Tasha-Ann Ausman

Tasha Ausman

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Tasha-Ann Ausman
Professor - Long Term Appointment




Tasha-Ann Ausman is an LTA Professor at the University of Ottawa, and a full-time mathematics and science teacher with the Western Quebec School Board. Her research employs decolonizing, psychoanalytic, and post-colonial frameworks in the areas of Curriculum Studies, STEAM, and Queer Studies. Her work appears in Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry, Journal of the Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Multicultural Education Review, Transnational Curriculum Inquiry, and the McGill Journal of Education. As well, her co-authored work appears in book collections such as Disney, Culture and Curriculum (Routledge, 2016) and The Critical Youth Studies Reader (Peter Lang, 2014). She is currently working on research approaches to decolonize science and mathematics teaching in secondary classrooms, and on employing curriculum studies frameworks to understand the intersection between visual-arts-based pedagogies and biology. 

Ausman, T., James, C. (2025) “Challenging a Curriculum of Disembodiment: STEM education in two Canadian classrooms.” American Journal of STEM Education: Issues and Perspectives. 4, 48-65

James, C. & Ausman, T., (2025). “The Disappearing Schoolhouse: Challenging Discourses of Resilience and Accountability in Canadian Pandemic Teaching.” In R. Kane, C. Craig & J. Mena (Eds.), A Pedagogical View of the COVID-19 Pandemic International Perspectives, Experiences, and Analysis. Rotterdam: Brill | Sense.

Ausman, T., Mandel, T (2020), “Embracing ambiguity: The intersection of biology, music, and art in secondary school teaching for student creativity.” McGill Journal of Education, 55 (3), 726-735

Ausman, T. (2020), “Pedagogies of Enlightenment or Entitlement? Hospitality, School Yoga, and the Trials of Decolonization.” Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry, 12 (2), 121-131

Ausman, T. (2019), “Renderings of Loving Kindness: Dialogic engagements in the mathematics classroom.” Special Issue: Mathematics as a Place of Loving Kindness and… in Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies 17(1), 28-46

Research interests

  • Education
  • Curriculum Studies
  • Pedagogy
  • Science Education
  • Queer Studies
  • Postcolonialism
  • Decolonization
  • Internationalization and Globalization
Tasha-Ann Ausman