Doctor of Philosophy in Education, 1999 
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada
Thesis Title: Narrative Inquiry in a Multicultural Landscape: Multicultural Teaching and Learning

Master of Education, 1994
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada
Thesis Title: Educational Experiences of Asian Students in Canada

Teaching Certificate, Elementary and Secondary, 1978 
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, 1970 
McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Outstanding Book Award, Division B, AERA, for Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction (Associate Editor), 2009

Outstanding Book Award, Division B, AERA, for Personal~Passioante~Participatory Inquiry: Research for Social Justice
(Co-Editor), 2009

Outstanding Symposium Award, International Studies SIG, AERA, 2009

Internationalization Award, Innovative Program Award, International Programs, Purdue University, 2009

Engagement Award, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University, 2009

Professor of Curriculum (an elected international academy of curriculum scholars with a limit of 125 members; affiliated with the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the American Educational Research Association), 2008

College of Education Dean’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship, Purdue University, 2008

Discovery Award, College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University, 2008

Diversity Fellows Award, Purdue University, 2007-2008

Teaching for Tomorrow Award, Purdue University, 2003-2004

Outstanding Teaching Award, Purdue University, School of Education, 2001-2002

Outstanding Teaching Award, Purdue University, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 2001-2002

American Educational Research Association Division B (Curriculum Studies) – Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2000

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1998-1999

Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), 1996-1998

Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Public Policy Research (Co-PI with Kerry Kennedy & Ming Tak Hue) ($125,000). Educational provision for ethnic minority students in Hong Kong: Meeting the challenges of the Racial Discrimination Bill, 2006-2009.

Purdue Research Foundation (with Reiko Habuto Ileleji) ($14, 425). Japanese female identity development , 2006-2007

Hong Kong Institute of Education Research Grant (with Betty Eng & Kerry Kennedy, Co-PI) ($10,000).Exploring    multiculturalism in the Hong Kong context, 2005-2006       

College of Education Research Grant, Purdue University with Erik Malewski ($2,500), 2005-2006
International field experience impact on pre-service teacher’s understanding of teaching diverse populations of students

Purdue Research Foundation Grant, Purdue University ($14,425), 2005-2006
The educational experiences of the homeless child

Purdue Research Foundation Grant, Purdue University ($26, 268), 2003-2005
An examination of multicultural education practices: Implications for theory, curriculum, pedagogy, and teacher education programs

P3T3 Mini Grant with Erik Malewski ($2,500), 2004
Virtual collaboration: Linking K-12 students and teachers

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant ($101,422), 2003-2006
Collaborator (with Michael Connelly as principal investigator, Jean Clandinin as co-investigator, Ming Fang He as collaborator): Intersecting Narratives: Cultural Harmonies and Tensions in Inner-City Canadian Schools                    

Undergraduate research trainee, 2002
Using technology to create a community of learners to explore a diverse inner-city classroom.

Purdue Research Foundation Summer Faculty Grant, Purdue University ($6,000), 2001
A study of programs that contribute to the success of diverse students

Purdue Research Foundation Grant, Purdue University ($13,134), 2001
The impact of student teaching on pre-service teachers’ knowledge about teaching English

Ministry of Multiculturalism and Status for Women-Canada ($4,000), 1997
Barriers to Professional Certification for Immigrant Women  

Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers ($1,000), 1993-1994
Asian Students Educational Experiences in Canada

Conference Funding 

Blackwell Publications (Curriculum Inquiry) Conference (with Michael Connelly) ($30, 000), May 16-19, 2002
Experiential Approaches to the Study of Multicultural Education, Toronto

International Program Development Grants

International Programs Development Grant ($13,000), 2005
Purdue University, Teacher Education Study Abroad Program in Honduras

International Program Development Grant (with Lynn Nelson) ($6,000), 2004
Purdue University, for for Teacher Education Study Abroad Program in Honduras and Russia

International Programs Development Grant (with Lynn Nelson) ($20,000), 2003
Purdue University, Teacher Education Study Abroad Program in Honduras and Russia

Curriculum Studies Program Development Grant

Graduate School’s New Recruitment Initiative Award (with Erik Malewski) ($5,000), 2004-2005

Graduate School’s New Recruitment Initiative Award (with Rochelle Brock & Erik Malewski)($4,000), 2003-2004

 

Advisory Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIED), Hong Kong, 2007-2010

Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2005

Coordinator, Purdue University
Exploring Teaching as a Career (Undergraduate course EDCI 205) 

Courses Taught, Purdue University
Seminar in Curriculum (Graduate course EDCI 684)
Secondary School Curriculum (Graduate course EDCI 584)
Multicultural Education (Graduate course EDCI 585)
Foundations of Curriculum (Graduate course EDCI 580)
Contemporary Curriculum Theory (Graduate course, EDCI 682)
Exploring Teaching as a Career (Undergraduate course EDCI 205) 

Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 1999-2002
Seminar in Curriculum Studies
Seminar in Forms of Curriculum Inquiry

Instructor, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 1998 & 1999
Research Colloquium in Curriculum and Instruction 
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 
Hong Kong Institute of Education Faculty Doctoral Program, Hong Kong

Teaching Assistant, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada, 1997 
Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Teacher Development 
(Graduate Course CTL 1324) 

Teaching Assistant, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada, 1995
Foundations of Curriculum (Graduate Course CTL 1300)

Curriculum Developer, Canadian International Student Services, Toronto, Canada, 1994
Assistant Director and English as a Second Language Instructor

English Instructor, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Aomori, Japan, 1993

Teacher and Acting Principal, St. John’s International School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1989-1992

English Instructor, Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages, Tokyo, Japan, 1983-1989

Lecturer of English, Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, Japan, 1988-1989

Teacher of English, Ministry of Education, Japan, 1985-1987

Substitute Teacher, Sooke School District, Sooke, British Columbia, Canada, 1981-1983

Principal Investigator, 2005-present
Multicultural research, Hong Kong, China

Principal Investigator, 2000-present
Study Abroad Research, Honduras and Purdue University

Principal Investigator, 1999-2005
School based multicultural research, Toronto, Canada

Doctoral Fellowship, 1995-1999
Project with immigrant teachers funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Government, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada

Coordinator, 1995-1999
Projects on teachers’ knowledge development and school reform supported by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada

Principal Investigator, 1997 
Project on barriers to professional certification for immigrant women, supported by Ministry of Multiculturalism and Status for Women- Canada

Research Officer, 1995-1997
Project on pilot program and learning in schools supported by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto and the Ministry of Education and Training, Toronto, Canada

Research Assistant, 1994-1995
Project on teacher knowledge supported by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada

Principal Investigator, 1993-1994
Project on educational experiences of Asian visa students in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, supported by Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers

Study Abroad Program Developer, 2002-present
 Zamorano, Honduras (Undergraduate and graduate classes taught on site with field experience in bilingual school)

Coordinator, 1998-1999
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Hong Kong Institute of Education HKIED Faculty Doctoral Program

Coordinator, 1998
Curriculum team preparing glossary of terms and hosting Egyptian delegation for Toronto visit, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto with UNICEF: Egypt Girl Child Project

Co-Chair, AERA, SIG (Education and Student Development in Cities), 2006-2009

Program Chair, AERA, SIG (Education and Student Development in Cities), 2005

Member, Membership Committee, AERA, Division K (Teaching & Teacher Education), 2005-2007

Editor, Curriculum Inquiry, 2003-2006

Newsletter Editor, AERA, Division B (Curriculum Studies) with Erik Malewski, 2004-2006

Section Co-Chair, Curriculum and Diversity, AERA, Division B (Curriculum Studies) with Ernest Morrell, 2003-2004

Member, team preparing Handbook for Affirmative Action Officers, Affirmative Action Council, AERA, 2003

Professional Development & Training, Instructor, AERA Winter Institute (American Educational Research Association Professional Development and Training Committee):  Narrative Inquiry in Social Science Research with Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and Yvonna S. Lincoln, Toronto, February 20-22, 2003.

Associate Editor, Curriculum Inquiry, 2002

Chair, Equity Committee, Division B, AERA, 2001-2003
 
Member, Equity Committee, Division B, AERA, 2001-2002

Member, Affirmative Action Council, AERA, 2000-2003

Member, Editorial Board, Curriculum Inquiry, 1999-2002

Invited Member, Invisible College for the Study of Teaching (teacher education researchers associated with AERA), 1998-2002

Member
American Educational Research Association
Among Teachers Community
National Association for Multicultural Education
Narrative Inquiry Special Interest Group (AERA)

Founding Member, International Teachers Network (community based volunteer group working with immigrant teachers), 1997-1999

Secretary, Latino Coalition of Greater Lafayette, IN 200-2002

Press Releases (on distance education field experience project)

Journal and Courier (featured front page article) Purdue program uses video to link teachers, students, Tom Leininger, May 7, 2001.

Chronicle of Higher Education (on line version) Education students use video-conferencing to visit an urban classroom, Scott Carlson, May 2, 2001.

Purdue News: Technology goes the distance in Purdue’s School of Education, Jenny Pratt,  April 6, 2001.

Conference Coordinator: Experiential Approaches to Multiculturalism in Education
Conference held in Toronto, Canada, May 16-18, 2002
http://home.oise.utoronto.ca/~CI/