Melissa Corrente
Instructor

Melissa Corrente

Biography

Dr. Melissa Corrente is an Ontario Certified Teacher and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Ottawa. She teaches part-time for the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. She is passionate about infusing mental well-being into teacher education programs. Melissa is the mother of two school-aged children.

Positions

Part-time Faculty
Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - Schulich School of Education

Education

BA - Wilfrid Laurier University
BEd - Nipissing University
MEd - Nipissing University
PhD - Nipissing University

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Programs

  • Consecutive Education

Research

Research Interests

  • Teacher mental health
  • Healthcare worker burnout
  • Food literacy for children
  • Psychological health and safety in long term care

Publications

Book Chapters

Corrente, M., Ferguson, K., & Bourgeault, I. (in press). Waving a Magic Wand to Improve Canadian Teachers’ Mental Health. Research Handbook on Educator Wellbeing and Resilience

Corrente, M. (in press). Memoir Revealed: Moving from Narrative Revelation to Reformation. In L. Kruk & K. Ferguson (Eds.), Psychologies of Mothering: Literature and Literacy

Corrente, M. (2017). Motherhood and graduate studies: The untold stories of summer residency. In C. DeRoche & E. Berger (Eds.), The Parent Track: Timing, Balance, and Choice in Academia (pp.65-75). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Journal Articles

Corrente M, Atanackovic J, Simkin S, Bourgeault IL. Leading Practices to Safeguard the Mental Health of Investigators and Trainees in Research Teams. New Solut. 2025 Nov; 35(3):304-315. doi: 10.1177/10482911251362477.

Ferguson K, Corrente M, Bourgeault IL. Facilitators and Barriers to Mental Health Leaves and Return to Work Among Canadian Teachers. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/10482911251362471

Ferguson, K., Tulk, C., Corrente, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2025). Examining the Frequency and Impact of Workplace Violence on Canadian Education Workers' Mental Health and Attrition. Journal of Education Human Resources.

Atanackovic, J., Akuamoah-Boateng, H., Park, J., Corrente, M., Bourgeault, I.L. (2025). Influence of the Pandemic on the Mental Health of Professional Workers. BMC Psychology 13, 245 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02536-z

Ferguson, K., Tulk, C., Corrente, M., Rodger, S., & Bourgeault, I. L. (2025). Canadian teachers with mental health issues and workplace accommodations. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 40(4), 457–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2024.2446383

Brown, Natalya; Ferguson, Kristen; Corrente, Melissa (2025). It’s Never Too Early: A Pilot Study of Financial Literacy for Young Children and Professional Development for their Educators. Monash University. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.26180/30083866.v1

Atanackovic, J., Corrente, M., Myles, S, et al. Cultivating a psychological health and safety culture for interprofessional primary care teams through a co-created evidence-informed toolkit. Healthcare Management Forum. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/08404704241263918

Corrente, M., Myles, S., Atanackovic, J. et al. Even if you build it, they may not come: challenges in the uptake of workplace mental health toolkits. BMC Public Health 24, 2770 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20039-1

Ferguson K, Corrente M, Bourgeault IL. Facilitators and Barriers to Mental Health Leaves and Return to Work Among Canadian Teachers. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2025;35(3):316-325. doi:10.1177/10482911251362471

Corrente, M., Park, J., Akuamoah-Boateng, H., Atanackovic, J. & Bourgeault, I. (2024). Work & life stress experienced by professional workers during the pandemic: a gender-based analysis. BMC Public Health 24, 1441. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18677-6

Corrente, M., Atanackovic, J., & Bourgeault, I., (2024). Understanding health worker burnout using a mixed-methods approach. In Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Online. SAGE Publications, Ltd., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529684353

Corrente, M, Ferguson, K., & Bourgeault, I. (2022). Mental Health Experiences of Teachers: A Scoping Review.  Journal of Teaching and Learning, 16(1), 23-43.  

Corrente, M., Zychla, L., Given, M., & Mihailescu, M. (2022). Supporting MRT Mental Health: Through COVID-19 and Beyond. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 54(2), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2022.11.008

Corrente, M., Zychla, L., Given, M., & Mihailescu, M. (2022). MRTs Speak Up: The Professional Identity Crisis brought on by COVID-19. Journal of Allied Health, 51(4), 95-103.  

Corrente, M. (2022). Exploring the Personal and Professional Realities of Parenthood and Graduate Studies. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 68(3), 340–356. https://doi.org/10.11575/ajer.v68i3.72163

Corrente, M (2022). Innovation in Transcribing Data: Meet Otter.ai. Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Online. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529799033