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Dr. Jenny Horsman
Dr. Jenny Horsman is a community-based literacy theorist, educator and researcher with two decades of experience in the adult literacy field in England, Sierra Leone and Canada. She has developed curriculum, conducted training and facilitated workshops. Her doctoral research on women and literacy in rural Nova Scotia, and her work tutoring, lead Jenny to investigate connections between women's experience of violence and their success at learning. Her initial investigation blossomed into a national study – sponsored by the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women – and pioneering work on the impacts of violence on learning that have relevancy across education. She lectures internationally on violence and learning, and is conducting on-going research into practical classroom strategies for learning that take the impacts of violence into account.
Dr. Jenny Horsman is a founding member of Spiral Community Resource Group, community educators engaged in research and writing, curriculum development, training, workshops and facilitation. Spiral members are committed to creating egalitarian educational practices, integrating the arts into education and bridging divides between research and practice.
Dr. Jenny Horsman has taught at the University of New Brunswick, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and online through Alphaplus. Her first book, Something in My Mind Beside the Everyday was shortlisted for the Laura Jamieson prize.