丁香园AV

Faculty of Education

Dr. Susan Barber

Dr. Susan Barber / Service

Service

Service to the University

  • Instructor, to students in the BC Initiative for Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (BC-IPSE) under Steps-Forward which supports students with developmental disabilities who wish to access academic programs at 丁香园AV (Nick Gay, Inclusive Facilitator) (2016, 2023-2024)
  • Invited Evaluator, assessment of SIAT Faculty Member鈥檚 suitability for promotion to University Lecturer. (2023, Oct.)
  • Judge of first year academic students鈥� writing at Student Learning Commons (2023-2024)
  • Interim committee member, redesign of Aboriginal University Preparation Program (IAUPP) (2017鈥�2020)
  • Consultant, Implementing 鈥淲鈥� component of university mandate at the Writing Intensive Learning Office (WILO) (2006鈥�2007)

Service to the Faculty

  • Committee member, Master of Arts in Education. Defense for Chukwudi Nwobodo. Title of thesis: Using peer review modelling to improve social conversational skill of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Educational Psychology/Inclusion (ETLD), FoE. 丁香园AV. (2025, April 14)
  • Ad Hoc Committee for FoE Workload Equity Policy (WEP) (2023-2025)
  • RAWG (Research Advisory Working Group). Education Hub- supporting FoE research. (2023-2024)
  • Guest speaker, Research Matters@Faculty of Education 鈥� Interdisciplinary Research Seminar presentation for graduate students. Title: 鈥淏uilding Your Research Collage鈥�. (2022, Feb.17)
  • Review and adjudication, 180 applications to 丁香园AV鈥檚 MEd Field Programs. (2015-2022)
  • Committee member, Undergraduate Programs Committee (2021鈥�2022)
  • Committee member,  Faculty Tenure & Promotions Committee (FTPC) (2020鈥�2021)
  • Committee member, Professional Programs Committee (2015鈥�2019)
  • Committee member, Field Programs Committee (2013鈥�2015)
  • Application reviewer/adjudicator, MEd Field Programs (2015鈥損resent)
  • Founding editor/research assistant, 丁香园AV Educational Review (2006鈥�2007)

Service to the Scholarly Community

  • Invited reviewer, Evaluation of manuscript for upcoming special issue entitled: Translanguaging as a pedagogy for refugee and migrant children in elementary classrooms. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. Editors:  Khanh Le (CUNY) and Zhongfeng Tan (Rutgers). (2025)
  • Invited reviewer . NWO 鈥� Dutch Research Council.  SSH Open Competition proposal in Psychology, Pedagogics and Educational Sciences. Research proposal title: 鈥淧articipatory theatre as pedagogy to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in teacher and medical education鈥� (focus on refugees and newcomers). Contact: Erica van Liempt, Open Competition L (large scale grants) (2024)
  • Invited reviewer, Issues in Teacher Education. 鈥淐limate change in Teacher Education: Student Well-Being and Mental Health鈥�. Editor: Nilsa Thorsos  (2024)
  • Academic Writing support. Writing Group member for AERA Arts & Learning SiG. Assist new/mid-career researchers in preparing scholarly papers for publication. (2023-2024)
  • Reviewer, AERA 2025 conference proposals for Arts & Learning SiG. (2020, 2021, 2024)
  • Invited reviewer, Book manuscript: Storytelling and wellness: Sustaining and reflective literacy in teacher education.  Lexington Books (scholarly imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, AERA). Editor:    Emily Kasprzyk. (2023)
  • Invited reviewer, Australian Educational Researcher/Springer (six manuscripts) (2023-2024)
  • Invited reviewer/editor, Qeios 鈥� Open journal 鈥� supports and develops papers online. (2023)
  • Reviewer, CSSE conference proposals 鈥� LLRC, Arts SiG (2018-2022)
  • Media interview, Interviewed by Emilie Dingfeld for Indigo/Chapters blog (2020, Sept. 9): Five reasons why you should read to your kids before bed.
  • Reviewer, AERA conference proposals for Arts & Learning SiG (2020-2021)
  • Invited speaker, Educators鈥� essential role in refugee settlement: Adapting B.C.鈥檚 New Curriculum for greater inclusion, belonging, and well-being. ECED, UBC (2020, March 31)
  • Invited speaker, Teaching refugees in Canada: Ovecoming challenges through using strengths and resilience, Summer Institute, Education, UBC (2019, July 9)
  • Judge, Prism International Fiction contest, UBC (2004)

Service to the Community

  • Langley Community Social Services, Revision of ELL curriculum for advanced English classes (2022)
  • Liaison Committee Partnerships, Collaborations with Surrey School district administration & 丁香园AV Surrey Executive, Faculty of Education, Student recruitment, Aboriginal Education (2021)
  • Grant writer, McConnell Foundation with Community Action Initiative grant: Student Well-being for System Change Fund 鈥� WellAhead 2017.  丁香园AV and Surrey School district, City of Surrey and Immigrant Services of BC (ISSofBC). (Shortlisted) (2017)
  • Participant, Artistic Learning Dialogues (PI: Susan O鈥橬eill), SSHRC grant (2013鈥�2014)
  • Public reading - fiction: 鈥淲ill and Angeline鈥� at 鈥淔reedom to Read Week鈥� 鈥� theme: Uncensored writing. Vancouver, BC (2004)
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