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Kathryn Hibbert

Professor

Education

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1825-6832
  • Professor
    Education
  • 519 661 2111 Ext.88557 (Work)
  • Faculty of Education Room 1020
  • Western University, Education, 1137 Western Rd., London, ON, N6G 1G7, Canada

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

My research program examines how curriculum operates as a relational and institutional practice across educational and professional learning contexts, with particular attention to multiliteracies, professional identity formation, and interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum scholarship.

An enduring question that I bring to various professional inquiries is, "How do our abilities to ‘read’ texts and to use and understand multimedia/other technologies shape our ability to communicate & learn?"

 

Recent research interests have focused on: 

 

  • Writing, Artificial Intelligence and Accessibility
  • Teacher Education (Assessment, Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
  • Curriculum assessment, pedagogies and learning by design (focus on Multiliteracies);
  • Health professions' education; Multiliteracies in the professions; 
  • Governance in Professional Programs
  • Understanding diversity through interdisciplinary education;
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning with multiple ‘texts’ including mobile and digital;
  • Qualitative research methodologies (e.g., critical narrative inquiry, socio-material approaches and visual methodologies)

 

My research program has developed through three interconnected phases that collectively advance scholarship in curriculum studies and professional education. My early work examined multiliteracies and curriculum innovation, contributing to understanding how evolving forms of literacy and digital communication reshape teaching and learning. This work led to a broader research program examining curriculum as a social practice, demonstrating how curriculum is constructed through institutional structures, professional judgment, and sociocultural contexts.

 

Building on this foundation, my more recent work has extended curriculum scholarship into interdisciplinary professional education, particularly at the intersection of education and health professions education. Through interdisciplinary research collaborations, institutional leadership, and the establishment of research communities, my work has contributed to strengthening connections between curriculum theory, professional learning, and institutional change.

 

Across these phases, my scholarship has consistently emphasized the relational and institutional dimensions of curriculum, while supporting the development of emerging scholars and interdisciplinary research communities engaged in advancing curriculum studies internationally.

GRANTS

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  • PRIZE / AWARD
    Rewriting the Script: Hidden Curricula, Rare Illness, and the Ethics of “Do No Harm"
    Western University1 Oct 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hibbert K
  • GRANT
    Workplace friendship and wellbeing in the helping professions: A narrative inquiry
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council1 Jun 2024
  • GRANT
    Distinguished University Professor
    UWO INTERNAL EDUCATION1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
    DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AWARD
  • GRANT
    Recruitment and Retention Strategy
    Ontario Ministry of Education1 Mar 2023 - 1 May 2024
  • GRANT
    Responding to child abuse and neglect in the classroom: Creation of an online module for educators
    WR INTERNAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2023
    KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION, CREATION & INNOVATION GRANTS
  • GRANT
    Raising our expectations and reconciling our history: Charting a new curriculum standpoint in Canada
    Western University1 Jul 2016 - 1 Jul 2017
  • GRANT
    21st Century Learning Skills
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council1 Jun 2015 - 1 Jul 2020
    Partnership Development Grant
  • GRANT
    Mental Health Literacy for Teachers
    PHE Canada1 Jul 2014 - 1 Jul 2016
  • GRANT
    Beyond Superman: Exploring the Humanity and Vulnerability of the Practicing Surgeon Through Arts-based Knowledge Translation
    Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care1 Jun 2014 - 1 Jun 2015
  • GRANT
    A randomized controlled trial to establish realistic patient expectations following total replacement knee surgery
    Western University1 Jul 2013 - 1 Jul 2014
  • GRANT
    Mental Health Curriculum for Health Educators
    Astra Zeneca1 Jul 2013 - 1 Jul 2014
  • GRANT
    Mentoring Doctoral Students as Writers
    Western University1 Jul 2013 - 1 Jul 2014
  • GRANT
    Teaching on the Front Lines of Mental Health: Preservice Education in Canada Related to Youth Mental Health
    PHE Canada1 Jul 2013 - 1 Jul 2014
  • GRANT
    Raising a new generation of knowledge builders: An exploration of structural and relational factors shaping interdisciplinary doctoral supervision
    Western University1 Jun 2013 - 1 Jun 2014
  • GRANT
    Integrated Systems and Team Working for Children with Disabilities: An Institutional Ethnography of Health Professional Practice in the Special Education Context
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research1 Jun 2012 - 1 Jun 2014
  • PRIZE / AWARD
    Centre for Education Research and Innovation Research Fellowship
    Western University1 Jul 2011 - 1 Jul 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hibbert K
  • GRANT
    Leadership in Public Health Transformation
    Western University1 Jul 2011 - 1 Jul 2014
  • GRANT
    To work with Senior Mentor, and Canadian Research Chair in Multiliteracies Jennifer Rowsell and International scholars Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis
    Western University1 Jul 2011 - 1 Jul 2012
  • GRANT
    Interdisciplinary Graduate Supervision at Western
    Western University1 Jul 2010 - 1 Jul 2011
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    Supporting Graduate Students' Writing in Curriculum Studies
    Western University1 May 2010 - 1 May 2011
  • GRANT
    Establishing a Network for the Interdisciplinary Scholarship of Professional Education.
    Western University1 Jul 2008 - 1 Jul 2011
  • GRANT
    Adolescent Literacy: Researching Digital Literacies
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council1 Jun 2008 - 1 Mar 2009
  • GRANT
    Adolescent Literacy: Financial Learning Interactives
    Investor Education Fund1 Mar 2007 - 1 Mar 2009
  • GRANT
    Collaborative Teacher Development in an Aboriginal Community
    Western University1 Mar 2006 - 1 Mar 2007
  • GRANT
    Developing web-based case studies for teaching
    Western University1 Mar 2006 - 1 Mar 2007