Katie Gemmell

Katie Gemmell is a PhD Candidate studying history of education under Professor Penney Clark at the University of British Columbia. Prior to graduate work, she taught social studies and history in the Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese. She is currently managing editor of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation and secretary/treasurer for the Canadian History of Education Association/Association canadienne d’histoire de l’éducation.

Current Research

history of education (curriculum and pedagogy, progressive education, philosophy of education, Catholic education, and Indigenous education in Canada)
history of Indigenous Settler relations
history of (free) textbooks in Canada

Select Publications

K. M. Gemmell. "‘Living a Philosophical Contradiction?’: Progressive Education in the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s Catholic Schools, 1936-1960." History of Education Quarterly 59, no.3 (August 2019): 351-78.

K. M. Gemmell. Review of Catholic Education in the Wake of Vatican II edited by Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Jon Igelmo Zaldívar. CCHA Historical Studies 85 (2019): 119-22.

K. M. Gemmell. Review of No Ordinary School: The Study, 1915-2015 by Colleen Gray. Historical Studies in Education/Review d'histoire de l'éducation 30, no.1 (Spring 2018): 180-82.

Penney Clark, K. M. Gemmell, and Mona Gleason. “Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation: A Journal’s Journey from Past to Present.” Scholarly and Research Communication 9, no.1 (2018): 1-11. DOI: 10.22230/src.2018v9n1a286.

Penney Clark and K. M. Gemmell. “‘The school book question is a farce’: Free Textbook Provision in Nova Scotia, 1864-1944.” Acadiensis XLVI, no.2 (Summer/Autumn 2017): 59-87.

K. M. Gemmell. Review of Progressive Education: Revisioning and Reframing Ontario’s Public Schools, 1919-1942 by Theodore Michael Christou. Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning 4, no.1 (2016): 110-12.

Education

PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia, 2014-2020 (expected)
MA (history of curriculum and pedagogy), University of British Columbia, 2014
BA (classical studies), University of British Columbia, 2005

Select Awards

Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2015-2019)

UBC Four-Year Fellowship (2015-2019)

Outstanding Master’s Thesis Recognition Award, Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (2015)

Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2013 – 2014)

Professional Societies

Canadian History of Education Association
Canadian Catholic Historical Association
Canadian Historical Association
Canadian Society for the Study of Education