Rosa Bruno-Jofré
Professor, Dean of Education, Graduate Faculty
Research Interests
- History of education
- Social issues in education
- Citizenship issues in education, polity formation, and globalization
- History of women teaching congregations
Profile
Rosa Bruno-Jofré, Ph.D. (University of Calgary) is originally from Argentina where she completed her undergraduate studies in History and then Education at the Universidad Nacional del Sur. She taught in Argentina, Perú, (Universidad Nacional de San Marcos), Western Washington University, University of Manitoba (1989-2000), and at Queen's University for the past five years. Dr. Bruno-Jofré was Senior Academic Fellow (Office of the Vice-President Academic) at the University of Manitoba (January 1993 - January 1995), held a Research Fellowship with the Institute of the Humanities, Faculty of Arts in 1995, and served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba (July 1996-August 2000). She is also founding co-editor of Encounters on Education / Encuentros / Rencontres published jointly by the Faculty of Education at Queen's and the Department of Theory and History of Education, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
She has also served as book review editor of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education since 1999. In 2004, she received the Lamp of Learning Award in recognition for contribution to public education in Ontario, presented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation.
Her area of expertise is the history of education in Canada and beyond, having as an important focus history of education in Manitoba, citizenship education from a historical perspective, and the intersection of religion and education. Her most recent book forthcoming in November 2005, The Missionary Oblate Sisters: Vision and mission, 1904-1929 is being published by McGill/Queen's University Press. She also published (1988) Methodist Education in Peru: Social Gospel, politics, and American ideological and economic penetration, 1888-1930 Wilfred Laurier University Press. With regards to citizenship education, Bruno-Jofré co-edited with Natalia Aponiuk, (2001) Educating Citizens for a Pluralistic Society published as a book by the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association. She edited other books, monographs, and proceedings. Her papers have appeared in Canadian and international journals and as chapters in books and proceedings.
Her current research deals with history of ideas in particular the child, democracy and education; the teaching of history, and theoretical and methodological issues dealing with the writing of history of women religious.
Contact Information
Room: A117
Phone: 613-533-6210
Email: brunojor@educ.queensu.ca