eastman (Project). A Restorative Justice Guide for Teachers Entering Positions at a New School. Anticipated Completion: December 2022.

  • Khatereh Bahmanpour (Paper Folio). The Personal Quest of a Teacher Grappling with the Question of Identity. December 2022.

  • Min Lu (Masters Thesis). The Impact of Covid-19 On Teachers’ Restorative Justice In Education (Rje) Practice In Newfoundland and Labrador.  Completed: August 2022.

  • Stacey Dawe (Paper Folio). Improving How Police Interact With People on the Autism Spectrum: Autoethnography.  Co-supervisor with Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli.  Completed: December 2022.

  • Sarah McDonald (Project). Restorative Justice in Music Education: A Web-Based Resource for Newfoundland and Labrador Music Classrooms. Completed December 2021. 

  • Wright-Cameron, Taneisha (Masters Project). RJE Principles and Practices: A Professional Learning Guide Booklet for Grade 9 Form Teachers to be used in their Form Time with Students to Create, Nurture, Repair, and Transform Relationships geared at addressing School Violence Issues. (Completed 2021).

  • Clarke, Courtney (2019). Investigating the Use of Restorative Justice Circle Process in Individualized Education Plan Meetings (Masters Thesis).

  • Sopkow, Emily (2019). R​a​i​n​b​o​w​ on the Rock: K-6 LGBTQ positive book list (Masters Project).

  • Edokpayi, Omoregie (2018). A Paradigm Shift through Talking Circle: A Narrative Study to Investigate the Impact of RJE on Students after Completing an Introductory Graduate Course in RJE.

  • Boluwade, Bukola (2018). The Dynamics of the Learning Circle in High School: Teacher and Students in “Equal Partnership” (Masters Thesis).

  • Pardy, Margaret (2018). Relationship building at Sheshatshiu Innu school. (Masters Project).

  • Calver, Jeanie (2015). Adolescent Literacy Across Curriculum: Literacy Instruction Responding to Assessment Pilot Resource.

  • Hull, Angela (2013). An Exploration of Bullying (Paper Folio).

  • Power, Erin (2014). “I believe in inclusion but...”: A critical exploration into teacher beliefs and attitudes around inclusion. (Masters Thesis).

  • Chippett, Jeremy (2013). “Expert on Drums, Could be Experter”: Video Games as a modern day manifestation of Inuit Isumaqsayuq ((Masters Thesis: co-supervisor).