Dr. Christine Cho

Dr. Cho is a practicing visual artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (studio) from York University (B.F.A. Hons), and a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. J/I visual arts) from York University. Dr. Cho completed her Master’s degree in Education (Language, Culture and Teaching, York University) examining socio-economically diverse adolescents’ perceptions of literacy. Christine completed her PhD in Language, Culture and Teaching (York University) exploring immigrant teacher candidates’ counter-stories. Dr. Cho’s dissertation was recognized by the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) in 2012 for its contribution to teacher education research in Canada. Christine taught all of the core subjects K-8 in the Toronto District School Board as well as in the Peel DSB. Prior to coming to Nipissing, Dr. Cho taught in the faculties of education at Western University, Queen’s University, York University and Trent University. Christine is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Teacher Education (a top-tier research journal). Dr. Cho teaches in the B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs at Nipissing University and supervises M.Ed. and PhD candidates and has been taking B.Ed. students abroad (Italy and France) since 2015. In 2016, Dr. Cho was the recipient of the Ontario Art Education Association’s Post-Secondary Art Educator of the Year for 2015.

Areas of Specialization:
Immigrant teacher candidates, flipped classroom, curriculum methods, visual arts, diversity and inclusion, critical pedagogy