Magda Lewis

Professor, Graduate Faculty
Cross-Appointed to Gender Studies and Sociology
Affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies Program (Faculty of Arts and Science)

Contact Information
Room: B202

Phone: 613-533-6000 x 77277

Email: magda.lewis@queensu.ca

Website: post.queensu.ca/~lewism/

 

 

Research Interests

• Social justice education in schools and teacher education
• The social and political context of education and schooling
• Anti-violence education projects
• Education for social democracy
• Contemporary critiques of the marketization of education and knowledge
• Higher education in the global economy

Academic Profile

For close to thirty-five years Dr. Lewis has been associated with a large variety of social transformation projects including peace education, alternative schooling, and more recently, critiques of the neo-liberal turn in society and culture. Her research and publications range from feminist and critical social theory with a focus on voice, equity, structures of power and social justice; critical analysis of Higher Education and the marketization of the academy; and critiques of neo-liberalism in programme delivery, administrative and ethics review processes in universities. Her book, Without a Word: Teaching Beyond Women's Silence, continues to enjoy popular acclaim in the area of women and higher education.