Linda Eyre
Areas: Critical Studies in Education, Feminist Research, Health Education
Phone: 506-453-5161
Fax: 506-453-3569
Email: leyre@unb.ca
Education summary
Cert. Ed Hons (UK, 1968); BA (MSVU, 1980); MAHED (MSVU, 1985); PhD (UBC 1993)
Key area(s) of intrest/expertise:
Gender, race, class, sexuality and education; violence in women's lives; sexual health education; qualitative research methodologies; participatory action research with youth; interdisciplinary studies.
Teaching
ED 6901 Doctoral Seminar
ED 6904 Introducation to Research in Education
ED 6904 Introducation to Critical Studies in Education
ED 6131 Research in Critical Praxis
ED 5070 Cultural Contexts of Education (Social Contexts)
Practicum/Professional mentoring:
I supervise PhD students in Educational Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies, and MED students in the Critical Studies in Education program. Recent dissertations/these supervised in Education include:
“An act of genocide: Eugenics, Indian policy, and the sterilization of Aboriginal women in Canada” (K. Stote, 2012); “Inclusive education policy in New Brunswick: A genealogical study” (C. Fleiger, 2012; “A Foucauldian genealogy of social welfare policy in New Brunswick” (L. Park, 2012); “The silence of the lambs: Deconstructing the discourse of purity in the Ontario Catholic Secondary Family Life Program” (K. Simons, 2012); “Critical filmmaking pedagogies: A disruptive praxis?” (M. Rogers, 2010).
Professional Practice
My current funded research explores violence in the lives of youth using participatory action research and arts-based inquiry. I present my work at regional, national and international conferences, and my work is published in scholarly journals, e.g., the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Gender and Education, the Canadian Journal of Education, and various edited collections. I work on various committees, including the Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee and the PhD Review Committee. I help organize the Faculty/Student Work in Progress Sessions as well as public events and presentations. I am a Board Member of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, and the UNB Sexuality Centre. In addition, I am Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies, Interdisciplinary Programs.
Contact Linda Eyre at leyre@unb.ca
Professional Page:
http://v8nu74s71s31g374r7ssn017uloss3c1vr3s.unbf.ca/~leyre/index.html
