Chair
of The Department of Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
Cross-Appointed
to the Higher Education Group, Theory & Policy Studies (TPS), OISE/UT
sacker@oise.utoronto.ca (416) 923-6641, x 2272
Sandra Acker's
research and teaching interests focus on women and education, teacher education,
and careers and workplace cultures of teachers and academics. Publications
include Teachers, Gender and Careers (Falmer Press, 1989), Gendered Education
(Open University Press, 1994), The Realities of Teachers' Work: Never a
Dull Moment (Cassell & Continuum, 1999) and (with Elizabeth Smyth,
Paula Bourne and Alison Prentice) Challenging Professions: Historical and
Contemporary Perspectives on Women's Professional Work (University of Toronto
Press, 1999). From 1995-1999, she was Principal Investigator for
a research project "Making a Difference: Feminization and the Changing
Climate of University-Based Professional Education" and a Co-Investigator
for a research network, "Women and Professional Education"; currently she
is Principal Investigator for a project "Traditions and Transitions in
Teacher Education: The Experiences of Teacher Educators in Ontario, Quebec
and Saskatchewan, 1945-2002."