Assistant Professor
Dr. Rebeca Heringer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Study at Mount Saint Vincent University. She holds a PhD and MEd in Education from the University of Manitoba, and a BA in Social Communications from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Born and raised in Brazil, Dr. Heringer has worked with children and youth in poverty, children and youth with disabilities, refugee and immigrants in Canada, Brazil, Hungary, and Kenya.
Some of her current teaching and research interests include: Culturally responsive teaching; (Forced) migrations and subsequent exclusions, oppressions, and inequities in education; Anti-racism and inclusive education; Children & youth well-being; Philosophical foundations of education; Research ethics & anti-oppressive research methodologies.
Selected Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Heringer, R. (2024). The self who meets the Other: Deconstructing the “well-intentioned” researcher through an ethic of hospitality. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 20(2), 265-287. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/77869/57617
Falkenberg, T., & Heringer, R. (2024). Loneliness and belonging in Canadian schools: A knowledge synthesis study. in education, 29(2), 3-30. https://journals.uregina.ca/ineducation/article/view/706/1276
Heringer. R. (2024). Beyond the door frame: The role of educational policies and guidelines in (un)welcoming Black refugee students. British Educational Research Journal, 50(4), 1595-1616. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3986
Falkenberg, T., Heringer, R., & Pilli, B. (2024). Manitoba grade 9 students’ satisfaction with life: A survey of self-reported well-being. Brock Education Journal, 33(2), 88–108. https://doi.org/10.26522/brocked.v33i2.1052
Watt, J., Krepski, H., & Heringer, R. (2024). Middle School teachers’ perspectives of how service learning projects contribute to student well-being. McGill Journal of Education/Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill. https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/10048
Heringer, R. (2023). Hospitality, Self-Determination, and Black Refugee Students in Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Education, 46(1), 56-79. https://doi.org/10.53967/cje-rce.5673
Heringer, R., & Janzen, M. (2023). Is there room for the Other in a “modernized” education? Critical Education, 14(1), 57-71. https://ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/186676/185653
Deer, F., & Heringer, R. (2023). Indigenous perspectives at the cultural interface: Exploring student achievement through centralized and decentralized interventions. Canadian Journal of Education, 46(1), 33-55. https://doi.org/10.53967/cje-rce.5707
Janzen, M., & Heringer, R. (2023). “Who is the “student”?: A critical analysis of neoliberal education reform legislation. Canadian Journal of Education, 46(3), 545–569. https://doi.org/10.53967/cje-rce.5641
Heringer, R. (2022). Education from the Other and the hope of peace. Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 53(2), 99-129. https://www.peaceresearch.ca/pdf/53-2/PRJ-53-2-2021-Heringer.pdf
Bartlett, N., Heringer, R., & Gorkoff, K. (2022). Harnessing the potential of community mobilization through High-Fidelity Wraparound: A Canadian case study of CommUNITY. Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 53(2), 28-66. https://www.peaceresearch.ca/pdf/53-2/PRJ-53-2-2021-Bartlett-Heringer-Gorkoff.pdf
Heringer, R. (2022). Teaching online in an ethic of hospitality: Lessons from a pandemic. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 41, 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-021-09791-8
Bartlett, N., Gorkoff, K., Yavuz, M., Heringer, R., & D’Sena, N. (2022). Networked architectures of crime prevention: Community mobilization in Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 63 (3-4), 89-111. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjccj.2021-0008
Yavuz, M., Gorkoff, K., Bartlett, N., D’Sena, N., & Heringer, R. (2022). “Train up peers, use their experience, whatever your life experience is”. Community mobilization, peacebuilding, and the local turn. The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, (11), 11-44. https://www.cijs.ca/_files/ugd/3ac972_259073c342f148888c8dbf4919a0d588.pdf
Heringer, R. (2021). The (in)efficient curriculum: An overview of how Canadian education has historically (un)welcomed Black refugee students. Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 19(1), 88-102. https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-4467.40447
Heringer, R. (2021). (In)hospitable education in a (not so) welcoming country. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 57(4), 176-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/00228958.2021.1968267
Heringer, R. (2020). Reconceptualizing anti-oppressive pedagogy: A lesson from the Other. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 15(2), 50-68. https://doi.org/10.20355/jcie29426
Book Chapters
Heringer, R., & Falkenberg, T. (2024). Responding to the Other: The need for an ethic of well-being. In T. Falkenberg (Ed.), Well-being and well-becoming in schools (pp. 59-75). University of Toronto Press.
Heringer, R., & Bartlett, N. (2024). High Fidelity Wraparound: A youth-driven approach to care & justice. In K. Gorkoff, D. Antononowicz & J. Winterdyk (Eds.), Youth justice: A Canadian overview (4th edition) (pp. 433-456). Oxford Press.
Deer, F., & Heringer, R. (2024). Morality and Indigenous knowledge – Exploring Canadian educational context. In Reconciling ancient and Indigenous belief systems: Textbooks and curricula in contention. University of Toronto Press.
Bartlett, N., Heringer, R., Nkwenta, G., & Martens, M. (2022). The right to an inclusive education in Canada during COVID-19 school closures: Perspectives of parents of children with additional needs. Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights, vol. III, pp. 142-149. University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre. https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-03/CanadianYearbookOfHumanRights_uOttawa_Vol3_2019-2021.pdf