Educ
ation
2008 SSHRC Post-doctoral Fellowship (Education), University of Ottawa
2006 Doctor of Philosophy (Educational Studies), University of British Columbia
2002 Master of Arts (Theory and Policy Studies in Education), Ontario Institute for the Studies in Education, University of Toronto
2000 Bachelor of Education, Queen’s University
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) (History), Queen’s University
Current positions
Associate Professor, Department of Social Development Studies, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Affiliated Member, Department of History, University of Waterloo
Associate Member, Department of Sociology, University of Waterloo
Associate Member, Games Institute, University of Waterloo
Member, Ontario College of Teachers
Additional positions
Past President, Canadian History of Education Association (CHEA) http://www.ache-chea.ca/english.html
Research Associate, Making History: Narrative and Collective Memory in Education, University of Ottawa http://www.makinghistory-fairehistoire.ca/
Research fields
History of Education; Oral History; Women’s History; History Education; Social Studies Curriculum; Citizenship Education; Global Citizenship Education; Teachers and Teaching; Restorative Approaches to Education; Sociology of Education; Child and Youth Studies; Qualitative Methods; Feminist Theory; Democratic Theory and Schooling
Recent prizes and awards
2020 Teaching Excellence Award from Renison University College. Recognizes excellence in teaching (including, but not limited to, evaluations, performance, and preparation/use of materials). https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/news/award-winners-convocation-june-2020
2020 Short-listed for the Distinguished Teacher Award from the University of Waterloo. Recognizes a record of excellent teaching over an extended period at Waterloo. https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/dta
2019 Appreciation Award from the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo. Recognizes people who have gone above and beyond to improve the lives of faculty members. Awarded to the Executive Committee of the Renison Association of Academic Staff (RAAS) and I am President. https://uwaterloo.ca/faculty-association/about/history/fauw-appreciation-award
2018 Canadian Oral History Association Prize, The Canadian Historical Association. Awarded for exemplary oral history practice in the field for the book, co-edited with N. Ng-A-Fook, Oral History and Education: Theories, Dilemmas, and Practices. https://cha-shc.ca/english/what-we-do/prizes/the-canadian-oral-history-association-coha-prize.htm
Recent grants
2020-23 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant ($199,998)
Project: La ville extraordinaire: Learning from older Montrealers' urban knowledge through oral history research-creation
Role: Co-applicant (PI, Dr. Cynthia Hammond, McGill University)
2019-26 SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2,500,000)
Project: Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future
Role: Co-applicant, Executive Committee Member, and Co-lead for Curriculum and Resources Cluster (PI, Dr. Carla Peck, University of Alberta)
2019-20 SSHRC Connection Grant ($45,866)
Project: Design for Peace (Tumaco) Exhibition and Workshop
Role: Collaborator (PI, Dr. Jennifer Roberts-Smith, University of Waterloo)
2017-18 Gender Equity Grant, University of Waterloo ($10,000)
Project: Storying Women’s Educational Leadership (SWEL)
Role: Principal Investigator
2016-19 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant ($199,027)
Project: Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation: The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children History Education Initiative (DOHR)
Role: Principal Investigator (with community partners)
Publications
Books
Llewellyn, Kristina R. and Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, eds. Oral History, Education, and Justice: Limitations and Possibilities for Redress and Reconciliation. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. (219 pages)
Llewellyn, Kristina R. and Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, eds. Oral History and Education: Theories, Dilemmas, and Practices. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. (396 pages) [Book awarded the Canadian Oral History Association Prize]
Llewellyn, Kristina R., Alexander Freund, and Nolan Reilly, eds. The Canadian Oral History Reader. Montreal-Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015. (401 pages)
Llewellyn, Kristina R. Democracy’s Angels: The Work of Women Teachers. Montreal-Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012. (218 pages)
Current research projects
Digital Oral History for Reconciliation: The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children History Education Initiative (DOHR)
DOHR is a community-driven project, supported by SSHRC, that has created a history curriculum unit about the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children. The curriculum includes a virtual reality experience centered on the oral histories of former residents of the Home. The project takes a restorative approach to the redress of historical harms in education. For more information, see www.dohr.ca
Citizens of the World: Youth, Global Citizenship, and the Model United Nations
This SSHRC-funded study, in collaboration with Dr. Kristine Alexander, examines the history of youth global citizenship through a case study analysis of the Model United Nations in Canada. We are currently calling for former participants of MUN in Canada to share their experiences. For more information, see www.modelunhistory.ca or on Facebook @ModelUNCanada
Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future
This national project, supported by a SSHRC partnership grant, is studying the state of history education in Canada. The team is identifying and developing evidenced-based practices for engaged history teaching and learning. The project will provide recommendations for reforms and innovations in history education. For more information, see www.thinking-historically.ca
Recent teaching
SDS 205R History of Education in Canada
SDS 220R Changing Concepts of Childhood
SDS 415R Gender and Education
SDS 425R Equity and Education
Supervision availability
I am available for undergraduate and graduate supervision of students if the areas of history education, history of education, citizenship education, equity and education, oral history, and a restorative approach to education.