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Dr. Mindy R. Carter

Title: 
Associate Professor
Academic title(s): 

 

  • Director, Artful Inquiry Research Group (AIRG)
Dr. Mindy R. Carter
Contact Information
Email address: 
mindy.carter [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-398-2021
Address: 

(Mailing Address)

Education Building
3700 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2

Office: 2001 McGill College (9th floor)
 

Department: 
Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)
Professional activities: 
  • Past-President, Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (2023-2025)
  • Associate Member, McGill Institute for Human Development and Well-being (IHDW)
  • Editor in Chief, Arts-Based Research Book Series, Springer
     
Areas of expertise: 
  • Arts Based Educational Research
  • Teacher Identity
  • Curriculum Theory
  • Drama and Theatre Education
Biography: 

Mindy R. Carter, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University, Canada. Her research focuses on teacher identity, and on using the arts to foster culturally responsible and socially just pedagogies. Carter’s “CREATE: Creativity Research in Education using Artful inquiry for societal Transformation and intercultural Exchange” research program has received Fonds de recherche du Quebec (2015–2018) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funding (2017–2023). She is the recent recipient of the American Association for Theatre Education's (AATE) Johnny Saldana Outstanding Professor of Theatre (2023) award and the AATE honourable mention publication award (2023) for her latest book "Smallest Circles First: Exploring Teacher Reconciliatory Praxis through Drama Education".

Link(s): 
McGill Artful Inquiry Research Group CREATE: 𝐂reativity 𝐑esearch in 𝐄ducation using 𝐀rtful inquiry for societal 𝐓ransformat
McGill Institute for Human Development and Well-being (IHDW)
Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies
Degree(s): 
  • PhD, Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MA, Montreal, QC, Concordia University, Canada
  • B.Ed, Thunder Bay, ON, Lakehead University, Canada
  • HBA, Halifax, NS, Dalhousie University, Canada
     
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • 2023 Johnny Saldana Outstanding Professor of Theatre award, American Alliance for Theatre Education.
  • 2023 Outstanding Book Award honorable mention for Smallest Circles First: Exploring Teacher Reconciliatory Praxis through drama education, American Alliance for Theatre Education.
  • 2023 University of British Columbia Decolonization and Reconciliation award, University of British Columbia Alumni award.
  • 2022 Canadian Committee for Graduate Students in Education (CCGSE) Mentorship Award, Canadian Society for the Study of Education.
  • 2021 Outstanding Publication Award, Artist Research Teacher Society, Canadian Society for the Study of Education. For: Reconceptualizing teacher Identity through design thinking and creativity: A Montreal case study.
Selected publications: 
  • Carter, M. (2014). The teacher monologues: Exploring the experiences and identities of artist-teachers. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publications.
  • Carter, M. (2022). Smallest circles first: Exploring teacher reconciliatory praxis in teacher education. University of Toronto Press.
  • Carter, M., Wiebe, S., Gouzouasis, P., *Shuman, L., *McLarnon, M., Ricketts, K., Howard, P., *Fischer, B. (2020). Reconceptualizing teacher identity through design thinking: A Montreal case study. Canadian Art Teacher.
  • Carter, M. (2022). Pedagogical assemblages exploring social justice issues through drama education. Routledge Companion to Drama Education.
  • Harris, A. & Carter, M. (2021). Applied creativity and the arts. Curriculum perspectives, 41(1).
  • Tacuri, N., Carter, M. R., Shuman, L., Harris, D. X., & Blomkwist, C. (2024). Collaborative Creative Engagements as Drivers for Re-imagining Classrooms and Pedagogies. Qualitative Inquiry, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241229063
Program: 
  • B.Ed.
  • M.A.
Graduate supervision: 

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