Dolana Mogadime is a Professor in the Faculty of Education and past PhD Program Director, 2017 \u2013 2019 for the Joint PhD in Educational Studies Program (Brock Home University). Her research interests are in human rights and curriculum studies, critical sociology of education, equity studies and feminist theories. She has published in international and national academic journals and anthologies on topics such as; women in leadership; gender-based violence; human rights education; teachers life stories and commitments to equity in the curriculum; and human rights education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dolana has contributed toward several key initiatives that\nfocus on advancing human rights in higher education. Among them, the Human\nRights Task Force as Vice-Chair (2016-2017), the Antiracism Task Force, as\nProgram Director (2015-2016), and The President\u2019s Advisory Committee on Human\nRights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED) Transitional Committee (2017-2018).\nSeveral reports were produced because of this work as well as a co-edited double\nspecial issue in, \u2018Brock Education: A\nJournal of Educational Research and Practice\u2019<\/em> (2017) and Understanding and Dismantling Privilege <\/em>(2017)\njournal with Abbey Ferber, PhD., University of Colorado. Within her capacity as\nEditor-in-Chief, Brock Education Journal<\/em>,\nshe has overseen 8 completed journal issue publications and worked side by side\nwith an additional 3 special issue Guest Editors. Dolana continues to champion\nopen access knowledge exchange on several fronts: On campus, at the university\nlevel; as well as national; and internationally. Her contributions have made a difference\nto both academic and professional learning communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dolana was born in South Africa, in the city of Pretoria.\nShe is an Indigenous scholar of Zulu and Sotho cultural backgrounds and has\nmany honors attributed to her successes including Honorary Professor,\nUniversity of the Free State, South Africa and Extra Ordinary Associate\nProfessor of North West University, Faculty of Educational Studies, South\nAfrica, and the 2018 Brock University Open Access Award (for her Equity work). Recently,\nshe became the inaugural Visiting Scholar at the\nCanadian Museum for Human Rights<\/a> (2018-2019). She is both Chair and Coordinator\nof the Teaching Nelson Mandela Advisory Committee, and project lead for the\nCanadian Museum for Human Rights and Brock University Memorandum of\nUnderstanding (MOU). She is working with colleagues and school leaders located throughout\nOntario, as well as PhD and MEd students and alumni, on curriculum that will be\nused in Canadian schools on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. Dolana is\nthe mother of two sons, both of whom graduated from Brock University. In her\nspare time, she enjoys writing poetry and contemplative nature walks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n