Donna M. Chovanec

Donna Chovanec is Assistant Professor in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta. Her area of specialization is adult education and she teaches courses in adult learning, the foundations of adult education, and the community practice of adult education. She has also taught adult education at Athabasca University.

Donna’s interests include research, education, and learning for social change, in particular, social movements, qualitative research, feminist and critical pedagogy, and women’s issues. In her research, Professor Chovanec explores the learning dimension of social movements. She has done such research with the women’s movement in the city of Arica in northern Chile, as well as with women in an abused women’s drop-in centre who were anti-violence activists in Edmonton. Her research also include projects on the needs of families with children with disabilities, university teaching philosophies, counseling program evaluations, and services used by women who use substances.

• Social Work