1 NAME: Maureen Ford RANK: Assistant Professor TENURED: No Full membership, School of Graduate Studies EDUCATION DEGREE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT YEAR PhD Uof Toronto Philosophy of Education 1995 (Being in the Know(n): The Implications of Situated Knowledges for Education) MA Uof Toronto Philosophy of Education 1987 MA U of Western Ontario Philosophy of Physical Ed 1983 and Sport BEd Althouse College Physical Ed/History 1981 BPE Univ of Alberta Physical Education 1980 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY DATE RANK & POSITION DEPARTMENT INSTITUTION 2001- Assistant Professor Education OISE/UT 1993B01 Associate Professor Education Lakehead U 2000 Visiting Scholar Education U of Auckland 1999 Visiting Scholar Education/Arts U of Alabama 1988B93 Secondary Teacher History/Science North York Board of Ed. 1986-88 Occasional Teacher History, Physical Ed & Health, North York Board of Ed. Music, English, Geography, Social Studies 1985 Instructor Philosophy of Physical Ed U of Alberta 1983 Occasional Teacher Physical Education London Board of Ed. 1981B82 Instructor Volleyball/Basketball U of Western Ontario SCHOLARLY & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2002-2003 Philosophy of Education Society, Women s Caucus Executive 2000-2001 Philosophy of Education Society (PES) Program Committee 1997B2001 1997B98 Philosophy of Education Society, Women=s Caucus Executive President, Canadian Society for women in Philosophy (C-SWIP) 1
2 1996B97 1996B97 1995B96 1995B96 Philosophy of Education Society (PES) Program Committee Vice-President, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (C-SWIP) Program Committee, Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education (CASWE) Secretary, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (C-SWIP) 1995-96 Executive, Canadian Association for Studies of Women and Education (CASWE) 1994B96 Editorial Board, Journal of Education ADJUDICATOR 2001-8 Reviewer, Educational Theory 2007 Reviewer, Studies in Philosophy and Education 1999 Reviewer, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Canada Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Council, Canada Reviewer, Paideusis. [Canadian Philosophy of Education Journal] 1998 Reviewer, Canada Council, Kilham Award 1997B98, 2008 Reviewer, Atlantis: A Women=s Studies Journal. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE OISE COMMITTEES 2000-08 Preservice Admissions Committee Awards Committee, Philosophy Member, Faculty Council 2006-08 Initial Teacher Education Committee 2004-05 Admissions, Awards and Program Committee 2001-02 Search Committee, Philosophy, OISE/UT LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES 1995B99 Women=s Studies Advisory Committee 1995B99 Women=s Studies Collaborative Master=s Committee 1995B97 Feminist Research Centre: Feminist Pedagogy Project LAKEHEAD FACULTY OF EDUCATION COMMITTEES 2000B01 Chair, Council of the Faculty (Lakehead University, Education) Member, Search Committee (Lakehead) 1995B96 Ad Hoc Committee, Development of a Two Year Preservice Program Secretary, Council of the Faculty 1994B96 Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Council of the Faculty Secretary, Council of the Faculty 2
3 1993B97 Member, Council of the Faculty GRADUATE SUPERVISION Successfully Completed In Progress Inactive Doctoral Theses Chair Committee 2 2 3 5 Master s Theses Chair Committee 6 10 5 0 Master s Projects (QRP) Chair 3 External Reviewer GRADUATE SUPERVISION (completed) Ph.D Ed.D MA Hossein Mesbahian. 2007. Occidental Rationality and the Claim to Universality: A Study of Jürgen Habermas s Philosophy of Modernity Ozma Masood, 2007. At Risk: The Racialized Student Marked for Educational Failure. Terry Campbell. 2004. Good Talk on Great Literature Alison Williams. 2002. Toward a Just Conception of Integrity. Jeff Stickney. 2005. Judging Teachers: A Philosophical Investigation of Teacher Performance Appraisal. Karen Sihra. 2004. Gandhi s Praxis: Ideas for Non-Violent Social Transformation Bart Vautour. 2004. Global Remix: Global Youth and/in the Academy David Phillips. 2003. Shifting the Gaze in Higher Education: The Importance of Physical Education to Critical Theory. Chantal Fiola. 2006. Decolonizing the Social Sciences: Aboriginal-Centered Theorizing and Aboriginal Relationships with Postcolonial Theories. Scott Graham. 2004. Privileged Social Group Indifference: An Expansion of Iris Marion Young s Theory of Oppression. Rathika Vasavithasan. 2004. Feminism(s), Nationalism(s), and Frantz Fanon. 3
4 MEd Hossein Mesbahian. 2003. Paul Ricoeur=s Conceptions of Ideology and Its Correlation with Utopia. Scott McDonald. 2003. Poetic Justice: the paradox of Plato as poet and its implications for a defense of literature. Lorraine Argatoff, 2002. Taking a Stance: Sustaining Relation Across Difference. Ted Love. 2006. Instrumental Music Education in Contemporary U.S. Education: Philosophical Issues. (U. of Toronto) MRP. Lise Vaugeois. 2004. Where Politics and Music Meet: Why Developing Critical Consciousness is Important to the Education of Professional Musicians. (Lakehead University) Agnes Apusigah. 1999. Restructuring Education in Ghana: A Case for Reconceptualizing Educational Aims. (Lakehead University) Hong Juan Zhang. 2003. Knowing Myself: Awareness and Transcendence of the Social Location of a teacher of De Yu (Ideological, Political and Moral Education) in China. Norm Vanek 2002. The Politics of Position: Explicating Pedagogical Consequences of My Whiteness and Masculinity. (Lakehead University) Elaine Foster-Seargeant. 2001. The Lived Experience of New Graduate Physiotherapists in the First Year of Practice: Mentorship and Program Management. (Lakehead University) Nicole Sanderson. 1998. Gender Issues in Initial Teacher Education. (Lakehead University) Samuel Badu-Nyarko. 1997. A Study of Faculty Attitudes Towards the Adoption of University-Based Distance Education in Ghana. (Lakehead University) Barbara Spadoni.1997. Inclusion of Children with Down Syndrome in the Regular Classroom. (project) (Lakehead University) F. Susan Oulette. 1996. Applications of Feminist Pedagogy. (project) (Lakehead University) Internal Examiner Paul Berger. 2001. Adaptations of Euro-Canadian Schools to Inuit Culture in Selected Communities in Nunavut. (Lakehead University) Serge Titley. 2001. The Personalist Philosophy of John Macmurray. (Lakehead University) GRADUATE SUPERVISION IN PROGRESS Ph.D. Helen Anderson Jim Lang Michael McGarry David Phillips Karen Sihra Tina Martimianakis Ed.D. Gary Swain Paul Bentley M.A. 4
Helen Tewolde Kimberly Walker Zahar Sohouri Mark Renneson Holly Luffman 5 GRADUATE & ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION COURSES TAUGHT OISE Courses 2008 TPS1465H Special Topics: Diversity Matters: Power and Discipline in the Classroom 2004-07 TPS1465 Troubling Knowledges 2003-06 TPS1432 Knowledge, Mind and Subjectivity TPS3453 Individual Reading and Research in the Philosophy of Education: TPS3453 2001-04, 06 TPS1440 Introduction to Philosophy of Education TPS3453 Individual Reading and Research in the Philosophy of Education: Critical Pedagogy 2001-2006 TPS3453 Individual Reading and Research in the Philosophy of Education: - Epistemology - Gender and Eating Disorders - Foucault and Education - Critical Pedagogy Lakehead Courses 1995-2001 ED-5412 Philosophy of Education 1998-2000 WS5101 Women s Studies Theory and Methodology 1998-99 ED5612 Race and Gender Issues in Education 1996-98 ED5414 Special Topics Critical Pedagogy 1994-95 ED5414 Special Topics Sociology of Education 1993-2001 ED5570 Directed Study - Philosophy of Music Education - Critical Pedagogy - Gender Theory in Education. - Contemporary Philosophy of Education - Critical Theory & Epistemology - Coaching Ethics, Gender & Epistemology-Science Curriculum - Ethics of Care, Nursing Ethics - Moral Education & Philosophical Foundations of Educational Reform UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT OISE COURSES 2005 EDU5147 Knowledge, Mind and Subjectivity (cross-listed) 2001-007 EDU3508 School and Society LAKEHEAD COURSES 2000-2001 ED-4432 Society and Education 1997-2001 ED-4446 Educational Foundations and Law 1995-2001 WS-1100 Introduction to Women=s Studies 1995-97 ED-4432 Integrated Foundations of Education 1995-97 WS-2010 Origins of Feminist Thought 1 1995B96 ED-4060 (NTEP) Expressive Arts (Physical Education, P/J) Native Teacher Ed Program 1993-97 ED-4060 Expressive Arts (Physical Education, P/J) 5
6 1993B95 ED-4430 Philosophy of Education 1993-94 ED-4451 Curriculum Evaluation 1993-94 ED-4432 Society and Education 1993-94 ED-4433 History of Education RESEARCH FUNDING (in the last seven years) 2006-7 $20,500 SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Workshops Grant, OISE/UT Agency After Foucault 2001-03 $10 000 Connaught Start-up Grant, OISE/UT 2000B01 1999B02 $ 3 500 Research Development Grant, Lakehead University Social Sciences Humanities Research Council $78 000 Strategic Grant, Collaborative Research, Applied Ethics, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council 1995B98 $101 000 Strategic Grant, Collaborative Research, Professional Ethics, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council 1995 $ 1 100 Aid to Small Universities Grant: Feminist Pedagogy PUBLICATIONS (Lifetime Summary) Books (monographs) 1 Guest Edited Journals 1 Chapters in Books 2 Papers in Refereed Journals 6 Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings 1(10) Papers in Non-Refereed Journals 1 Technical Reports Abstract/Posters/Papers Read 33 Other (e.g. workshops presented) 1 BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS Code, L., M. Ford, K. Martindale, S. Sherwin, D. Shogan. 1991. Is Feminist Ethics Possible? Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), Monograph Series #27. Ottawa: CRIAW. GUEST EDITED JOURNALS Ford, M., K. Pepper-Smith, B. Houston, K. Morgan (Eds.) 1987. Women and Philosophy. Resources for Feminist Research 16,3(September). (Guest editors.) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 6
7 Ford, M. What is Postmodernism? In Hare, William, John Portelli. 2005. Key Questions for Educators. EdPhil Books. 35-38. Code, L, with M. Ford, K. Martindale, S. Sherwin, & D. Shogan. 1992. Feminist Ethics and Collaborative Writing. In Eve Browning Cole and Susan Coultrap-McQuin, (Ed.) Explorations in feminist ethics: Theory and practice. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS Ford, M. (forthcoming). Knowing Differently Situated Others: Educational Thought, (spring, 2009). Teachers and Arrogant Perception. Journal of FORD, M. 2007. Situating Knowledge as Coalition Work. In What Feminist Inquiry Contributes to Philosophy and the Philosophy of education: A Symposium. Ed. by Barbara Thayer-Bacon and Gayle Turner. Educational Theory, 57, 3: 307-324 Ford, M. 2003. Unveiling Technologies of Power in Classroom Organization Practice. Educational Foundations. 17, 2(Spring): 5-27. Shogan, D., & Ford, M. 2000. A New Sport Ethics: Taking Konig Seriously. The International Review of the Sociology of Sport. 35,1: 49-58. Ford, M., & Pepper-Smith, K. 1998. Dividing the difference: intelligibility as an element of moral education under oppression. Journal of Moral Education, 27(4), 275B293. Ford, M. 1987. Gender-Bending is Political: Gender-Sensitive Education Reconsidered. Eidos, VI,2(December): 151-174. PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS * Ford, M. (forthcoming). Discounting sheep: authority, arrogance and particularity in some whiteness discourse. Philosophy of Education Society: 2008. Urbana IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Ford, M. 2005. Quandaries of Place-Based Education. In Ken Howe (ed.) Philosophy of Education: 2005. Urbana IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Ford, M. 2004.Considering the Standpoints of Others: Teachers and Arrogant Perceptions. In Higgins, C. (Ed.). Philosophy of Education 2004. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society. *Ford, M. 2003. From Siegfried=s Ghost to Raven=s Tales. In Alston, Kal. (Ed.). Philosophy of Education 2003. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society. *Ford, M. 2002. Doubled Double Consciousness or Troubled Double Consciousness. In Fletcher, S. (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 2002. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society: 147-150. *Ford, M. 2000. A Playful Misreading of Desire. In Stone, L. (Ed.). Philosophy of Education 2000. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society: 318-321. *Ford, M. 1999. Shifting the Authority Project. In Curren, R. (Ed.). Philosophy of Education 1999. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society: 354-356. *Ford, M. 1996. Opening the closet door: Sexualities education and Aactive ignorance.@ In Margonis, F. (Ed.). 7
8 Philosophy of Education, 1996. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society: 290B293. *Ford, M. 1995. Willed to choose: Educational reform and busno-power. In Neiman, A. (Ed.) Philosophy of Education, 1995. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society: 330-333. *Ford, M. 1993. Dangerous possibilities for differently-situated people in Foucault's ethics. In Thomas, A. (Ed.). Philosophy of Education 1993. Champagne: Philosophy of Education Society: 388B391. *The papers marked are invited responses reviewed by the editor and included in refereed conference proceedings. PAPERS IN NON-REFEREED JOURNALS Ford, M., with J. Epp, P. Tripp-Knowles, & L. Vaugeois. (1996). Classroom Dynamics and Feminist Pedagogy: Engaged Learning. Applying Research to the Classroom, 14(3), 26B30. Calgary: Division of Teacher Preparation, University of Calgary. PRESENTATIONS Ford, M. and J. Lang. 2008. Troubling Knowledges: Shifting Modes of Inquiry. New England Philosophy of Education Society, Boston MA, October 4, 2008. Ford, M. and J. Lang. 2008. Troubling Knowledges: Stirring the Pot(s) of Conventional Wisdom. Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Dayton OH, Sept. 27, 2008. Ford, M., M. Mcgarry, and G. White. 2008. Panel Presentation: Agency After Agency After Foucault : Problematizing the Agentic Subject of Educational Practice. Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Dayton OH, Sept. 27, 2008. Ford, M. 2008. Discounting sheep: authority, arrogance and particularity in some whiteness discourse. Philosophy of Education Society, 2008. Boston MA, April 12. Ford, M. 2007 Agency in Resistance Agency After Foucault conference, OISE/UT, Toronto, April 16. Ford, M. 2007. Troubling Knowledges, MetaNarratives of Humility panel, Philosophy of Education Society, 2007. Atlanta GA: March 18. Ford, M. & M. Renneson, 2006. Playing with Deterritorializing and Deterritorializing Play: A Deleuzian approach to Sport and Gender Performance. International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Conference, Niagara Falls ON, September 2006. Ford, M. & J. Stickney. 2006. On War and Riverbeds: Reading Wittgenstein through Foucault in the service of feminist and educational transformation. Proposal accepted as round table presentation. AERA. Foucault SIG, April, San Francisco. Ford, M. 2005. Using Situated Knowledges to Overcome Barriers to Knowing Oppression. Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession Topical Panel, Philosophy of Education Society, San Francisco, March 18, 2005. Ford, M. 2005. Quandaries of Place-Based Education. Philosophy of Education Society, San Francisco, March 19, 2005. Ford, M. 2004. Licentious Bodies and Other-than-Authoritative Agency. Semiotics SIG, AERA, San Diego CA, 8
April 14. 9 Ford, M. 2004. Agency After Foucault Panel: New Metaphors for Power and Teacher Resistance, Philosophy of Education Society, Annual meeting March, 2004, Toronto ON. Ford, M. 2004. Opening to the Standpoints of Differently Situated Others: Teachers and Arrogant Perception. Ethics and Epistemologies of Ignorance Conference. March 26, 2004. State College PA. Ford, M. 2004.Playing Charades with Classroom Management Discourse: Notes on Possibilities for Teacher Resistance. Theory and Policy Studies Conference. January 23, 2004. OISE/UToronto, Toronto, ON. Ford, M. 2003. Raising (Razing) the Ghosts of Cultural Genocide: A Philosophical Analysis of Arrogant Pereption in Literacy Research and Practices. Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 4, 2003. Solomon P. with J. Portelli, M. Ford, D. Mujawamariya, S. Taraban, & R. Khattar. (2002). Interrogating Initial Teacher Certification Testing: Critical Democratic Perspectives. CATE (CSSE).May 27, 2002. Toronto, ON. Ford, M. 2002. Avoiding Arrogant Perception in Literacy Research. Panel presentation at Literacy, Testing and Equal Opportunities in Education Conference, Feb. 2, 2002, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay ON. Ford, M. 2000. Unveiling technologies of power in classroom organization practice. Public Lecture, Toronto, April 4, OISE/UToronto. Ford, M., & Shogan, D. 1998. Ethics in Canadian high performance sport. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Las Vegas, Annual meeting, November. Ford, M. 1998. With friends like these... Comments on a Foucauldian genealogy of Atruth@. Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Annual meeting, Calgary, September. Ford, M. 1997. Legitimate personal experience and ethico-political assessments of the main danger. Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Annual meeting Halifax, September. Ford, M. 1997. What more can we say? Gender and the philosophy of education. Invited address to the Philosophy of Education Society, Annual meeting, Vancouver, April. Ford, M. 1996. Dividing the difference: An essay on moral intelligibility. Edwardsville, IL: Mid-West Society for Women in Philosophy, Annual meeting, October. Ford, M. 1996. Situated vs standard knowledge as the basis for politically-sensitive education. Public lecture delivered at the University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, April 6. Ford, M. 1996. Educating for social change. Public lecture delivered to the University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, April 5. Ford, M. 1996. Situated knowledge: A coalescence. Lakehead University Women=s Studies Speakers Series, Thunder Bay, ON, March 20. Ford, M., P. Tripp-Knowles, T. Dunk, K. Fedderson. 1994. Postmodernism & Education. Panel presentation. Graduate Studies Conference, Lakehead University. February 6. Ford, M. and K. Pepper-Smith. 1992. Dividing the Difference: Sexual Preference as a Possible Test/Special Case for Moral Intelligibility. Association of Moral Education Annual Conference. November. Toronto ON. 9
10 Ford, M. 1992. Educating for Political Sensitivity: Epistemological Barriers to Knowing Oppression and Knowing Privilege. Toronto: Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Annual meeting, September. Ford, M. 1990. Gender Talk. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, ON, November 12. Ford, M. 1989. Distrusting Gender. AGender & Academe Conference@ University of South Florida, Tampa Bay, November 4. Ford, M. 1989. Jane Roland Martin and Gender-Bending: A Critique of Liberal Education. Minneapolis: National Women=s Studies Association, Annual meeting, June. Code, L., M. Ford, K. Martindale, S. Sherwin, D. Shogan. 1988. Feminist Ethics Project. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Quebec City, November 13. Code, L., M. Ford, K. Martindale, S. Sherwin, D. Shogan. 1988. Feminist Ethics and Collaborative Writing. Duluth Feminist Ethics Conference. Duluth, MN, October 8. Code, L., M. Ford, K. Martindale, S. Sherwin, D. Shogan. 1988. Feminist Ethics. Montreal: Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy. Annual meeting, September. Ford, M. 1987. Gender-Bending is Political. Hamilton: Canadian Society for Women In Philosophy, at the CSWIP session during the Learned Societies meetings, May. 10