Interdisciplinary in orientation: feminist, critical race and post-structural scholarship in the contexts of pedagogy, policy, knowledge production, professional identity and social work education.
Education
PhD (Education) OISE/University of Toronto, 2002 M.A (Education) OISE/University of Toronto, 1994 BSW(Social Work) University of Calgary, 1988 BSc (Plant Biology) University of Calgary, 1979
Caitlin Janzen, Donna Jeffery, and Kristin Smith (Eds.) (In Press, 2015). Unravelling Encounters: Ethics, Knowledge, and Resistance Under Neoliberalism. Wilfrid Laurier Press.
Jeffery, D. (In press, 2015). Green Encounters and Indigenous subjectivity: A cautionary tale. In C. Janzen, D. Jeffery, and K. Smith (Eds.), Unravelling Encounters: Ethics, Knowledge, and Resistance Under Neoliberalism. Wilfrid Laurier Press.
Jeffery, D. (2009). Encountering Strangers: Teaching Difference in the Social Work Classroom. In C. Schick, J. McNinch, and L. Comeau (Eds.), "I Thought Pocahontas Was a Movie": Perspectives on Race/Culture Binaries in Education and Service Professions. University of Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre.
Jeffery, D., and Nelson, J. (2009). The More Things Change: The Endurance of "Culturalism" in Social Work and Healthcare. In C. Schick, J. McNinch, and L. Comeau (Eds.), "I Thought Pocahontas Was a Movie": Perspectives on Race/Culture Binaries in Education and Service Professions. University of Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre.
Jeffery, D. (2009). Reflections on Racial and Cultural Difference in Social Work Encounters. In S. Strega & J. Carriere (Eds.), Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice. Halifax: Fernwood Press.
Journal Articles
Jeffery, D. (2014). Environmentalism in Social Work: What Shall We Teach? Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, Published online 14 May 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0886109914533697
Smith, K., & Jeffery, D. (2013). Critical pedagogies in the neoliberal university: What happens when they go digital? The Canadian Geographer, 57(3), Autumn, 372-380.
Janzen, C., & Jeffery, D. (2013). Prescribing practice: Pharmaceuticals, children and the governance of difference. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 24(2), 117-139.
Jeffery, D., & Nelson, J. (2011). 'What Are We to Do About Difference'?: Philosophies, Ethics and Social Work Practice. Ethics and Social Welfare, 5(3), 247-265.
Jeffery, D. (2007). Radical Problems and Liberal Selves: Professional Subjectivity in the Anti-Oppressive Social Work Classroom. Canadian Social Work Review, 24(2), 125-139.
Jeffery, D. (2007). Managing Race in Social Work Education Policy. Journal of Education Policy, 22(4), July, 429-454.
Jeffery, D. (2005). What Good is Anti-Racist Social Work If You Can't Master It?: Exploring a Paradox in Social Work Education. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 8(4), 409-425.
"Online Social Work Education in Canada: What Happens when Critical Pedagogy goes digital?", K. Smith (PI), D. Jeffery (co-applicant). SSHRC, Insight Development Grant
"Tracking Online Social Work Education in Canada: What Futures Exist for Critical Pedagogies?", Kristin Smith (PI) and Donna Jeffery (Research Collaborator). SSHRC Institutional Grant. (2012-2013)
"Ethical Encounters in the Neoliberal Era Through a Postcolonial Lens", D. Jeffery (PI). SSHRC, Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada. (2011-2012)
"Social Work Encounters and Strategies for Critical Antiracist Practices", D. Jeffery (PI). SSHRC, Standard Research Grant. (2008-2012)
UVic Faculty Research Grant, SSHRC Re-Submission. (2006, 2007)
"Race and Culture in Oncology Social Work", D. Jeffery (CI) and J. Nelson (CI). Ontario Breast Cancer Community Research Initiative, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. (2006)
"Social Workers and the Reconciliation of Social and Medical Discourses of Health", Donna Jeffery (PI). MSFHR-UVic Health Research Grant Preparation Program for New Investigators. (2004)
"The Petagogy of Anti-Oppression", D. Jeffery (PI). Internal Research Grant - SSHRC General Research Grant, University of Victoria. (2003)
"Anti-Oppressive Petagogies in Social Work Classrooms", Donna Jeffery (PI). Learning and Teaching Centre Research Grant, University of Victoria - UVIC Scholar Fund. (2003)
