Tasha Ausman
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 InquiryJournal 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. 

Research interests

  • Education
  • Curriculum Studies
  • Pedagogy
  • Science Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Postcolonial Theory